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February 3, 2012
CCPOA Endorses Kraft for Assembly
February 3, 2012
2012 Joe Harper Scholarship Application
February 3, 2012
CCPOA Weekly Update - February 3, 2012
January 27, 2012
CCPOA WEEKLY UPDATE — JANUARY 27, 2012
While just over 200 layoff notices are scheduled to go out this week, we were able to successfully negotiate a final transfer opportunity for these members — above and beyond the original agreement — to place them in permanent intermittent positions, if they so choose. If you receive this layoff notice, there will also be a Transfer Option Sheet enclosed — we strongly encourage you to take advantage of this Transfer Option and accept one of these positions. There are more than enough of these open positions to accommodate you, so every single one of you should complete and return this Option Sheet immediately...
January 27, 2012
Meet & Confer Notice: Chuckwalla Valley State Prison
Access to Care Unit Operational Assessment - Corrective Action Plan - Chuckwalla Valley State Prison (Supervisory)...
January 27, 2012
Statewide Agreement: COMPSTAT
Statewide Agreement Between CCPOA and the State of California, CDCR Regarding the COMPSTAT Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) Tracking Log...
January 27, 2012
Statewide Agreement: AB 109 Conversion CSP-LAC
Statewide Agreement Between CCPOA and the State of California, CDCR Regarding the AB 109 Conversion for Facility "B" and "D" from Receiption Center to General Population (GP)...
January 26, 2012
WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE A LAYOFF NOTICE
Bargaining Unit 6 employees subject to layoff should anticipate receiving a layoff notice soon, perhaps as early as Friday, January 27, 2012. If you receive a layoff notice and you believe you have reasons to contest your layoff due to errors in your seniority score, the form of the notice, or the layoff procedure itself, contact our CCPOA field representative, Corey Davis, immediately so that your case can be evaluated in a timely manner. Corey Davis can be reached by calling our Sacramento Office at (800) 821-6443 or (916) 372-6060...
January 26, 2012
Sentence overturned for Chino prison guard
A federal appeals court panel has overturned the sentence of a former guard convicted of abusing two shackled inmates at a Chino prison.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that 42-year-old Robert McGowan was deprived of due process when a judge relied on an inmate's allegations as the basis for the four-year sentence imposed.
McGowan has served 19 months....
LINK - SFGate.com
January 26, 2012
Appeals Panel Tosses Prison Sentence Given To Chino Guard Convicted Of Abusing Inmates
A federal appellate panel Thursday threw out a four-year sentence given to a former Chino prison guard convicted of abusing inmates.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a district judge in Los Angeles should re-sentence Robert McGowan. He was convicted by a federal jury in 2007 after being accused of assault in a case in which shackled inmates were thrown to the ground.
In his appeal, McGowan, 42, of Apple Valley successfully argued that he was deprived of due process when the trial judge relied on a state prison inmate’s “unreliable allegations” as a basis for the 51-month sentence imposed in 2010...
LINK - LosAngeles.CBSLocal.com
January 25, 2012
Fight brewing over historic California plan to close last three youth prisons
California, often a trendsetter, could make history if it approves Gov. Jerry Brown’s bid to close all state-run youth prisons and eliminate its state Division of Juvenile Justice.
Much depends, though, on whether the state’s politically influential prison guards, probation officers and district attorneys can be convinced — or forced by legislators — to agree to Brown’s proposal. That won’t be an easy sell, due to both public-safety arguments and sure-to-surface haggling over just who pays to house juvenile offenders...
LINK - iWatchNews.com
January 20, 2012
CCPOA Weekly Update: January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012
Meet & Confer Notices: Week of January 20, 2012
Meet and Confer notices for the week of January 20th including: Emergency Revision of January 2012 Institution Activation Schedule and Issuance of February 2012 Institution Activation Schedule; Implementation of EO B-11-11 and Senate Bill 26 Supervisory; Access to Care Unit Post Redirections at Chuckwalla Valley State Prison; and AB 109 Position Elimination at CCC...
January 19, 2012
Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting: January 26, 2012
Information about the Thursday, January 26, 2012 Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting...
January 19, 2012
Fire Chapter Statewide Meetings for 2012
View the details about Fire Chapter Statewide Meetings for all of 2012 in the attached .pdf file.
January 19, 2012
Assm. Grove complains about CCPOA?
Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, issued the following response to Governor Jerry Brown’s State of the State address:
Governor Brown’s remarks today were essentially identical to past years and years of liberal Democrat speeches and promises. While the Governor talks a good game of reigning in spending and getting our fiscal house in order, his actions demonstrate a much different agenda.Governor Brown has given pay raises on the backs of taxpayers to the high-paid prison guards and other unions who helped put him in office, granted taxpayer subsidies to illegal immigrants for college loans and scholarships under the “Dream Act,” pushed an expansive “green” energy mandate which has and will continue to raise taxpayer energy costs, and most recently put his stamp of approval on the $100+ billion and growing high-speed rail disaster that epitomizes the incompetence and waste that results from a massive government. Governor Brown signed 745 bills into law from last year. This does not lift burdens off of our struggling economy, but instead adds more through increased government bureaucracy....
LINK - RidgecrestCA.com
January 13, 2012
CCPOA Weekly Update: January 13, 2012
Supervisory Update — By Kevin Raymond, Supervisory VP
On Monday evening we received more details regarding the impacts of AB 109— specifically, a list of the supervisory members whoʼve been mailed Option Worksheets by the state (a total of approximately 110 S06/M06 statewide). These worksheets must be returned by today January 13, 2012. In addition, we were scheduled to meet with the State on Thursday, January 12 to discuss supervisory seniority, as well as a myriad of other important issues. The state cancelled at the last minute, stating their decision makers were not available as the reason for cancellation. We are attempting to secure another date for this meeting. So hang in there, and stay tuned...
