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Article: Officials try to get wage concessions Layoffs loom if terms are not reached
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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By K. L. KLEIN
Germantown -- Mum's the word from union officials on a proposed
wage freeze for village employees in 2010.
Not wanting to hinder potential negotiations, several union
presidents declined to comment on the plan, which calls for either a
wage freeze or layoffs for village employees.
However, Police Detective Michael Yogerst, who is the president
of the Germantown Police Professionals Association, has expressed
some frustration with the budgeting process.
"I would think if the village was serious about working with the
unions to gain (wage) concessions they would have been reluctant to
place the issue in the public arena," he said. "They should have
discussed the issue with the ...