Word: contracts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first black mayor, and eventually he capitulated. Morial agreed to negotiate with the Teamsters, and the police came back. But Valenti and his negotiators raised the stakes. This time they demanded, among other things, an increase in base pay, from $11,964 to $16,764, for patrolmen, contract coverage for ranking officers, and binding arbitration in disputes over noneconomic issues. The city balked. The new demands would have cost an additional $ 19 million, which it claimed it did not have. Morial accused the Teamsters of trying to wrest control of the police department from the city. The police walked...
Officials say, however, that private funding has no effect on the labs' tax status. "There is no way to argue that a contract with a company is any different from a government or foundation grant," Stephen H. Atkinson, executive secretary of the University's office of patents, said yesterday...
...lakefront Chicagofest of last summer, when the Mayor was at the peak of his powers. The challenger showed snow-bound commuters and photos of herself with Daley. Laboring under Byrne's verbal barrage and a charge that one of his aides was improperly awarded a no-bid snow-removal contract, Bilandic played the martyr--an ill-advised ploy in a city like Chicago. He compared the attacks against him to the crucifixion of Jesus and the persecution of Jews and blacks...
...bargaining situations or games, as they are called in Raiffa's course, are abstracted and simplified from more complex real-life business situations. One student might play the role of a policeman's union leader, the other a city mayor. The two sit down and negotiate a contract, each attempting to get as favorable an agreement...
Negotiations take place entirely out of the classroom, and are discussed and analyzed back in the class after the settlements are reached. One-third of the final grade is based on how good a contract each person secures, plus how well the student analyzes the game...