Replaced by Whom?
This kind of defeats the purpose of gutting the offices, desks and lockups citywide:
- Nearly 300 Chicago crossing guards, detention aides and traffic control aides could face layoffs next month as their jobs are replaced by city police officers, a union representing those workers said today.
Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents city civilian public-safety employees, were recently informed by the Chicago Department of Human Resources that 293 workers will receive layoff notices this week that will be effective July 1st, according to a news release from the union.
The layoffs would include 186 crossing guards, 67 detention aides and 40 traffic control aides, the release said. The jobs will be performed in the future by Chicago police officers, the union said it was told.
So we gained 100 officers from the inside spots, only to lose 300 to crossings, lockups and traffic patrol? Fucking brilliant!
We're pretty sure this is a bluff by Shortshanks to get the SEIU to cave on certain negotiating points. Must be part of some Master(s) plan. Whoops!
We're pretty sure this is a bluff by Shortshanks to get the SEIU to cave on certain negotiating points. Must be part of some Master(s) plan. Whoops!
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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That's a shame. The traffic aids just got some spiffy new uniforms. Saw them sporting them today.
Chicago 2016 Gets Golden Ticket
First In Report, Ueberroth Endorsement
By LORA LESAGE
Mon, Jun 8, 2009
AP
The fields are ready.
Chicago 2016 is having a good day.
Chicago leads the pack for the 2016 Olympic Games, according to a magazine which closely follows the bid process.
With the International Olympic Committee finalizing its decision about the site for the 2016 summer Olympics, Around the Rings issued a report today showing Chicago in first place. Madrid followed in second place with Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro tied for third.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/sports/more/
Chicago-2016-Around-the-rings-
ueberroth-endorsement.html
1 job at a time officer, and be very complete with your preliminary investigation.......
Rumors have it that Area personnel will be affected and some will be returning to the streets also; this is something other than back to the street program where officers go out for a week. Actually, it makes sense since because if you go to one Area (?) you will find a secretary and then Two assistant secretaries, I dropped by one day last week and the secretary said drop off this package by the assistant...only to find out there is an assistant to the assistant.... That's great...Who knows how many 'Gems' are hidden in 'sweet' spots like this;
Daley doesn't care about the 'hoods. He's concerned about the increase in crime downtown in the Loop and Michigan avenue. he simply wants more police presence.
It's all bs.
I remember when being a traffic cop was a primo spot. Now it will probably be filled by reverse seniority. This new and inproved CPD is ass backwards.
Alright, am I crazy? Is it me?
Wasn't it only a few years ago that they took the police out of the lock ups and replaced them with detention aids in order to have more police on the street? Didn't we used to have to be the crossing guard and direct traffic, but they took that away from us and replaced us with civilians in order to have more police on the street?
And didn't they get rid of all the data entry and file clerks a few years back? The work never went away, in fact it doubled, which forced units to take officers off the street enter data, file, and xerox all week in preparation for the big retarded doc meetings?
Now you're telling me that even though we don't have any police on the street, the crossing guards and detention aides are getting laid off, and we're going back to do the job that was originally ours in the first place?
Sorry I just get confused more easily nowadays and I don't know if whats happening is real, or if I'm having deja vu, dementia, or I'm trapped in the groundhog day movie.
Makes sense to me..."Bt XX12, please take the school crossing at Smith School, Bt XX31, please take the one at Jones School. We're gonna stack these 3 jobs on your computer for when you're done.". Smoke and mirrors.
Why don't they get rid of the "green people", the TMA's that don't do a thing but screw up the traffic even more ? Didn't the Union win that lawsuit, and the subsequent city appeal?
Rumor Control:
The good news: the City and Lodge have come to an agreement on getting new retirees paid health care at age 55 until they’re eligible for Medicare. The bad news is that because of all the POs leaving when this occurs and summer here with low man power, the letter won’t be signed until the City can afford to ramp up hiring after this summer. This will also mean that the Lodge won’t go forward with arbitration (mediation first haha) until they have a signed letter of understanding in their hands.
