Holy BLEEP! Stop the Presses.... All expenses paid trip to Vegas!

What a surprise.... the usual suspects..... here are the toady scum that will sell the membership down the river for a couple of drinks and rubber chicken dinners.... the scum!

Your duly elected delegates are:  Greg Sorozan, Chris Grey, Ruthie Graham, Thomas Cartier, Lorrie Roccoforte, Robert Morrison, Daniel Vitt, Viviene Bramwell, Jane Baker and Daniel Messia (Alternate). 

YOU'RE INVITED!
Travel on down to NAGE world Headquarters.... plenty of free parking for members.... this is your headquarters, right?

Finally an Opportunity to actually get something back for all those dues you pay.....Holy shit folks, don't let this opportunity slip by!..... attend the May 4th 4:00pm meeting at Burgin Parkway and enter your name for an opportunity to enjoy a fun-filled all expenses paid (by your dues) trip to a sunny spot.

I understand NAGE will be putting out quite a spread for the members.... cocktails, shrimp, lobster..... the kind of stuff they treat themselves to all the time.... but this time members are actually invited..... I am salivating already!!!!

Holy Shit a NAGE membership meeting, can I believe my eyes?..... gee they must be scared someone will file a complaint with OLMS..... they're running scared, or stupid, to actually post this on the web-site..... the usual practice is to send out a post-card notice at the last minute so none of the unwanted members can attend the quickie meeting.

Would you like to frolic and booze it up with Holway and his toadies?..... attend the meeting and nominate your self and your buddy to be delgates to the upcoming Toga party in Las Vegas (or Puerto Rico) or wherever the NAGE scum decide to treat themselves at your expense.

Here's the nomination paper.... fill it out and bring it with you!

Attend the meeting, please report back here in a comment and tell me how many people actually attend.... and who get's voted as a delegate(s).... We know NAGE will never tell!

NOTICE FOR DELEGATE NOMINATION MEETING, MAY 4, 2010

Pursuant
to the NAGE National Constitution and By-Laws and the Constitution and
By-Laws of SEIU, the 2010 NAGE National Convention will be held on
September 8, 2010- September 10, 2010. All NAGE Locals must hold a
meeting to determine whether or not to send delegates to the convention.

Local 282 will hold a meeting on:

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

At 4:00 PM

SEIU/NAGE Office, Deb Ennis Room, 159 Burgin Pkwy

Quincy, MA 02169

The first order of business will be a voice vote by the members in
attendance on the question of sending delegates to the convention. If
the membership votes to send delegates and/or alternate delegates:

Nominations will be taken from the floor. However, the member
nominating must make the nomination also in writing and the member
nominated must accept the nomination in writing.

If the officers are ex officio delegates, nominations are not
required. Proof that the officers were elected by secret ballot and a
copy of the local’s by-laws as approved by the National Executive Board
must be attached to Certificate #3.

To nominate a candidate for delegate, you must be a member in good
standing. To be nominated as a delegate, you must have been a member in
good standing in NAGE for one year preceding the nomination.

All members are invited to attend. Members who cannot attend this meeting may submit written nomination ( Delegate Nomination Form)
to Gregory Sorozan, President, Local 282 at SEIU/NAGE, 159 Burgin Pkwy,
Quincy, MA 02169 prior to the meeting and must be signed by the member
making the nomination and the member nominated.

In the event that there is only one nominee for each approved
delegate position, that person will be declared elected and an election
will not be necessary.

Any protests regarding the conduct of the election must be made to
the Election Officer in writing at any time before, during or after the
election, but not later than seven (7) days of the event or
circumstance giving rise to the protest.

