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Public Employee Press
City Park Worker wins
out-of-title pay and gets a promotion An impartial arbitrator awarded a Local 1505
member $7,800 for the out-of-title work he did supervising Job Training Participants
in the Parks Dept.
From March 2005 through January 2006, management assigned
City Park Worker Julien Beresford to supervise JTP workers and drive crews of
them to and from their work assignments throughout Manhattan.
But when
management failed to give Beresford the assignment differential or bump him up
to the higher title and pay of an Associate Park Service Worker, he contacted
his local. Beresford was assigned to open various parks, make sure the JTPs in
his crew were trained to use Parks equipment and see that they completed their
assignments.
For 10 months Beresford traveled from park to park to review
the work, report the progress and problems he encountered as a crew chief, and
decide how many JTPs were needed to complete assignments, while Parks Supervisors
made out the time sheets and schedules.
It was obvious to the member
and to us that he was doing out-of-title work, said Local 1505 President
Michael Hood. Any and all out-of title work should be brought to the unions
attention, he said.
The local filed a grievance for Beresford and
took it to arbitration, with DC 37 lawyer Alan M. Brown handling the case. In
February 2006 the Parks Dept. promoted Beresford to the APSW title for the 2006
season.
The arbitrator found in January 2007 that Beresford had been assigned
duties substantially different than the job for his title. She awarded Beresford
the difference in salaries between CPW and APSW, which amounted to $7,800.
I
feel great because I got additional money for the work I did, said Beresford.
The union played an important role in protecting me and getting the pay
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