State delaying contract talks, probation/parole officers claim
DOVER — The probation and parole officers’ union says state officials are dragging their feet in negotiating salary increases for the 300 or so officers, creating a “very toxic atmosphere.”
Todd Mumford, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 10, said the union has been working to gain better pay for its members for almost three years.
Negotiations in 2016 failed to bring about the substantial changes officers were seeking, and despite promises from top executive branch officials in 2017 and 2018, there has been little progress, Mr. Mumford said.
“It just seems like nobody wants to take on the problem,” he said. “Why, I don’t know. I don’t know what we’ve done to make somebody mad.”
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