CITY ENGINEERS WAIT FOR PACT RATIFICATION.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer The last Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. municipal employee union to hold out in contract talks has agreed to a three-year plan The Three-Year Plan of Reconstructing the Economy (Polish: Trzyletni Plan Odbudowy Gospodarki) was a centralized plan created by the Polish communist government to rebuild Poland after the devastation of the Second World War. that would grant retroactive Having reference to things that happened in the past, prior to the occurrence of the act in question. A retroactive or retrospective law is one that takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, creates new obligations, imposes new duties, or attaches a raises totaling 13 percent, officials said Tuesday. The Engineers and Architects Association, representing six bargaining units, has agreed to the 2001-04 contract, but on Tuesday the City Council delayed ratifying the deal for at least two weeks because of uncertainty over the state budget. The deal would give employees raises of 2 percent every six months retroactive to July 1, 2001, and a 3 percent hike on Jan. 1, 2004. The amounts would add up to $86.3 million in raises over the three-year period. Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California supports the delay in approving the contract, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his spokeswoman. City officials said the amounts of the raises were in line with what was considered in formulating the 2003-04 budget approved by the council earlier this month. The amounts are also similar to what most other employee unions received. Harrison Sheppard, (213) 978-0390 harrison.sheppard(at)dailynews.com |
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