Local 620 pushes two year contract with cost of living hikes
Cedar Rapids city and Local 620 AFSCME negotiators opened talks with twenty proposals aimed at a two year contract effective July 1 1981 The union seeks quarterly cost of living adjustments based on the CPI for the three months prior to reopening the wage clause The current one year contract provides an 8 percent across the board raise and the union proposes several benefits including additional full time sanitation positions shortened vacation credits expanded clothing and tools provided by the city and monthly longevity pay among others The city hopes to finish negotiations by March 15 and budget certification The Local 620 covers workers in Engineering Building Contingent City Hall Maintenance Memorial Commission Maintenance Forestry Traffic Sanitation Water and other departments
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American Federation of State
Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Tom Kramer
International Afscme
Wayne Clymer
Clymer
Kramer
Ron Kuhlman
Sanitation Department
Delta Dental
Linn County
Labor-Management Safety Committee
Kuhlman
Memorial Commission
Center Point Consolidated
Center Point Education Association
Education Association
Scanlon pleads innocent in fatal hit and run case
Patrick Scanlon, 21, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded innocent to a manslaughter charge tied to a Sept. 6 crash that killed 15 year old Roger Petersen. He faces trial Jan. 5 on manslaughter and leaving the scene charges after the rear hit on 33rd Street NE at 2:30 am.
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Patrick Scanlon
Cedar Rapids
Roger Petersen
Golfview Road
Petersen
33Rd Street
Scanlon
Jury weighs murder degrees in Culler case
The Tama County court case centers on whether Roseann Curtis was killed in first or second degree. Prosecutors argued premeditation and motives linked to custody and alleged affairs, while the defense questioned witness identifications and alibi reliability. Sentencing is set for Oct. 31. first degree murder carries a mandatory life term.
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Roseann Curtis
Culler
Mark Curtis
Tama County
Jeffrey Corratt
Opfer
Marshalltown
Tama
the Gazette
Linda Culler
Cullor
Orval Cullor
Kaplan
Robert Osmundson
Iowa Supreme Court
Ozark pilots resume talks to avert another strike
Ozark Air Lines and its 500 pilots union plan new talks under a no strike pact set to expire in 30 days. The expired contract next February, with a 18 item limit and mediation if unresolved, follows two recent strikes that shut down the airline for weeks.
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ST. Louis
Ozark Air Lines
Charles Ehlert
Ozark
Air Line Pilots Association
Ehlert
Juvenile Arrested for Burglary in Northeast Cedar Rapids
A 16 year old neigborhood youth was booked on burglary charges after neighbors reported a teen entering the Doris Eggers residence garage at 2157 42nd St NE. He claimed to wait for an acquaintance but was released to his parents after police contact with Mrs Eggers who denied knowledge of him.
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Doris Eggers
42Nd St
Eggers
Drunk Driving Charges Filed In Linn County Incident
Dennis R. Culp 38 of 110 Harriet Ave NW and Blair A. Pugh 23 of 940 Bridgit Lane Marion were arrested late Wednesday and early today on drunk driving counts. Culp faced additional charges for driving on the wrong side of the road operating an unregistered vehicle violating a restricted license and disobeying a stoplight after a collision with Susan Denlinger 28 of 790 Leslie Drive Robins. Pugh was charged with disobeying a traffic signal and speeding in the 4000 block of First Avenue SE.
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Linn County
Dennis R. Culp
Harriet Ave
Culp
Eighth Avenue
Second Street
Susan Denlinger
Leslie Drive
Robins
Denlinger
Blair A. Pugh
Bridgit
Marion
First Avenue SE
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America
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Linn District
Stryker Corp
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Stryker
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