Over Contract Officers ·Parties in Stalemate Assemble for Over 10 Months
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Our second Today's cenlury of Weather: excellence Mostly sunny. Highs 55-60. Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 Vol.115 No. 11 Friday, October 14, 1988 Police,·city struggle ·over contract Officers ·Parties in stalemate assemble for over 10 months. by Josh Putterman accepting the FOP's request in protest Staff Reporter _ and we, will continue to Contract., negotiations negotiate for a reasonable by Joe Perello between the city of Newark settlement." Staff Reporter and the Fraternal Order of According to the fact- . Twenty-five Newark Police Police, Lodge No. 4 (FOP) finder's report, the city and ' officers held a demonstration remain at a standstill, the FOP have agreed on all protesting ongoing contract according to Detective Sgt. but four points in the negotiations between the city Thomas Penoza of the contract: of Newark and the Fraternal Newark Police. •The 'amount of employee Order of Police, Lodge No. 4 The FOP members, all contribution into the pension (FOP), Monday night in front Newark police officers, have plan. of the city's municipal been without a collective •The amount of pension building. bargaining agreement since benefit given for each year of Newark Police officers have Jan. 1, in spite of a fact service . at the time of been working without a finding report deciding in retirement. contract since Jan. 1, 1988-. favor of their final offer, •Survivor's benefits for The FOP consists of 46 released July 28. spouses and children of sworn officers and does not Penoza said both sides have employees with l.ess than ten include the chief of police or years of service with the city. other employees, such as meter see editorial, p. 8 •The definition of maids. ·met several times since the "disability." The protesters marched on release of the report, but Luft said the FOP has the sidewalk approximately nothing has happened in those agreed to a 4.5 percent wage one hour before the city meetings. increase each year for three · council meeting. Twenty-five Newark Police officers protested present contract "The city is not willing to years. Most of them held signs, negotiations outside the city's municipal building Monday,. change anything," Penoza He added that the FOP's some of which said, "Honk if said. "They're ignoring the benefits request for 1988 State Rep. Bill Oberle the findings. would cost $116,200, a figure you support your police" and (District 24), who was present "But the city ignored the fact-finder's report. What they're offering, they think is that would cost Newark an "If you don't help us - Don't at the protest, said people decision," Penoza added. fair. extra $52,000 this year. call us." should be outraged at ~e city's "Th~re was movement in "We're going to keep Penoza indicated he is Detective Sgt. Thomas negligence of the issues of the negotiations on both sides picketing, trying to get some displeased with the progress Penoza, president of the FOP, contract, which focus on before [the fact-finder] public support behind us. I of the talks. said the city refuses to disability. meeting but mostly by us," ,he hope that some council people "We [still] have no panicipate in programs which In July, an independent said. will change their minds. workman's comp[ensation] or provide benefits to employees "fact-finder" entered' into the "We have not ignored the They're not all opposed to it." disability," he said. injured in the line of duty. negotiations and analyzed both fact-finder's decision," said City Manager Carl F. Luft "It doesn't excite me too Penoza added that Newark positions. The fact-finder ruled Carl F. Luft, city manager. "We said, "[The city does] not much to go out and risk my residents should either call in favor of the FOP, however, just disagree with it. believe that the public interest life and know if I get hurt, their city councilman or sign a the decision was non-binding petition in support of the FOP. will be served by Newark I'm going to be fired." and the city chose not to accept continued to page 4 Daugherty to gain additional dining hall by Kari Burke contractors, and additional Once completed, the new With the new point system stay on Central C~pus, thereby Staff Reporter . electrical power to complete the dining facility will hold 1~0 there are even more students continued to page 12 project. seats and will accomodate 300 with contracts. He said over The university has approved Plans to have the dining hall ·to 400 students at each meal. 10,000 students have some type aproposal to convert the second completed this summer were Becker added that the of meal plan. floor of Daugherty Hall, which delayed by structural problems. decision to open another dining "We are just bulging at the once a study lounge, into a Structural engineers were hall was initiated because of the seams - that's why we are facility by the middle of brought in to make sure the continual gi:owth in the number trying lO start with Daugherty :nu''""u"''• according to floors would hold the extra of students requesting boarding Hall," Becker said. G. Becker, director of weight of dishwashers and contracts. The conversion will, the china, Becker explained. "Each year we have 100 to university hopes, encourage "Right now we are in the 200 more students than the some students who would proces ~ of getting [the previous year on board," he normally eat in Russell and the renovations] done," he said. stated. Student Center dining halls to Page 2 • The Review • October 14,1988-------------------------------------------- News Look: The world in brief Reagan to consider Dow average hits inflation. The attack )Vas the worst for sabotage. outbreak of violence since New indecency laws Marcos indictment highest point since Rebels massacre Indian soldiers landed in Sri crash Lanka Ocl.lO, 1987 to quell expected from FCC Sri Lankan village the rebellion. Before President Reagan The Dow Jones industrial A new law is in the works vacates his office in January, average hit its highest level Tamil rebels attacked the Ex-weapons analyst that would ban sexually village of Ulukuloma, Sri he must decide whether to Monday since the market crash explicit material from radio last October, The Philadelphia Lanka Sunday night, killing 47 guilty of espionage and television beginning early approve the indictment of villagers, including 13 women Ferdinand Marcos, former Inquirer reported. next year, The Philadelphia The Dow average reached and 18 children, The News A former weapons analyst Inquirer reported Tuesday. ruler of the Philippines, The for the Army pleaded guilty New York Times reported 2,158.96 points, a gain of 8.71 Journal reported. If the law passes, the points. This is the closest the Rebels hacked and shot the Tuesday to charges of Federal Communications Wednesday. villagers to death and set 11 espionage in giving classified The Justice Department average has come to its peak Commission (FCC) is to draft a on Oct. 16, 1987, when it homes on fire during the information to the South new set of indecency laws by wants to proceed with the African government, The indictment, but many State closed at 2,246.42, since July. attack. Jan. 31, 1989. Over-the-air Analysts said the rise can be The massacre happened one News Journal reported. broadcasts, but not cable Department officials want to Thomas Joseph Dolce, 49, give Marcos the chance to attributed to Friday's year after Indian troops were programming, would be momentum when the Dow sent to the island-nation to end admitted mailing a classified covered 24 hours a day. plead guilty in exchange for a document in 1979 to a defense lighter sentence. average rose 42.50 points. A rebel violence. Broadcast representatives, government report, which Indian troops near the and armed-forces attache at the First Amendment advocates Reagan makes the final South African Embassy in decision on any indictment stated that employment growth village ambushed 40 of the 75 and civil liberties defenders was only moderate in rebels who were hiding in the Washington D.C. met recently to discuss the ban, affecting foreign policy. He jungle after the massacre. The Assistant U.S. Attorney can decide to cancel any September, was a contributing said T.imothy B. Dyk, lead factor to this increase because troops killed 12 of the Gary P. Jordan said the attorney in a similar case. indktment. it reduced fears of increased insurgents. information had potential use 'IIie ~view: Serving tlie flJniversity of'lJefaware for over ~00 years. 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