The Lodge has been contacted by the City of Chicago to take furlo days like they are asking the other city workers to do. A modest proposal would be for the City to take the same move that state lawmakers take with the gaming money it receives for the education budget. We're going to be getting big money from the feds for overtime, but not for new hires. Take that money (new fed money) and move the same amount from the police budget back to the general fund. Now offer POs to “take” a furlo day and instead of the POs staying home for the day and losing a day’s pay, hire them back on the federal dime, getting overtime. Working their regular car on their regular shift. Guarantee that we will be able to get the overtime on days we pick and I bet you’ll get plenty of volunteers to take some furlo days.
GREAT!!!! Well if this happens i'll be bankrupt in less than 60 days. My wife lost her job months ago. Maybe i should find a corner and set up shop, the revs will protect me for a cut and i can get all the link,s.s.i like every other "joe"!! I GUESS CRIME DOES PAY JUST LOOK AT THE MAYOR AND ALL THE ALDERTHIEVES!!! OOPS I FORGOT TO TELL YOU....i just called for a closed door vote, and i voted myself to not be affected by layoffs and a 200% pay increase....RETROACTIVELY OF COURSE!! GO FITZ!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if shortshanks even realizes that he's evil.
Thats just Masters baiting us.
Well there not going to hire more Police. So it's the old song and dance. HOW LOW CAN YOU GO, and still get the job done. That's the game we are now in.
Lovely. As it is, we can't staff the crossings we get every day, and we'll lose another P.O. to the lock-up. As usual, the losers in this are the citizens. Time for the unions to speak out on this.
SEIU (and jessie jr) backed the election of several "reform" canidates. Notice not ONE of those reformers have voted against shortshanks once.
Don't be so sure that this is a bluff. Back in 1983, sworn officers replaced the detention aides for about a year due to layoffs. In those days, Harold Washington gave pinks slips to sworn officers, too. Fortunately, the officers were brought back in about a day or two. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
This could be interesting. I hope the SEIU stands firm. Just in time for the Taste. They have already stripped the districts. Daley will cave.
Buckle your seat belts boys and girls, it's going to be a long hot summer.
Shortshanks decisions are very likely to cost human lives, don't let it be anyone sworn.
I just saw a job opening for Traffic Control Aide-Hourly (#173287) on the City web site. Why would they post job openings if they are threatening to lay the current employees off?
MAYBE THE FLOP WILL HAVE ENOUGH BALLS TO TELL THE MIDGET WE'LL DO IT ON OUR RDO'S FOR TIME AND A HALF.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
DOUBT IT.
PS:MASTERS.
masters,masters,masters..,
As Layoffs Loom, Daley Sits On A $1 Billion TIF Surplus
by Angela Caputo on June 08, 2009 - 3:36pm
Over the past month, Mayor Daley's tax increment financing (TIF) system has attracted some much-needed scrutiny. First came the news that the city is forking over $3.8 million to insurance giant Willis Group Holdings to refurbish their swank new Sears Tower headquarters (despite the fact that the company's annual revenue exceeds $2 billion). Then we learned from the Sun-Times that condo owners in Chicago's University Village had benefited from TIF subsidies, only to flip their "affordable housing" for a profit (essentially pocketing those taxpayer dollars). Cook County Clerk David Orr recently summed it up well: "We’re looking at massive abuse. ...TIFs can be a good tool, but this has become a giant slush fund in the city of Chicago.”
http://progressillinois.com/
6/09/2009 07:34:00 AM said:
I just saw a job opening for Traffic Control Aide-Hourly (#173287) on the City web site. Why would they post job openings if they are threatening to lay the current employees off?
Simple, they haven't layed off the person whose job it is to post the job opening notices...oh and Fuck you Daley.
How about laying off some of the TMAs? This weekend, while biking on the lake shore bike path, I saw dopey-looking TMAs direct cars to turn into the paths of pedestrians, direct pedestrians to walk into the path of oncoming cars and direct bikes into the paths of everyone. But I guess doing away with these positions is wishful thinking on my part. Most of the TMAs look fat, dirty, disheveled and vacant-eyed --- probably unemployable anywhere else but the City of Chicago.
