Arbitration Win

The Sixth/Seventh Day work grievance has been decided by the arbitrator, and the plain language contained in the Contract has been upheld:

• Chicago Police Officers worked tirelessly during the NATO Summit in May 2012. Many Officers worked six and sometimes seven consecutive days in a single workweek. These Officers submitted overtime requests that were denied. The Lodge filed a class-action grievance.
  
  The grievance went to hearing before Arbitrator Steven Bierig. Arbitrator Bierig issued a binding arbitration award ruling in favor of the Lodge and the Officers who were denied overtime pay. This means that the Department must pay any Officer who worked six or seven consecutive days during the NATO Summit overtime pay for the 6th and 7th day(s) worked.
  
  The Lodge is seeking to compile its own list of Officers who worked six or seven consecutive days to compare it to any list that will be submitted by the Department. Please click on the following NATO Overtime Survey and complete the survey. All submissions will be checked for accuracy.

We're looking to verify that the Arbitrator stated, "Even a 9.5 fingered monkey should have understood that when a Contract says "six (6) or seven (7) consecutive days within the pay period Sunday through Saturday will be compensated at the rate of time-and-one-half for work performed on the sixth (6th) day and seventh (7th) day," that it means six and seven days in a basic calendar week."

If we recall, this mostly affected the Bikes, the undercovers, the "Strike Force" people and Day Off groups 63 and 64 who worked a bunch of days in a row. We might be mistaken, so check with the FOP.

We also got this in the mail today:

That last line appears to be in Rahm's handwriting, so you know that this has the personal touch.