NAGE Judas Goat Performance in full swing

There goes trusty old Dave from NAGE, the Judas Goat... doing his best to lead the other unions to slaughter..... by poisoning the well with easily given concessions

I see nothing on the Local 509 web site about making concessions in their contract.
Likewise there is nothing on the MOSES web site.

They are no doubt scratching their heads wondering how they will deal with the usual NAGE betrayal. NAGE is always first in the race to the bottom among unions when it comes to concessions.

I can guess, from the pissy posting Holway had up on the web site whining about Mike Grunko having called him out on NAGE caving in to furlough's while getting nothing in return.... , that Grunko is not relishing the idea of having concessions and furloughs crammed down his throat.... his members are already hurting enough, though they were among the Gov's earliest and stongest supporters 509 doesn't seem to be having much luck with the current administration.....

.... hey, endless chin-music concerts and whining about in-door air quality don't add up to much, compared to having rank and file members getting cut down like wheat..... 509 is starting to look more and more like NAGE!.....  pluggin away at the non-issues....while giving up on wages and benefits....


I'm still chuckling at how Holway bristled at Grunko (seems to be gone, now that the cat is out of the bag and he has no choice but admit to it):

SEIU Local 509 President Mike Grunko has sent an email stating that
NAGE has accepted an 8-day furlough program for NAGE-represented state
employees. Unfortunately, Mr. Grunko has created much unnecessary
anxiety, fear, and anger with this falsehood....(let's not split hairs Dave, so it's three days and not 8.... but you've also given away the negotiated raise and optical and dental benefit.... thanks for nothing)

NAGE has performed the Judas Goat routine well..... showing, as always, they willing to give back more from their members for less in return, than any of the other unions...

.. doesn't make it any easier for 509 and MOSES to hold out..... they've got a few sheeple too.....

The ONLY THING NAGE is NEVER willing to concede, are the obscene dues they collect from state employees..... How long will it be before they'll be looking for another dues increase, telling you that the last sh*tty deal they got for you could have been worse... so it's time to pay up.

NAGE Furloughs on the way

Expect to see Pres Holway soon preforming, in his role as the Judas Goat of State Public employee unions.

How long can it be before NAGE cooperates with the Governor to snooker you sheeple into throwing your contract out the window, and submitting to payless furloughs, and to give up your stinkin 1% (which in case you haven't figured out, you are not getting anyway) and accept yet another year of no pay increase (while health premiums and co-pays go up, up, up, and coverage goes down, down, down.)

Mike Grunko, Pres of Local 509 seems to see the writing on the wall.....NAGE has this post on their web page:

It has come to our attention that SEIU Local 509 President Mike Grunko has sent an email stating that NAGE has accepted an 8-day furlough program for NAGE-represented state employees. Unfortunately, Mr. Grunko has created much unnecessary anxiety, fear, and anger with this falsehood.....apparently the only falsehood was in saying that they were state employees... they work at the Trial Courts.....close enough if you ask me..... you'll soon be getting the same recommendation from NAGE

NAGE will soon be telling you that they (once again!) will be recommending another round of concessions.... they'll be using the same old scare tactics (otherwise you may face lay-offs.)..... bunk....

I've got some unpleasant news for you: the layoffs are going to happen regardless as to whether you give up your 1% (really 1/2%) raise or not, and regardless of whether you willingly accept pay-cuts in the form of furloughs.

The Governor has higher priorities..... no cuts in local aid (by the way Municipal Unions aren't taking furloughs, or cuts to their health care, and they're not settling for zero pay raises, are they?), $50 million to pay for health care for non-citizen aliens (largely financed by cuts to State employee health benefits already.)Not mention that layoffs will be more politically beneficial than furloughs. What the administration is proposing is furloughs with no specific promises as to how many(and just as importantly, exactly whose) jobs are going to be "saved."

Ask the registry of motor vehicle clerks who are being mowed down like wheat, what NAGE has done for them.... How's NAGE working out for you?

Anonymous says.....

Two out of three (Locals 509 and 888) Massachusetts SEIU public sector locals now have decent democratically elected officers who are committed to rank and file democracy. These locals are going in a very different direction from NAGE, which in my opinion continues to be run almost as a fiefdom. Holway's salary is as much of an embarassment to NAGE members as it is an outrage.

8 years ago NAGE's assets were well over 13 million dollars and liabilities just over $400,000 resulting in net assets of almost $13 million. Today NAGE's assets are just $7.2 million and liabilities have ballooned to $6.9 million resulting in meager net assets of just over $300,000.

Meanwhile Holway is drawing down a salary of over $220,000/year. No other officer of a comparably sized local union (40,000 members) in SEIU is paid even half that amount. In the last four years Holway has paid himself over a million dollars of our dues while, some say mismanaging the union's program, staff, and finances. We have lost bargaining units to other unions (soem say nearly 100), arguably because of ineffective representation and Holway is increasingly seen by some as a pathetic, tired, old-school, washed up joke at the State House.

If we don't start acting to make a change now, by next year our union's assets will be fully depleted and we'll be in a deep fiscal hole. Which means Holway's next move will be to either cut staff, resulting in even poorer representation, or raise dues. Neither is acceptable. Lets follow the example of the reform slate at Local 888 and send Holway to the unemployment line where his s.o. Segat is waiting for him.

Holway's significant other just lost her re-election bid for a second term as president of SEIU Local 888. A rank and file reform slate swept out the Segat slate. One of the outrages they campaigned around was her bloated salary -- which is only half of Holway's. If they can do it at 888, why can't we at NAGE? Check out www.change888.org for more info... and be on the lookout for Segat to get a soft landing on Burgin Parkway!