Philadelphia police get temporary contract
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - July 10, 2008 Mayor Michael Nutter says the purpose of the one-year agreement
is to buy time to work out more details.
He says the contract cuts costs by reducing the per capita
payment the city makes to the union healthcare fund. He says it
doesn't cut benefits for more than 6,700 active members of the
Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police.
The temporary contract also gives workers two 2 percent wage
increases over the next year.
Nutter says the contract is a win for taxpayers, for the city
administration, and for the police union.