NAGE Election Officer

Bernie Flynn

159 Burgin Parkway

Quincy, MA 02169

Local 207 McGoldrick already had their election:

Local 207 News

Delegates Nominated at Meeting

Local 207 met Wednesday (April 22) for a general membership meeting to discuss whether to send delegates to the NAGE National Convention. Members voted unanimously to send delegates. The 7 Executive Board members are automatic delegates and there are 2 additional delegate positions open. Five members were nominated for the 2 additional delegate positions. Therefore a secret ballot election will be held for members to select the 2 additional delegates from the 5 nominees.
The following members were nominated:
Kelly Donohue, Division of Banks
Brian Sweeney, Division of Banks
Nancy Corcoran Ronchetti, Department of Revenue
Eric Dillman, Department of Revenue
Joseph Woods, Department of Revenue
All members will receive a ballot in the mail shortly to vote for two of the above nominees for delegate to the NAGE National Convention. Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s meeting!

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Local 207 Executive Board (left to right): (seated) Lawrence Norman, Vice President; Theresa McGoldrick, President; Bob Cusick, Secretary/Treasurer; Bobbi Kaplan, Executive Vice President; (standing) Steve O'Leary, Vice President; James Campo, Vice President (not pictured, Stephanie Mahoney, Vice President

Gay marriage and Illegal Alien Amnesty advocate Mary Kay Henry is new SEIU Chief

New SEIU President: Mary Kay Henry

Mary Kay is also an active champion of , immigration reform, gay and lesbian rights, and health care reform and a founding member of SEIU's gay and lesbian Lavender Caucus. She and her partner, Paula Macchello, have been together for almost 20 years.

Henry will lead SEIU

A handful of undecided SEIU locals swung to California nurses leader Mary Kay Henry today, turning the giant union away from the Washington-based political and policy engagement that made it a major ally of the Democratic Party under retiring President Andy Stern.

Key locals in New York, Los Angeles, Oregon, and Washington State committed crucial votes to Henry, choosing her over Stern's protege, Anna Burger, who had promises continuity with Stern's leadership.

"It's done," an SEIU insider emailed moments ago.

Henry benefitted from a sentiment in the union's constituents across the country that Stern had become a divisive, and even exhausting, figure. Final negotiations included ensuring peace between Henry's
California nurses' union and a long-term care workers local in the state led by Laphonza Butler. Butler and building workers leader Mike Fishman met in New York today with the leaders of other large undeclared locals, including the largest Chicago SEIU chapter. (Was Holway there for this meeting?)


One person familiar with the deliberations said the swing voters decided that Henry was closer to a consensus choice, as opposition to Burger had already begun to divide the union. If Burger was to win,
they decided, she would have had to win cleanly, and it was already too late for that.

Henry remains a largely unknown quantity on the national political
scene, and some officials predicted that she would allow power to
return from the Washington headquarters to scattered local unions (one can hope I suppose but, NAW... my money is on...); others suggested she'd emerge as a charismatic, central figure in Stern's tradition.

Henry herself wasn't immediately reachable Friday night, and none of the officials were ready to comment on the record on the local leaders' decisions.

Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), NAGE, & SEIU ....

Here's a link you can use to check up embezzlers, thieves and other miscreants that have been investigated, sued , disciplined, jailed.... etc.

http://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/enforcement_1.htm

here's a few excerpts..... in no particular order.....

On  November  17, 2009, in the District Court of Brockton, Massachusetts, Joseph J. Morana, former President of National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) SEIU Local 01-86 (located in
West Roxbury, Mass.) and NAGE -SEIU Local 01-25 (located in Brockton, Mass.), admitted to sufficient facts to the charge of larceny over $250 by a single scheme.  Morana was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,696.48 and an assessment of $90 and placed on supervised probation for two years, which may be terminated early when restitution is paid in full.  The admission follows and investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.

On June 9, 2009, in the Brockton, Massachusetts District Court, a criminal complaint was filed charging Joseph Morena, former President of AFGE Locals 25 and 86 (located in Brockton, Mass. and West Roxbury, Mass.), with one count of larceny over $250 for embezzling $7,696 from the two locals. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.

On February 9, 2007, in the Pittsfield Massachusetts District Court, a criminal complaint was issued against Norman Haskins, former Treasurer for NAGE Local 01-62, charging him with larceny in the amount of $2,192. The complaint follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.

