MONROE - The City of Monroe Salary and Personnel Committee is declining to make any comment regarding the status of its union negotiations or the influence of the pending state budget repair bill, which, if passed, will limit unions to collectively bargain.
Salary and Personnel Committee chairman, Chuck Schuringa, issued the following statement through the city clerk's office Monday, following a committee meeting on the matter:
"For years, the City of Monroe and the unions representing its employees have operated under the understanding that neither party will make public statements to the press concerning the status of negotiations until a tentative agreement has been reached.
Nothing has changed this year.
Currently, no tentative agreements have been reached with any of the city's unions. The city continues to negotiate with its unions in good faith."
The committee met Monday night in closed session to discuss its general strategy for collectively bargaining with all three of the city's employee unions, and also to continue its contract negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
The Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) represents two unions of city employees - the sworn police officers and the police dispatchers.
AFSCME represents the city workers at the city hall, the Department of Public Works, the water utility and the wastewater treatment utility.
The city is scheduled to meet again with AFSCME union representatives on March 21, and with WPPA dispatcher representatives March 8.
WPPA sworn officers and city officials are preparing to go into mediation, but no date for that action has been set yet, according to Phil Rath, city administrator.
Salary and Personnel Committee chairman, Chuck Schuringa, issued the following statement through the city clerk's office Monday, following a committee meeting on the matter:
"For years, the City of Monroe and the unions representing its employees have operated under the understanding that neither party will make public statements to the press concerning the status of negotiations until a tentative agreement has been reached.
Nothing has changed this year.
Currently, no tentative agreements have been reached with any of the city's unions. The city continues to negotiate with its unions in good faith."
The committee met Monday night in closed session to discuss its general strategy for collectively bargaining with all three of the city's employee unions, and also to continue its contract negotiations with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
The Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) represents two unions of city employees - the sworn police officers and the police dispatchers.
AFSCME represents the city workers at the city hall, the Department of Public Works, the water utility and the wastewater treatment utility.
The city is scheduled to meet again with AFSCME union representatives on March 21, and with WPPA dispatcher representatives March 8.
WPPA sworn officers and city officials are preparing to go into mediation, but no date for that action has been set yet, according to Phil Rath, city administrator.