This is all a scare tatic against the unions. Daley is not going to want to piss of SEIU that much. Shortly after "laying" them off they will be rehired. I give them one pay cycle off and they will be back on the job. It is the way the city works.
I work citywide and yesterday going through three different districts I saw coppers doing school crossings.
I didn't think anything of it until now.
There is a saying for this: Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Eventually it blows up in your face.
Hizzoner the dikwad is counting on getting the Olympics and the massive influx of cash it will bring. If it does, it will be milk and honey for Chicago with construction jobs and increased services for the citizens, massive hiring by the police department too. (and lots of inflated contracts and kickbacks)
Bad thing is though, what about the mess after 2016? I'll be gone by then, but a lot of you won't.
Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents city civilian public-safety employees, were recently informed by the Chicago Department of Human Resources that 293 workers will receive layoff notices this week that will be effective July 1st, according to a news release from the union.
SEIU came out HARD for Obama! It's like They don't care....
I ALWAY THOUGHT A STOP SIGN DID THE SAME JOB.
THEY SHOULD LAY OFF SOME OF THOSE TICKET WRITING PRICKS THAT PESTER WORKING FOLKS.
THEY COMB THROUGH NICE AREAS AN LOVE HITTING BUTTON ON THEIR PUTER GENERATING TICKETS.
U NEVER SEE THEM ON MADISON AND PULASKI THOU WHY IS THAT?
SCHOOL YEARS UP ANY WAYS SO CROSSING GAURDS 4 SUMMER SCHOOLS IS A WASTE MAKE THE PARENTS VOLUNTEER
THEY R GETTING FREE EDUCATION.
ALOT OF THE PARENT DONT WORK!
I LOVE DOING CROSSING GAURD DUTY 4 3 HOURS A DAY I MEET ALOT OF MOMS WHO NEED A SHOULDER TO CRY ON!!!
Anonymous said...
Chicago 2016 Gets Golden Ticket
First In Report, Ueberroth Endorsement
By LORA LESAGE
Mon, Jun 8, 2009
AP
The fields are ready.
Chicago 2016 is having a good day.
Chicago leads the pack for the 2016 Olympic Games, according to a magazine which closely follows the bid process.
With the International Olympic Committee finalizing its decision about the site for the 2016 summer Olympics, Around the Rings issued a report today showing Chicago in first place. Madrid followed in second place with Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro tied for third.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/sports/more/
Chicago-2016-Around-the-rings-
ueberroth-endorsement.html
6/09/2009 12:11:00 AM
That's because Mayo' Shorty Bighead is syphoning all of our tax and pension money to the IOC. The 2016 event has a price to be paid. What's that old adage? Oh yeah, "Pay to Play", hmmm.
Let's use some common sense Supt. and have your "Efficiency Study" look at the impact of P.O.'s taking over crossings. School dismissals occur when Districts are at half-staff due to change time. If we are supposed to protect the little "honor students" from killing each other at our wonderful public high schools, how can you expect us to man crossings? Look at the calls for service. They peak between 1500 and 1530. We are already covering 4-8 crossings a day and now the Desk and administrative offices are stripped so bare they cant even take some of them. Do the math...what the hell are you thinking?
one of many k said...
Rumor Control:
The good news: the City and Lodge have come to an agreement on getting new retirees paid health care at age 55 until they’re eligible for Medicare. The bad news is that because of all the POs leaving when this occurs and summer here with low man power, the letter won’t be signed until the City can afford to ramp up hiring after this summer. This will also mean that the Lodge won’t go forward with arbitration (mediation first haha) until they have a signed letter of understanding in their hands.
