The bitter feud between Mayor Adrian Fenty and the police union has spilled over into contract negotiations, with both sides complaining that the other side is bargaining in bad faith.

Union chairman Kristopher Baumann notified 3,600 members that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier was proposing a seven-year deal that offered no guarantees for raises and a cut in pay for officers injured in the line of duty. Commanders would also be able to alter the officers’ schedules with a 24-hour notice instead of a two-week notice.

“The mayor has exhibited disdain for frontline workers in this city, be it social workers, firefighters or police officers,” Baumann said.

Baumann said that he filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the Public Employees Relations Board on Friday because the proposal was so outrageous that it violated basic standards of honest negotiations.

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The proposal and the union’s complaint was first reported by WTOP.

Interim D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles accused the union of mischaracterizing the city’s proposal and seeking to disclose details through the press, “a serious violation of the rules of collective bargaining.”

“What they’ve done is outrageous,” Nickles said. “They are not negotiating, they are conducting a public relations campaign. It’s not fair, it’s not legal.”

The District will file complaints with PERB and in D.C. Superior Court this morning, Nickles said.

Baumann said he didn’t leak the chief’s proposal to the media.

The current five-year contract expires in October. Union members received a 4 to 5 percent raise each year.

Relations between Fenty and his rank and file have deteriorated since the police-involved shooting of 14-year-old DeOnte Rawlings last summer.

Fenty was accused of taking sides against police, paying for Rawlings’ funeral service and standing with the family as they accused the police of a cover-up. The federal investigation found that the officers acted in self-defense. Last month, the police voted to disinvited Fenty to a memorial for officers who were killed in the line of duty after Fenty refused to apologize for his actions.

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