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GG-8-257 1 (1978-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtrb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 42 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-185522 GG8-257 JUN 7 1978 The Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr. United States Senate Dear Senator Byrd: In your letter dated May 9, 1978, you requested that we prepare a report on the budgetary impact of existing and prospective labor con- tract settlements in New York City.. In a subsequent discussion with your office we advised that while we have been following the status of the city's labor negotiations, we ate unable to furnish definitive answers to your questions because those negotiations are still in' process. Rather than delay responding, however, we would like to fur- nish you sane of the preliminary information which we have developed. Essentially, there are three main sets of negotiations the city is faced with: (1) the transit workers' contracts expired March 31, 1978; (2) the main body of municipal workers are covered by contracts expiring June 30, 1978; and (3) the teachers' contracts expire in September 1978. The teachers, however, are negotiating in a coalition with the main body of municipal workers. The police and fire unions, on the other hand, have excluded themselves from the coalition and will negotiate independently. As of May 31, 1978, the city has negotiated a proposed agreement with the transit workers and they were in active negotiations with the coalition of municipal workers. The transit con- tract had not yet been accepted by the union membership, and, in fact, the union leaders had made public statements indicating that they might attempt to re-open negotiations with the city if the terms offered to the coalition exceeded the terms they had won. In essence, then, no contracts have been finally settled as of May 31, 1978. Assuming that the contracts might offer equal benefits to all em- ployees %hen finally negotiated, we analyzed the proposed transit con- tract and projected it over all municipal employees. Our projections. indicated that the transit contract over 2 years (fiscal years 1979 and 1980) would cost the city $18 million and those same benefits extended to the main body of municipal employees over the same 2-year period would cost the city approximately $870 million. ii

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