The Lodge has been contacted by the City of Chicago to take furlo days like they are asking the other city workers to do. A modest proposal would be for the City to take the same move that state lawmakers take with the gaming money it receives for the education budget. We're going to be getting big money from the feds for overtime, but not for new hires. Take that money (new fed money) and move the same amount from the police budget back to the general fund. Now offer POs to “take” a furlo day and instead of the POs staying home for the day and losing a day’s pay, hire them back on the federal dime, getting overtime. Working their regular car on their regular shift. Guarantee that we will be able to get the overtime on days we pick and I bet you’ll get plenty of volunteers to take some furlo days.
6/09/2009 01:04:00 AM
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Sounds good on the surface. You'll make some FEDERAL money for a short time until it runs out. Than the city will have that furlough day you forfeited..FOREVER!
BAD DEAL! Don't be fooled by the city's entire staff of professional full-time negotiators. It's lipstick on a pig folks.
Maybe we can get William Shatner, the priceline negotiator to negotiate with the city for us..we would be better off!
Anonymous said...
Thats just Masters baiting us.
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Masters baiting us!!!!!!!! thats classic too funny!!!!
SEIU, ACORN & the Dem party have been very tightly associated for years. They sell the membership out to push thier socialist agenda.Also they have supported financially a cop killer in Philly.
Do not trust SEIU or Daley-ever
TMA's, crossing guards, detention aides, are all patronage jobs.
They were created to pad the payroll with people that needed jobs, then they would be beholden to the machine.
Out of all of them the crossing guards have been around the longest, and do the most.
But, why don't the parents of the chidrenz provide the crossing services on a volunteer basis. They do in the burbs.
Shortshanks complains of bloated city government, but a lot of the do nothing jobs were created by the old man. Who's kidding who?
I can see the TCA'S - They are pretty useless.
Any boss who takes an exempt position now is like Hitler promoting cooks to generals at the end of WWII. Or making a cabin boy captain of the Titanic. 17 unpaid furlough days, on call all weekend for a pension thats sketchy at best. Who would be stupid enough to follow you when you are idiots.
Personally, I will be glad to see some of the civilians go. Some have it a little too soft.
Anonymous said...
Thats just Masters baiting us.
6/09/2009 02:50:00 AM
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Any of you actually see Mike Masters?
He goes NOWHERE without Ray Ray Homilton.
He looks like a little weasle that was picked on in grammar school.
If you were to confront him, I would say he would run.
Weasle.
That is fully,we have no police and now this! Ok criminal mayor I will do it takes me more hours with just coffee and tea! Write tickets also? Yea lol! Get fucked!
We now have 300 more pissed offed city employees, plus their families to join us in a another march. But it would be better to go in small groups like precinct through our own neighborhoods to talk to as many CITIZENS/VOTERS/TAXPAYERS as we can. Let's organize that, have phamplets and get this on TV.
A lot of people in this town are as mad as hell at this Evil Little Man.
6/09/2009 01:04:00 AM
I have 25 years on and will take NO furlough days ever!
Anonymous said...
MAYBE THE FLOP WILL HAVE ENOUGH BALLS TO TELL THE MIDGET WE'LL DO IT ON OUR RDO'S FOR TIME AND A HALF.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
DOUBT IT.
PS:MASTERS.
6/09/2009 07:42:00 AM
masters! flop would never do it!
Acyually the Detention Aides were laid-off for 18 months and Harold threatened to fire all the new PO's
Anonymous said...
Lovely. As it is, we can't staff the crossings we get every day, and we'll lose another P.O. to the lock-up. As usual, the losers in this are the citizens. Time for the unions to speak out on this.
6/09/2009 05:19:00 AM
Crime will go more rampant during the daytime! Think of it this way we cannot cover the summer schools and watch the crime go up more!
Don't worry so much. I heard from a reliable source that the command staff is going to help out on patrol. They all got issued ticket books and are ready to go. J-Fed is going to lead by example and head this new mission in the 7th District on midnights.
Shortshanks is rumored to be giving up his, and the aldermen's, pay raises as a show of support for the work force.
What, huh, what just happened? Oh, I was dreaming.
Carry on.
Thanks asswipe for putting yet MORE hard-working citizens in the bread line. How does this jerk-off sleep at night?
