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stouffville suntribune thursday july 10 2003 9 york officers want wage parity with other forces from page 1 he added particularly griev ous behaviour can be addressed with criminal code charges if the officer judges them to be appropriate if somebodys doing some thing extremely drastic police can deal with it through the criminal code he said they can still write tickets its at their discretion union members are angered at being asked to make cpnces- siom on benefits mr miskiw said they are also seeking wage increases including seniority benefits that would bring york region officers up to the level of other forces our main objective with the current negotiations is benefits first and wage parity with toronto police andthe ope mr miskiw said arid the police services board is not willing to go there the two sides were talking until 7 pm monday when union members gathered to vote on job action they the board have made attempts to go into areas that are unacceptable to us at this time mr miskiw said police services board chair person dave barrow acknowl edged the boards effort to reor ganize benefits packages in cur rent talks but he said the board has offered to meet the unions demands for wage adjustments as far as im concerned the money we offered is the same as toronto and the opp were right there mr barrow said that represents almost a 4- percent increase he said the scale of the nego tiations have degenerated from talks over a multiyear deal to a revised goal of a oneyear contract t think everybodys fairly tentative about signing a multi- year deal right now mr barrow said v as far as im concerned the money we offerectis the same as toronto and the opp were right there they offered us a oneyear deal we countered with a one- year agreement mr miskiw agreed the union is determined in these negotia tions not to make concessions that would have a negative impact on future contracts he vowed to hold firm on the issue of preserving the integrity of the unions benefits package they the board have made attempts to go into areas that are unacceptable to us at this time the union boss said the wprktqrule campaign being phased in this week will include measures such as wearing ball caps and but tons and detectives in casual dress refusing to work from home refusing to work during designated lunch breaks tending to one call at a time then processing the necessary paperwork as opposed to attending backtoback calls as they often do now and refusing to write tickets for traffic infractions the extraordinary measures are being taken to reinforce the unions position as contract talks drag on mr miskiw said they the board know exactly where we stand he said realistically they dont have torri6ve too much to come to where we want them to be one side effect a slowdown in ticket writing will have is in terms of revenue flowing to regional and municipal govern ments in return for taking over courts administration munici palities now receive the fines for provincial offences act charges such as speeding a york region spokesperson said the municipality collected a total of 62 million for provin cial offences fines last year in 2002 york cops laid 38494 speeding charges they wrote tickets for almost 7500 other provincial offences the current contract dispute marks the second major chal lenge mounted by the union since chief la barge took office in may mr miskiw complained staffing levels are stressing put york cops- the chief has committed to coming up with a fiveyear staffing plan that will address the needs of both the communi ty and the police department it is expected to be presented to the police services board this fall the two sides were sched uled to get back to the bargain ing table last night 1 torontos of quality outdoor furniture now specially pnctdoqq ofksetsoi ataroki u salco 6 shields court markham 9054758353 mansat 95 cast aluminum aluminum steal w wrought iron allweather wicker teak free standing umbrellas planters hammocks casbbqs 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