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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Police Supervisors Union Agrees To Contract, MAP 159 Still Going Into Arbitration

Orland Park has settled a 16-month contract standoff with one village police union, though negotiations will continue with another.

Orland Park Police Supervisors Association and the village agreed to a contract, which retroactively dates back to May 2011, while the Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 159 is still scheduled to go into arbitration with the village. On Sept. 24, Orland Park trustees approved the police supervisors’ contract during a special meeting. The new contract, which goes back to May 1, 2011 and will run until April 30, 2015, includes higher health insurance rates for traditional HMO and PPO plans than the past contract, but with comparatively lower rates for a High Deductible Health Plans/Health Savings Account. The HDHP/HSA allow for contributors to roll over what was spent on insurance to subsequent years, should the plan members not need to…

voklst

9:46 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Firstly there are not enough police in Orland or Tinley *** is there ever a cop to notice the car next to you crosses in front of you Almost causing an accident then they cross two more lanes of traffic and those two other guys next to you Almost rammed you...the car that comes from behind the school bus **stopped to cross the rail road tracks*** into On coming traffic and your the car they're …   more ›

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Orland Park Police Union Pres. ‘Disappointed’ in Slow Negotiations

Contract talks between the Village of Orland Park and Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 159 continue well past a year since the officers’ previous contract officially ended.

With arbitration closely approaching, the president of an Orland Park police union expressed frustration in a lack of progress in contract negotiations, well over a year since the contract expired. Members of Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 159 have been working without a current contract since May 2011. Arbitration was first planned for last February, but was later moved to September 12. MAP 159 President Ron Ahrendt described a July 2 mediation meeting as a “very disappointing experience,” mainly because talks focused on health insurance, which was the cause of previous disagreements between the village and union. “The village seemed ill prepared for the mediation process, providing no comparisons to justify ground breaking …

Door and Window Super Store Orland Park

3:30 pm on Thursday, September 6, 2012

I ask the village and all the officals in charge, would you work for an entire year with no contract? So how do you think its fair to not give our hard working Police officers a fair contract? I own a Heating and Air conditioning buisness in your neighboring community Tinley Park, and I support all local police and fireman by offering discounts. I understand that these are the people that keep us…   more ›

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