Anonymous said...
I just saw a job opening for Traffic Control Aide-Hourly (#173287) on the City web site. Why would they post job openings if they are threatening to lay the current employees off?
Try to apply for that job and see how many months or years you have to wait.
Just posting a job don't mean shit.
The 186 Grossing guards should get laid off this week! The Public schools close 10 June, so why do we need the crossing gaurds until 01 July???????
The Crossing gaurds don't work all summer anyway so how is this a Layoff??? Sounds like the mental Midgit is just paying with the numbers!!! My guess is that the other positions he is talking about don't exsist either.
Now he can say I had to lay off all these fine City Employees and now the Police are asking for a raise. See. Those Cops don't care about anyone but themselves.
While it would be great to work our RDO's do not be foolish enough to think it is fair exchange to concede on being forced to take mandatory furlo days!
If the FOP concedes on that, it will open a door that should never be opened. We won't always have fed money to fill the gaps when we are forced off AND don't we deserve to have the opportunity to work our RDO WITHOUT having to GIVE SOMETHING UP to get it?????
Don't cave in.
They live here, and pay taxes here, and VOTE HERE!
Shortshanks may have reached too far and gotten to the tipping point.
Let's get them in on the Revolution!
May have to scrap CAPS!!!! Naaaahhhhhhhhhhh. Too important.
"Well there not going to hire more Police. So it's the old song and dance. HOW LOW CAN YOU GO, and still get the job done. That's the game we are now in.
6/09/2009 03:29:00 AM"
BUT THEY CERTAINLY DIDNT HAVE ANY PROBLEM PRMOTING MORE CAPTAINES LIEUTENANTS OR SGT'S DID THEY?
HOW DO YOU CRY POORMOUTH AT THE SAME TIME CREATE MORE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT?
ALL YOU CLOWNS CONGRATULATING THESE IDIOTS WHO GOT PROMOTED WHILE WE STILL GO W/O A CONTRACT,
FUCK YOU TOO!!
I guarantee, if I am forced to take unpaid furlough days, I will take three days medical for every one unpaid furlough day.
MIU, catch me if you can.
Fuck you Daley, fuck you Mike Masters.
SEIU ain't your friend, guys. The people who are being laid off might be, but that union is a corrupt as a Chicago politician. The SEIU headquarters is co-located with the ACORN headquarters and about a gazillion other organizations all dedicated to the same thing: ensuring liberal Democrats are elected to office so they can pass out "free stuff" to the dependent class.
More here: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/05/31/couterprotesting-obamacare-and-the-acornseiu-mob/
You might want to look at your FOP folks closely, too.
ECS
The puppet master and his 50 dildo's that comprise the City Council work for/are employed by the Tax Paying CITIZENS of Shitcago. Wouldn't it be great if we could terminate their services (part time employment), form a posse, tar & feather their slimy selves and run them the heck out of Shitcago ! With the trash evicted & banished, we could start calling the city Chicago once again.
for everyones info The TCA's that are in ornge vest used to be with the Police Department now they want to get rid of $0 full time traffic aides and hire a 400 part time traffic aides does that make sence let me know
SCC, You've been quoted, directly or indirectly, by most of the major news organizations in this city. While I hesitate to say the climate is changing, more and more people, including the media, seem interested in your (our) views. We see a side of life and are exposed to things most people will never see and you tell them about it. You get out to people the way our dept., city and state are really run. You show people the B.S. that is our Mayor, County Pres. and Gov. Thanks for letting people know how things really are and maybe slowly we can really "make a change" and make things better for those out there who bust their ass everyday trying to do what's right.
for the person who was making fun of the TMA's I have been a TMA for 9 years and I do a great job. I work on Michigan & Ohio I bet you can't do my job waht are a desk officer that doesn't want get on the street i see some cops that are lazy as they come
OK, I've got to know. Who the hell is Mike Masters and what exactly does he do. I've never seen him and only hear he's a part of some policy group. Is he listed on the Department organization with all of those pictures?