On December 13 and 17, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Debra Timko and Danny Iverson, former Presidents of SEIU Local 150, were sentenced for failing to maintain union records. Timko was sentenced to six months home confinement, three years probation, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $38,795.10. Iverson was sentenced to three years
probation and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $24,853. On August 23, 2007, Timko and Iverson both pled guilty to two counts of failing to maintain union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Milwaukee District Office.

On August 7, 2003, a complaint was filed in the
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against
the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE). The complaint
seeks to overturn the election of executive board members which was
held in September 2002, in Las Vegas, NV. The suit claims that NAGE
announced the creation of 30 new executive board positions, and
nominations to fill them, one day before the election on September 19,
2002. Union members protested the election, arguing that the field of
candidates was limited by the lack of notice of the new officer
positions and the lack of time to campaign for those positions. The
complaint asks that the executive board election be voided and NAGE be
ordered to hold a new election for those positions under OLMS
supervision. The complaint follows an investigation by the OLMS Boston
District Office.

On January 26, 2006 in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California, Optical Workers Unit
(OWU) of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 535 was
ordered to conduct new nominations and election under the Secretary's
supervision for all officers and delegates of OWU within 120 days of
the signing of the Order. The Secretary filed suit against OWU SEIU
Local 535 in July 2005 after an investigation disclosed that OWU denied
eligible members the right to vote when OWU failed to mail notices to
ten members and denied a duplicate ballot to at least three members who
made timely requests. The lawsuit and Order follow an investigation by
the OLMS San Francisco District Office.

On May 14, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Central District
of California, Janet Humphries, former President of SEIU Local 99, was sentenced
to 5 years probation and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
Additionally, Humphries was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $5,149,
and to pay a special assessment of $500. On November 13, 2006, Humphries pled
guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of embezzlement for conspiring
to finance Martin Ludlow's campaign for Los Angeles City Council with Local
99 funds, and for using union funds to pay for a trip to the Virgin Islands
for her daughters and a family friend. The conviction follows a joint investigation
by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office, the Department of Labor's Office of
the Inspector General, and the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.

On December 14, 2006, in the Superior Court of California-County of Los Angeles, Janett Humphries,
former President of SEIU Local 99, was sentenced to six months in jail, followed by six months of
electronic monitoring, and ordered to make restitution in the amount of over $36,000 on state charges
for making illegal contributions to former Secretary-Treasurer Martin Ludlow's campaign for Los Angeles
City Council. On November 13, 2006, Humphries pled guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts
of embezzling union funds. Humphries is set to be sentenced under federal guidelines on February 18,
2007. The sentencing follows a joint investigation by the OLMS Los Angeles Office, the Department of
Labor's Office of Inspector General, and local law enforcement.

On June 5, 2006, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California,
Martin Ludlow, former Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, was sentenced to five years probation, 2000 hours of community service, and was ordered to make restitution of $36,400 to SEIU Local 99. On March 28, 2006, Ludlow pled guilty to conspiring to use funds embezzled from SEIU Local 99 for his 2003 campaign for Los Angeles City Councilman. Ludlow admitted to using union money to pay six people who were put on the union payroll but who actually worked on his campaign. Ludlow also used union funds for a cell phone used in the campaign. The sentence follows a joint investigation conducted by the OLMS Los Angeles District Office, the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General, and local law enforcement.

On December 16, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri,
Donald L. Rudd, former president of Local 50, Service Employees International Union, was arrested and charged with misappropriation of approximately $18,083 in union funds. The arrest and charge follow an investigation by the OLMS St. Louis District Office.

United States District Court

Eastern District of Missouri

United States of America V. Donald L. Rudd

Criminal Complaint Case Number: 4:04MJ1286TIA

I,
Ralph Amelung, the undersigned complainant being duly sworn state the
following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
On or about October 22, 2003, in St. Louis County, in the Eastern
District of Missouri, defendant did, embezzling and converting union
funds to his own benefit while and officer of the union in violation of
Title 29, United States Code, Section 501(c). I further state that I am
an Agent and that this complaint is based on the following facts:

See Attached Affidavit.

