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DWP Managers Turn To Sickout For Pay Raises
Line Workers' Salaries Pass Those Of Some Supervisors
POSTED: 1:03 PM PDT October 1, 2004
LOS ANGELES -- Some Los Angeles Department of Water and Power superintendents trying to get pay raises called in sick Friday, leaving 11 of the municipal utility's service yards without managers.
A new contract giving 5 percent raises to the superintendents' subordinates -- members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 -- went into effect Friday, pushing some line workers' salaries higher than their supervisors', said C. Edward Miller, DWP's director of power system operations and maintenance.
"We've been in discussions for quite some time to resolve this issue, and it will eventually be resolved," Miller said. He added, though, that the sickout had only a ripple of an effect on overall operations. "Fridays and Saturdays are always a light day, so there was no impact on providing service."
An official with IBEW Local 18 -- which represents about 98 percent of DWP employees -- agreed, saying the superintendents were hardly missed.
"It took about an hour to square it away," said business manager Brian D'Arcy. "We jokingly say they need to leave a note to say they're gone."
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