Oh, yeah. Go fuck yourself, Daley. You rotten piece of stale dog shit.
TMA
TOO
MUCH
ASS
TOO
MANY
ASSHOLES
BUT THEY CERTAINLY DIDNT HAVE ANY PROBLEM PRMOTING MORE CAPTAINES LIEUTENANTS OR SGT'S DID THEY?
HOW DO YOU CRY POORMOUTH AT THE SAME TIME CREATE MORE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT?
ALL YOU CLOWNS CONGRATULATING THESE IDIOTS WHO GOT PROMOTED WHILE WE STILL GO W/O A CONTRACT,
FUCK YOU TOO!!
First off, it's Captains, drinking a little early, aren't we?
Back at ya!
Don't worry. It's all part of the MASTERS plan.
SSSSHHHHHH!!!! Don't mention the MIU. They are everywhere. Overheard them waiting to videotape the first copper that is doing work around the house while on Medical. They are really chomping at the bit to fuck over a copper. They are MASTERS of disguise.
If mark dontknowdoo gives in on the furlough days, i'll get it back on the medical.
How does this jerk-off sleep at night?
6/09/2009 02:47:00 PM
On a mattress filled with USC
O.T...
The City of Chicago website was accepting applications for laborers for the water department starting pay $8.00 per hour.
There are STILL potholes galore and a lot of sewers collapsing on the NW side. Someone is gonna get hurt besides the axle on my 12 y/o vehicle. I'm going to start putting a mannikin in each collapsed sewer holding a NO OLYMPICS sign. Streets and Sans puts in an orange cone and the sewer just gobbles it up. Maybe Vannecko can give up some of his city million$ to pay for the street repairs.
A friend at 35th street just told me that Mike Masters and J-Fed are going to be doing the school crossings. It's their way of avoiding the unpaid furlough days.
Mike Masters and J-Fed. But mostly Mike Masters.
Masters.
I have to go to the SCHOOL when it's over for the day, why shouldn't I cross the felons. What place needs Police when it closes for the day and everyone who attended wants to kill everyone in sight.
This is a little OT but anyway:
The other day I had to go to
35th St. to pick up my lawsuit. As I am walking around I see several females that I'm pretty sure were "police officers" in civilian dress. Then I realize....No gun, No cuffs, No pepper spray.... And on top of it the clothes they were wearing were dresses with heels or pants suits...
I leave there and go to Homan Square and again I see more female "police Officers" dressed the same way. Now my question is IF there were some sort of huge disaster in the city what would these "police officers" be doing? Would they be sent in to assist all of the "real police" that were knee deep in the shit? Say there were an attack here similar to Mumbai Hotel attacks? 9/11? Tokyo subway? Pakistan Hotel? just to name a few. Let me tell you these little PRINCESSES and PRINCES would be talking about how great a "guy" you were at your funeral and if you made it through the disaster they'd be telling you "hey just let me know if there's anything I can do for you.".
They shouldn't wear the uniform any more than Jodi should
Better be careful who you lay off daley. some of those crossing guards have already paid to renew their jobs for 2009 and are not above talking about it to anyone who will listen. hahahahahahahah
FIRE ALL OF THEM AND HIRE MORE POLICE
Anonymous said...
for the person who was making fun of the TMA's I have been a TMA for 9 years and I do a great job. I work on Michigan & Ohio I bet you can't do my job waht are a desk officer that doesn't want get on the street i see some cops that are lazy as they come
6/09/2009 06:25:00 PM
Obviously no drug or spelling test for the TMA job.
Daley to Mike Masters "Mike, go over to da police dept. and do a bunch of dumbass things so no one see's me stealin' da city." Mike Masters to Daley "yassuh boss, right away." Daley to Mike Masters "Bring dis nitwit fed witya."
It looks like Daley is calling the SEIU bluff first...I can see 1500 pissed off layed off city workers causing endless problems for Hizzoner's favorite summertime festivals. They should start with a sit-in at City Hall. Go SEIU!
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