Continued on the attached sheet and made a part hereof. _X_ Yes

Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence

/SIGNED/_____ Signature of Complainant Ralph Amelung Agent Department of Labor, OLMS December 10, 2004 Date at St. Louis. Missouri City and State

/SIGNED/_____ Signature of Judicial Officer Terry I. Adelman United States Magistrate Judge Name and Title of Judicial Officer

Affidavit

I,
Ralph Amelung, being first duly sworn, depose and state that I am an
Agent with the Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management
Standards. I have been a Federal Agent with the DOL/OLMS for over 15
years. My duties as an Agent with the DOL/OLMS include the
investigation of embezzlement of union funds in violation of Title 29,
United States Code, Section 501(c), and the creation of false
statements in union records in violation of Title 29, United States
Code, Section 439.

I was assigned an audit of the Service Employees International Union, Local 50, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The
information contained within this affidavit is based on my
investigation and on the information either personally known to me or
provided to me by other law enforcement officers in my official
capacity. Since this affidavit is being submitted for the limited
purpose of securing a warrant for the arrest of DONALD L. RUDD, a white
male, date of birth      , SSN      , I have set forth only the facts
that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause that the
suspect has violated Title 29, United States Code, Sections 501(c) and
439.

Beginning in February of 2004, I started a routine audit
of the Service Employees International Union, Local 50, in St. Louis,
Missouri. This audit was begun because the annual financial report of
the Local (LM-2) showed that the President's expenses had doubled in
one year while the Local had fallen $500,000.00 behind in their per
capita payments. My investigation covered the period from January of
1999 through January of 2004. In all of that time, Local records show
that DONALD L. RUDD was the President of the Local. In that capacity,
he was issued a credit card by the Local to use exclusively to pay
expenses of the Local. Further, my investigation showed that DONALD L.
RUDD was the only officer of the Local actively involved in the
financial matters of the Local.

By reviewing the records of
the Local, I learned that in 2003 DONALD L. RUDD was paid a salary of
$77,830.25 and received the use of an automobile and health and pension
benefits paid by the Local. The Local's LM-2 for the fiscal year ending
on June 30, 1999, showed DONALD L. RUDD's expenses to be $9,733.00. The
LM-2 for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2003 showed those expenses
had increased to $35,076.00. I began to examine the records of the
Local to determine what expenses made up this increase. I found
expenses I considered questionable. These expenses related to uses of
the Union Travel MasterCard the Local had provided to DONALD L. RUDD.

In
the records which related to the use of the MasterCard, I found 530
examples of DONALD L. RUDD using the MasterCard at lounges and a hotel
near his residence. In 1999, I found 1 such charge for $25.00. In 2000,
I found 48 such charges for $1,215.01. In 2001, I found 113 such
charges for $3,268.77. In 2002, I found 206 such charges for $7,284.83.
In 2003, I found 158 such charges for $6,139.74, and in January of
2004, I found 4 such charges for $150.55. Included in these charges was
a February 6, 2002, $45.00 charge and a October 22, 2003, $120.00
charge for a room at the Stratford Inn, a hotel connected to the
Stratford Bar and Grill at which DONALD L. RUDD made frequent charges
on the Local's MasterCard. The records available to me showed that
these charges generally occurred at night, well after the Local's
business hours. As DONALD L. RUDD was forbidden to use the Local's
MasterCard for personal expenses, I tried to determine the nature of
these charges which totaled $18,083.90.

I spoke with the
manager of the Stratford Inn who told me that each of these charges was
for the rental of a sleeping room at the Inn. The Vice-President of the
Local told me of meeting DONALD L. RUDD at a number of bars, after
union hours, for social occasions. He told me that DONALD L. RUDD had
told him that he (RUDD) had, "got pretty toasted and had to get a
room." I spoke with Business Agents, other officers of the Local, all
of whom had also met DONALD L. RUDD in the bars to which he had made
charges on the MasterCard. All said the meetings were not for Local
business and could not have been charged to the Local by RUDD. The
Secretary-Treasurer of the local said he knew of no union activities
that could have necessitated the charges. I could find no Local officer
or employee to back up that any of these expenses were related to the
business of the Local. All said their meetings with RUDD after hours in
bars were social.

