Excerpts from ChicagoTribune.com: Elgin Firefighters Local 439 has taken legal action, filing a motion with the Circuit Court of Cook County Chancery Division on Monday to have an arbitrator’s March decision set aside. That ruling had allowed the city to maintain reduced minimum shift staffing—down from 36 to 34 firefighters—which was implemented in January 2012. The motion highlights that in December 2011, the city had asked the union to continue with the reduced staffing level that had first been agreed upon in February 2010. However, the union refused to agree to this arrangement. In October 2013, the union filed a grievance, which it escalated to arbitration in December 2013. Arbitrator Edwin Benn conducted three hearings in 2014 and ultimately ruled in favor of the city in March of this year, according to the motion. The union claims that Benn showed bias or misconduct by failing to make credibility determinations, by initially calling the language of the Variance Agreement ambiguous during the hearing but later concluding it was unambiguous in his final award, by prematurely deciding that the city did not intend to establish minimum manning after the Variance Agreement expired, and by not fully reviewing all the evidence before making his ruling. Additionally, the motion argues that Benn overstepped his authority by altering, modifying, nullifying, ignoring, adding to, or subtracting from the original contract terms when he concluded that the city had the right to unilaterally change staffing levels. The union also criticizes the ruling as being against public policy, arbitrary, and capricious, stating that Benn’s decision “did not draw its essence from the contract†because it effectively changed the agreement’s terms by granting the city unilateral power over staffing levels. Since January 2014, Elgin firefighters have been without a formal contract. Union President and Elgin Fire Captain Vince Rychtanek said he expects the contract issue to be brought before an arbitrator this fall, with staffing levels once again becoming a major point of contention. Thanks, Dan Bulker Feed Trailer,2 Ton Bulk Feed Trailers,Used Bulk Feed Trailers,Bulk Feed Bin Trailers FUYA VEHICLE , https://www.fuyavehicle.com