3.28.2005

A Summary of the Mayor's Race...

In their own words (first of a series....):

Esslinger wants to force the city's workers to make up for budget shortfalls, and is proud that he is skirting the law:

"a 2.25%, 2.50%, and a 2.75% increase in the employees' salaries over three years respectively. This is the first time that the union employees received less that a 3% increase in their salary in a long time."

"The thing that will need to be taken into consideration in the next contract negotiations is that the comparables (contracts that have been signed in communities around us) are over 3.0%. This is important because we must be close to what we offer our employees or the unions can go to court and claim that the city is not bargaining in good faith."

http://www.oshkoshnews.org/OshkoshMayor/2005/03/esslinger-answer-to-question-3.html

Castle answering the same question:

"Employee costs including medical costs will continue to increase. We can not take the attitude that we are going to balance our budgets on our employees backs. Some businesses have tried that approach and found that it doesn’t work. We must work cooperatively with our employees to find ways of delivering greater value for each wage dollar spent."

http://www.oshkoshnews.org/OshkoshMayor/2005/03/bill-castle-response-to-question-no-3.html

ADVANTAGE - CASTLE.

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