I then spoke with the Trustees of the Local,
all of whom were unaware of the charges. All said this use of the
Local's MasterCard was improper.

I also interviewed bar
personnel at two of the bars for which DONALD L. RUDD submitted charges
related to the MasterCard. At one of the establishments I was told that
RUDD liked to play darts while he was visiting. At another
establishment an employee confirmed that RUDD visited with co-workers
and his girlfriend. The employee could not recall what types of
activities RUDD engaged in during his visits.

MOSES & 509 settle furlough schedules.... What's the Malfunction at NAGE?

According to the EOHHS web site 509 and MOSES (who both managed to secure slightly better deals than NAGE) have concluded their discussions with HRD on implementation of the furloughs....

But "discussions" are continuing with NAGE..... so what's the malfunction with the twits at SEIU/ACORN 5000, aka NAGE?

My guess is that Holway is off on yet another dues funded junket enjoying himself in some sunny clime.... and none of his pathetic toadies back at Burgin Parkway have the cajones' or the authorization to sign off on this ministerial detail.....

So much for the "presidents" like sorozan and the other dingbat from revenue.... useless.

Ho hum.... par for the course for SEIU/ACORN 5000, aka NAGE

Andy Stern head of SEIU/ACORN Resigns.... Holway loses his Patron

Andy Stern..... head of SEIU and friend to the corrupt ACORN has resigned (YAY!)... deciding to leave standing up instead of feet 1st. This guy can't be gone fast enough to suit me.....

(of course, even with Stern gone, I'm sure we will still be seeing Holway transferring Hundred$ and Hundred$ of thou$sands of Dollar$ per year in OUR hard earned dues to be squandered on SEIU/ACORN ultra left-wing causes like amnesty for illegal aliens... all the while we see our healthcare benefits eroded, year after year of no pay raises....watching our standard of living knocked down by annual inflation.....furloughs, layoffs..... while Holway lives like a king.... he's got to be laughing at us)

Stern was the key player that permitted Holway, Farley, and Bernard to engineer the take-over by Holway, of SEIU/ACORN 5000 (aka NAGE) from founder and longtime President Ken Lyons.

For that and for too many other transgressions against workers and taxpayers to mention, Stern deserves our everlasting scorn...

Using what many would consider trumped up charges of "financial improprieties".... i.e. missing receipts from a business lunch at Anthony's Pier Four...(which Jim "tattletale" Farley ran and ratted to Holway and Bernard, who contacted Stern) 
.....(Holway also apparently accused Lyons of misappropriating Health (Dental and Optical plan) money from the Union Manged trust fund.... Apparently, Stern refused to address these serious charges (based on court documents) in the SEIU kangaroo court relying only on Farley's Anthony's Pier Four luncheon charges to dismiss Lyons,.... so one assumes there wasn't much to Holway's charges...)

Stern dismissed Lyons, put NAGE in receivership, and set Holway up to take over by allowing Holway to dilute the executive board (the only assholes that get to vote in NAGE's sham undemocratic elections) by adding 30 new members at the eleventh hour.

Not surprisingly, the 30 new dopes voted Holway in..... where he has stayed like a tick on a dog's neck.....  ever since Holway has been....

• collecting about $250k per year from members dues,
  
• jetting around the country,
  
• living the high life at members expense,
  
• providing no financial accountability reports to the membership, 
• squandering the assets accumulated by Lyons.... presiding over the destruction NAGE networth
  
• no membership meetings,
  
• no Christmas parties for members....
  
• though he always treats himself and his toadies to a lavish Christmas party at his favorite watering hole in cambridge.... Jaspers Whites Summer Shack....

Anyway.... it is great news to see Stern leaving.... great news for the country..... I'm sure Stern didn't want to stick around for November, when the taxpayers and voters will repudiate Stern, ACORN, SEIU, and the incumbent democrats who have been selling out the country to Stern and those of his socialist ilk....
Now if only that self-serving arsehole Holway would go away.....

