Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Union for Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers has no confidence in Village Manager
THE UNION REPRESENTING FRONTLINE
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IN
ASHWAUBENON - SAYS IT HAS NO
CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITIES OF
VILLAGE
MANAGER ALLISON SWANSON.
((TOM))
AS KRIS SCHULLER REPORTS THAT
UNION SAYS SWANSON RULES WITH AN
IRON FIRST
AND THEY QUESTION MANY OF HER
ACTIONS.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE - A CALL
FOR CHANGE BY THE ASHWAUBENON
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION- A UNION FRUSTRATED
BY A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH
VILLAGE MANAGER ALLISON SWANSON
.
LOVATO: 4:23:05: TODAY THE
ASHWAUBENON PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICER ASSOCIATION MAKES A
STATEMENT
OF NO CONFIDENCE AND TAKES A
STAND AGAINST VILLAGE MANAGER
ALLISON
SWANSON
PAULOWSKI: 4:36:22 WE WOULD BE
WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY WE
JUST WANT OUR CONCERNS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
THE ISSUES ACCORDING TO THE
UNION PRESIDENT ARE MANY - FROM
CHANGES TO PAY PRACTICES,
DENIALS OF GRIEVANCES , OPEN
RECORDS
REQUESTS AN MORE. HE SAID THE
GATHERING WAS A PUBLIC PLEA TO
GET
THE ATTENTION OF THE VILLAGE
BOARD.
PAULOWSKI: 4:31:26 WE'VE TRIED
DIRECTLY
WITH THE VILLAGE BOARD,
INDIRECTLY THROUGH THIRD PARTY
ATTORNIES TO HAVE CONVERSATION
WITH VILLAGE BOARD AND THE BOARD
HAS BEEN UNWILLING TO
LISTEN TO ANY OF THOSE PLEAS.
THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SWANSON
MADE BY THE UNION ARE MANY:
PAULOWSKI: 4:40:09 MS. SWANSON
SAID
SHE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH NO
ACTION TAKEN.
THE ALLEGATIONS COME AT A TIME
WHEN THE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS
NEGOTIATING A NEW CONTRACT.
PAULOWSKI: 4:37:47 THE TWO ITEMS
ARE
100 PERCENT UNRELATED.
THE UNION SAYS IT WAS JUST TIME
TO STEP FORWARD - TO MAKE PUBLIC
ISSUES
KEPT PRIVATE FOR TOO LONG.
PAULOWSKI: 4:32:45: MY INTENT
IS SIMPLY
TO GET THE VILLAGE BOARD TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS BROUGHT
BEFORE IT. SCHULLER: 4:53:21:
LOCAL 5 REACHED OUT
TO ALISON SAWNSON TO TRY TO GET
COMMENT BUT NEVER HEARD BACK .
IN ASHWAUBENON KRIS SCHULLER
LOCAL
5.
((TOM))
PAULOWSKI SAYS NUMEROUS CURRENT
AND FORMER OFFICERS HAVE
LAWSUITS PENDING AGAINST THE
VILLAGE.
((ERIN))
AND THE VILLAGE HAS REPONDED TO
THESE ALLEGATIONS. IN A
STATEMENT THEY SAID
IN PART, QUOTE:
"WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
UNION HAS
CHOSEN TO MAKE THESE ALLEGATIONS
SO PERSONAL TO THE VILLAGE
MANAGER
WHEN THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THESE
DECISIONS WERE MADE COLLECTIVELY
WITH THE VILLAGE BOARD AND OUR
FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND EMPLOYEES.
HOWEVER, WE ARE MOST
DISAPPOINTED IN THE ENORMOUS
BREADTH OF FACTUAL INACCURACIES
CONTAINED THROUGHOUT THESE
ALLEGATIONS." END
QUOTE.
((TOM))
IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS THIS EVENING
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((TOM))
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