sb6943
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Post by sb6943 on Jan 27, 2014 19:54:25 GMT -5
UNIONDALE - Members of Nassau’s Corrections Department attended a Nassau County Interim Finance Authority meeting Monday to ask when the county’s three-year wage freeze will be lifted.
As News 12 has reported, the county recently gave out about $800,000 total in wage increases to appointed and non-union workers. NIFA has ordered the county to rescind or “claw back” those raises because the watchdog group says the county can’t afford it.
The corrections workers say that they deserve raises, too, as the cost of living continues to rise.
“My members wanted to come here to this meeting not as a protest, but as a wake-up call to the county,” said John Jaronczyk, of the Corrections Officers Benevolent Association.
NIFA originally put the wage freeze in place at the request of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, who needed to save money in the budget.
The county executive has argued that many of the workers who received raises had more responsibilities due to a large amount of cuts.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2014 19:59:27 GMT -5
Good for them maybe I can get them to represent me instead of the useless PBA.
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Post by pdcn63 on Jan 27, 2014 20:22:16 GMT -5
Well where was the most important part of the article?? WHAT DID NIFA SAY TO THEM IN RESPONSE?
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Post by sig4life on Jan 27, 2014 21:58:53 GMT -5
Not a bad idea, how about packing the rooms and doors at every open Legislature, Nifa and any other committee meetings? Make the powers that be uncomfortable, ask questions and put pressure on them. Someone needs to start something going, we had a good showing at last union meeting, let's take the crowd to the people that have the power to fix this freeze..... Standing idle will solve nothing
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Post by doughnut on Jan 27, 2014 22:34:32 GMT -5
Don't worry I'm sure the PBA is on it.
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Post by zzzz on Jan 27, 2014 23:49:15 GMT -5
James Carver WHERE ARE YOU??? And WTF is going on?  All you people deserve exactly what is going on for voting this CLOWN in again. What a fvcking disgrace!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 0:42:27 GMT -5
PBA is still working on it. Everyday these people meet with NIFA and get no results. All we hear is " IT'S LOOKING GOOD. WE ARE WORKING ON IT". PBA have been working on this deal from last three years and I dont think so they will able to come to any agreement or able to get us anywhere.
Send our lawsuit to a wrong court to begin with.
How PBA can screw that bad.
Keep buying time-time and time.
some of us have to eat peanut butter sandwich for dinner.
And please take the golves off this time and stand against NIFA like other union did.
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Post by pdcn63 on Jan 28, 2014 1:03:29 GMT -5
ALL NIFA SAID TO THOSE 100 CORRECTIONS OFFICERS WERE THE NON UNION EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT GET A RAISE ALSO... HOPEFULLY THE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS CAN SLEEP BETTER NOW
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Post by pdcn63 on Jan 28, 2014 1:04:50 GMT -5
They talked with NIFA for over 1.5 hours today ( the pba) and still got no result... the pba is F'n useless... these mopes dont understand that NIFA is unwilling to make a deal.
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Post by nybuild1 on Jan 28, 2014 4:04:31 GMT -5
They talked with NIFA for over 1.5 hours today ( the pba) and still got no result... the pba is F'n useless... these mopes dont understand that NIFA is unwilling to make a deal. NIFA is willing to make a deal. Just not one we can swallow just yet. |
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Post by pdcn63 on Jan 28, 2014 4:17:11 GMT -5
Well whats the deal? That proposal they made is their best deal?? I want to know what they want from us in return for the steps up to 2015... Just let us know what they want.
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Post by lost on Jan 28, 2014 7:58:10 GMT -5
Well whats the deal? That proposal they made is their best deal?? I want to know what they want from us in return for the steps up to 2015... Just let us know what they want. Minimum manning |
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Post by smallville on Jan 28, 2014 8:06:27 GMT -5
The last deal was made to clear out the senior guys eligible to retire. Here's your money now go away. You'd see 300 guys retire this year.
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Post by pdcn63 on Jan 28, 2014 8:08:22 GMT -5
I think we are the only dept. with minimum manning.
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Post by overthecap on Jan 28, 2014 9:26:47 GMT -5
Well whats the deal? That proposal they made is their best deal?? I want to know what they want from us in return for the steps up to 2015... Just let us know what they want. Minimum manning If you want these negotiations to move along, tell the union to negotiate with minimum manning or post consolidation in patrol. The precinct consolidation was the pre-cursor to the above. Health has been addressed, time off and vacation picks as well. Staffing is the last and biggest cost saver. IMO, the union is too proud to give up posts it took them years to create. However, they must put pride aside in order to protect their members interest at this place in time. Officer safety is between you and the union. The elimination of a post per precinct in some, but not all commands, might be an option worth exploring more aggressively. GL |
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All you people deserve exactly what is going on for voting this CLOWN in again. What a fvcking disgrace!!