GIC contines to downgrade Health Insurance Coverage + Huge Layoffs coming

Take a look at the insulting mailer from the GIC....

Delores Mitchell, that long time hack hag.... continues to garner accolades for being some kind of Health Insurance wiz..... what bunk..... cutting coverage, increasing premiums, deductibles and co-pays is not rocket science..... you get what you pay for.... you get less, you pay less.....

I love those "Select and Save plans".... tier 1 (excellent...docs and hospitals), tier 2 (merely "good" docs and hospitals.... )
.....soon they'll be introducing?...... tier 3 (lousy doctors), tier 4 (veterinarian docs and hospitals), tier 5 (doctors guilty of malpractice... but willing to cut their rates), tier 6 (unlicensed Brazilians that practice out of their Framingham basement apartments.... specializing in plastic surgery)...

...soon there will be more admonishments to "Take charge of your health care costs by selecting second and third rate doctors and hospitals"..... hey you want your healthcare costs to go down.... well you just have to settle for less .... inferior (but cheaper!) medicine.....

Maybe the strategy is to make the GIC plans so crappy, that when we get shifted onto Obama-caid the reduction in services won't feel so bad..... NAGE stands by and does nothing

HUGE Layoffs around the corner.....
House democrats fearing an angry electorate.... issued a budget that will result in thousands of lay-offs....no doubt to show their "budget chops".... so to speak.

Expect NAGE to be hit particularly hard, also Local 509 members look like they will be decimated (Deval will once again stand by and do nothing to help his pals at SEIU.... hey he's got to fund that ERIP package for Municipal unions....)

Deval, like house members, has fallen back on that old strategy of throwing state employees under the bus.... so he can claim fiscal austerity while at the same time maintaining his astonishing hack hiring rate, his welfare programs for "new americans".... and "green technology" smoke and mirrors give-aways to phony baloney "green industries"... for the creation of imaginary jobs...

It's going to be a rough ride folks..... don't expect any help from NAGE.... they continue to collect your dues, hold no membership meetings, provide no financial reports, no grievance reports..... In my opinion, they just want your money to give to Andy Stern and his pals at ACORN..... and give you little to nothing in services

Wily Municipal Unions ....when is a furlough NOT a furlough?

Those wily municipal unions continue to make SEIU/ACORN 5000 (aka "NAGE") look sick.
Talk about creative!

The headline reads 3 municipals agree to deferrals.... but when you read on it looks like they've done it in very clever way.... shielding their members from real losses.

Now when Dave "can I help you out with a few hundred thousand in members dues....Mr.ACORN?" Holway talks defferral.... it means the members are going to get level funded for a couple of years (that means no raise) with no retro....when Holway talks furloughs.... it means members are going to be working with no pay!.... Right?

Not those wily foxes in the Quincy Municipal unions..... no sir.

Here's how a "furlough" is not really a furlough....and a "deferral" is not really a deferral:

You get paid at the higher rates as scheduled.... but you work fewer hours (in their case city hall is closing an hour earlier every day)...so your annual pay remains the same....(thus deferred!) 

The hours that you are no longer working....call them a furlough.... the COLA raises (you get them but it's applied to fewer hours....you go home early)...call them deferrals!..... it's genius.....

.....now why can't NAGE do that?..... You know why?..... cause they don't give a sh*t.....


http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x53547444/Three-Quincy-unions-agree-to-wage-deferrals

NAGE about to lose Court Officers......

Looks like SEIU/ACORN 5000...also known as NAGE, is about to have their dues collection racket taken away from them by NEPBA..... a union that is keying off the legacy of failure by NAGE to get these folks a fair contract. The Court Officers are fortunate to have another union willing to take a run at NAGE....

The signatures requesting a representation election are pouring in.....

AS NAGE CONTINUES THE FALSE PROMISES

Submitted by tarchinski on April 6, 2010 - 1:34pm.

