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By David Dagan
The deal is on the table for members of the Harrisburg
Parking Authority union.
The private company that wants to lease the city's parking
facilities yesterday mailed a letter to members of the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees Local 521b. The union local has publicly
opposed the deal.
The letter promised an hourly pay increase of 75 cents, a
cash bonus equal to 20 percent of salary and other perks if the union agrees to
remove a contract clause blocking the $215 million, 75-year lease.
"We view you as our future partners in this project,"
officials of Harrisburg Public Parking wrote. "HPP wants you to have all the
facts necessary to make your own independent and informed decision."
Harrisburg Public Parking promised to keep all union
employees on board and to give them first dibs at any new jobs it creates. The
company wrote that it would reject a "no-layoff" clause because it needs the
ability to cut jobs in response to market conditions, which it said was an
unlikely prospect.
Among the benefits promised in the letter:
Harrisburg Public Parking President Jacob A. Frydman today
said the letter was sent directly to union members because there is much rumor
and innuendo surrounding the company's plans. Union members may not have the complete picture about Harrisburg
Public Parking's intentions, he said.
Union leaders could not be reached this morning.
Company officials said in the letter that they held two April meetings with leaders of AFSCME
District 90, the umbrella organization for the local. Local leader Gail Lewis
has said members of the local voted in the last week of April not to negotiate
with Harrisburg Public Parking.
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