Euro 2008 tears for police
Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) - Police in Geneva, like their colleagues in Lausanne, have agreed to stop handing out fines for minor infractions in protest against the city’s decision not to pay them an expected CHF2,500 bonus for their Euro 2008 work.
The city decided 15 October not to pay the bonus, having paid the police for 125,000 hours of overtime. The police unions voted to stop working overtime as well as to halt fines while they wait for the city to make another offer. According to the Tribune, the police union is pressuring the city with an eye to the inauguration 21 October of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at Cern, where dignitaries from more than 60 countries are expected.
At issue is a system of bonuses that lacks transparency, rather than just the situation during Euro 2008, and the cantonal council is expected to review the problem in coming months.
News story, GenevaLunch, 17 October 2008.
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October 20th, 2008 at 10:02 am
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