We
would like to thank the over 1,100 members who have filed individual
show of interest cards or petitions in order to file for an election
with the Massachusetts Division of Labor.  We would also
like to thank those of you who participated in collecting signatures,
as well as those union members who worked tirelessly to make this
election a reality.  We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude
to those union members who gave their own free time, as they worked the
phones, developing data bases, working in our office or those who
simply called to express their sincere gratitude.  WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTION TO THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION PROCESS!

YES, WE STILL NEED ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES
AND WE HAVE PETITIONS THAT ARE IN PROCESS OF BEING SIGNED AS WE SPEAK –
BUT WE NEED YOURS TODAY!

 

In fact, we received over 55 individual signatures in the mail today!

 

New England PBA, I.U.P.A., AFL-CIO we will NOT file our “show of interest” cards/petitions until after
NAGE has its meeting with Chief Justice Mulligan, in order to avoid any
possible excuse by NAGE that they would have been able to sign a
contract – if NEPBA had not filed its petition! 

NEPBA WANTS 65% OF THE MEMBERSHIP – NOT THE REQUIRED 50%

 

Like most of you, we believe NAGE is full of hot air and false promises and your members are NO closer to a contract today, than you were last Tuesday…or LAST YEAR…or NEXT Tuesday…OR NEXT MONTH!  We will give them the ONE last opportunity to come clean and admit they have failed you, your fellow workers and your families!

 

TELL NAGE YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THEIR EMPTY PROMISES!!!

N. (Not) A. (Another) G. (Goddamn) E. (Excuse)

 Call NEPBA at 978-453-2500 and ask for a petition or individual card.

 

Patrick Administration screws state employees again, NAGE silent

In a sweetheart deal for "Benefit Strategies"..... the Patrick administration will require state employees to purchase "benefit cards" to buy their T-passes and Commuter rail passes..... in lieu of the payroll deductions that have been going on for years.....

State employees get screwed while "Benefit strategies" benefits by getting $18 per employee enrolled in the program.... wonder what the total value of that sweet deal is....

NAGE has nothing to say..... but hey, they'll soon be crowing about their "success" in gulling the members into accepting concessions forced on them by the Patrick administration and the legislature..... some success....

..... the hits just keep on coming for state employees.....

Senators Morrissey and Baddour question new Charlie Card program for state employees

April 8, 2010

By Conor

Wait, is he holding his Charlie Card or his benefits card?

Senators Steven A. Baddour and Michael W. Morrissey sent a letter
today to Governor Patrick, raising concerns regarding the contract the
Office of the Comptroller entered into with Benefit Strategies, LLC, a
New Hampshire based company to administer the Qualified Transportation
Benefits Program. (QTBP)

According to a press release from Morrissey’s office, this program
previously allowed state employees to purchase MBTA passes by having
them taken directly out of their pre-tax paychecks.

Under the new contract, state employees have to pay a $1.50 fee each
month to Benefit Strategies, with an $18 yearly cap in order to
purchase an MBTA pass.

“In this fiscal climate, I think it is a bad idea to create a
disincentive from state employees to use the T,” said Senator Baddour
in the release.  “This is essentially a hidden MBTA rate hike for state
employees.”

The release notes that the Senators are also concerned about the
complicated nature of the program. Previously, the Charlie Cards of
state employees automatically updated each month. Under the new
contract, each employee would be sent a Benefit Strategies FlexExpress
Card, which they would have to use to then purchase an MBTA pass and
manually update their Charlie Cards.

“My father always says if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it,” Senator
Morrissey said.  “This simple program has been overly complicated. It
costs people more and creates problems if and when someone misplaces
their special card they have to use to buy their MBTA pass. I would
think the whole point of this program would be to encourage people to
use the MBTA, not to discourage it.”

Senators Baddour and Morrissey are asking Governor Patrick to
reexamine this program and consider suspending the contract and
returning to the existing system.

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So if I understand the release correctly, state employees will soon
get a benefits card, which they then have to use to buy their Charlie
Card, which they then have to pay an extra $18 per year for.

Hmmmm…