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...John C. Corcoran, city manager, told an NDAG representative, "We have a lease with the Federal Government for that room. Neither party has offered to break the lease...
...annual operating budget for Model Cities approved by both HUDand the Cambridge City Council, authorizes 11 per cent raises for most staff members and larger promotional increases for others. Corcoran, however, has refused to allow HUD to raise the salaries of the local employees that much, and has instead offered to substitute the same pay-raise plan most city employees will be receiving-8 per cent...
Members of the board feel that this clause should give Corcoran little actual power in determining pay scales, and no power to bargain. "So what if he offers you 11 per cent?" said Justin Gray, one of the founders of Cambridge Model Cities. "The point is that he has no power to offer anything...
According to Corcoran, however, "A fair and just settlement is to give the Model Cities staff the same raises as other city employees...
...Part of Corcoran's resistance to higher raises stems from other pay contracts that are coming due. "We're voting on pay raises for police and fire departments and public works employees on Monday," said Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci. "Maybe after that Corcoran will be more willing to grant higher raises. If these other workers see the big raises given to Model Cities people, they'll want them...