CCR1976020RESOLUTION #20-76
DENIAL OF GRIEVANCE OF MUSKEG0 PROFESSIONAL
POLICEMAN'S ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the City of Muskego has recieved a grievance filed
behalf of Robert Klenz on December 18, 1975, and
by the Muskego Professional Policeman's Association in
WHEREAS, the grievance claims a violation of employee
rights under Article XII, Section 1 and 2 of an agreement
Union Local #695, effective January 1, 1975, and
executed between the City of Muskego and the Teamsters
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee has recommended denial of the
grievance on the following basis:
ARTICLE XII, Sections 1 and 2 do not provide the employee the
right to remove a fellow employee from a particular shift
simply because he does not like the hours he is working.
ARTICLE XI11 of the agreement, entitled, Management Rights
work and direction of the wor6ing forces, including the
Reserved, provides, in part, that the management of the
employer. It also states that the employer may adopt
right to hire, promote, demote, etc., is invested in the
reasonable rules and amend the same from time to time.
General Order #135, dated March 7, 1974, a policy which has -?
been in effect for many years states that all assignments and
shifts will be made according to certain criteria in the
following order:
(1) The best interest of the department pertaining to
the logical and equal distribution of talent and
the operational time of day for functional assign-
ments.
(2) The best interests of the individual officer pertain
to his personal life and professional goals.
(3) Seniority, all other criteria being equal.
Change of shift assignment will be made whenever vacancies
occur or special circumstances dictate a change. Seniority
shift change requests will not be considered unless a vacancy
occurs.
The creation of a fifth team did not result in a vacancy
of the team captain position. Thus, since no vacancy was
available any attempt to replace the present team captain
would be construed as imposing a claim to a position already
filled by a fellow sergeant.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of
committee and deny the grievance presented on December 18, 1975,
Muskego, does hereby accept the recommendation of the Finance
by .the Muskego Professional Policeman's Association in behalf of
Sgt. Robert Klenz.
DATED THIS DAY OF sfl/w , 1976.
ATTEST :
€ity Clerk Y
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