January 13, 2012
Meet and Confer Notices: January 13, 2012
Meet and Confer Notices for the week of January 13, 2012 including Ad-Seg Overflow at VSPW and Operational Procedure Number 418 - Medication Management at CIW...
January 11, 2012
CCPOA Benefit Trust Fund Intent to Run - 2012
January 10, 2012
CCPOA Member Alert: Rob McGowan Update
This morning, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena heard arguments in the case of Officer Rob McGowan. The 3 judge panel did not issue a ruling but they took the renewed motion to set Mr. McGowan free during the remainder of his appeal under submission. CCPOA and Mr. McGowan’s attorney are very encouraged by the tenor of the arguments that were made on his behalf...
January 10, 2012
CCPOA Retired Membership - Election Results
Retiree Dues Increase Election Results...
January 9, 2012
Governor’s Proposed Budget Concerns Prison Guard Union
The union representing state prison guards and parole officers says it's very concerned about the Governor's proposed budget.
Governor Brown's proposed budget unveiled Thursday would cut about 3,000 state jobs while avoiding any furloughs.
Brown's plan to reduce the state workforce would come mostly from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the prison system...
LINK - KIONRightNow.com
January 6, 2012
CCPOA Member Alert: Parole Agent Update
January 6, 2012
CCPOA Weekly Update: January 6, 2011
January 4, 2012
CCPOA Member Alert: Parole Agent Shot
December 30, 2011
Meet and Confer Notices: December 30, 2011
Meet and Confer Notices for the Week of December 30, 2011 including:
- AB 109 Institution Conversion - CIW Supervisory
- AB 109 Institution Conversion - CCI
- AB 109 Institution Conversion - CCI Supervisory
December 22, 2011
CA State Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Corrections Furloughs
The state Supreme Court yesterday denied review of a First District Court of Appeal decision allowing the state to furlough unionized correctional officers.
The court voted 6-0 to allow the ruling in Brown v. Superior Court (California Correctional Peace Officers’ Association), A127292, to stand. The First District’s Div. Two ruled in October that the three-day-per-month furlough program initiated during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration is lawful as applied to facilities manned by employees represented by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association....
LINK - MetNews.com
December 20, 2011
2012 State Contribution Rates for Health Care
As noted earlier, the State Contribution rates are increasing. This is occurring because of our bargaining efforts and the members’ passage of the current MOU. Please distribute this information to your membership and remind them that this is one of the benefits they received due to their willingness to agree to the terms of the contract we now live under. In times of cuts and sacrifices, due to extreme financial woes statewide and nationwide, having an increase in our member’s net pay should be a welcome relief...
December 20, 2011
Meet and Confer Notices: December 20, 2011
Revisions to the DOM Regarding Seniority For Designated Supervisors and Managers
Public Safety Realignment Act Institution Conversion Valley State Prison for Women – log #11-171
Public Safety Realignment Act Institution Conversion Valley State Prison for Women – log #11-172
Implementation of Pilot Program for Alternative Treatment Option Models
CCI: Implementation of Operational Procedure 209
AB 109 Institution Conversion – CSP Corcoran
DJJ Ventura Behavior Treatment Program Closure Dispute
AB 109 Institution Conversion – CSP LAC
- Document - CCI: Implementation of Operational Procedure 209
- Document - AB 109 Institution Conversion - CSP Corcoran
- Document - AB 109 Institution Conversion - CSP-LAC
- Document - Revisions to the DOM Regarding Seniority For Designated Supervisors and Managers
- Document - DJJ Ventura Behavior Treatment Program Closure Dispute
- Document - Public Safety Realignment Act Institution Conversion Valley State Prison for Women (log #11-172)
- Document - Public Safety Realignment Act Institution Conversion Valley State Prison for Women (log #11-171)
- Document - Implementation of Pilot Program for Alternative Treatment Option Models
December 13, 2011
Statewide Agreement: VYCF DIGITAL CAMERA POLICY
December 13, 2011
CCPOA Membership Application Form
Use this form to apply for membership in the California Correctional Peace Officer's Association. Second form for CCPOA Retired Chapter is included below. The CCPOA form and the CCPOA Retired Chapter form were both updated on December 13, 2011.
December 2, 2011
CCPOA supports Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California
The Loma Linda Drayson Center (25040 Stewart Street Loma Linda 92354) will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland for Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern California’s (CCFSC) 30th Annual Christmas Celebration presented by San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. The celebration is for children with cancer and their families who are registered with Childhood Cancer Foundation on Sunday, December 4, 2011 from 1:00-5:00pm. The annual celebration is provided by Childhood Cancer Foundation with the desire to provide families who are battling cancer the opportunity to enjoy the holidays in a safe environment.
More than 480 children and their parents have pre-registered to enjoy of the days holiday celebration. As the children arrive they are surrounded with 25 craft tables and activities to choose from. Christmas music will fill the gym with holiday cheer. Families will enjoy pizza that will be donated from Domino’s Pizza in Redlands and other goodies while listening to an interactive music program...
LINK - HighlandNews.net
November 23, 2011
Supervisory Update: November 23, 2011
Dear Member,
Attached you will find the SO6/MO6 statewide bid document regarding the procedure set to begin on November 28, 2011. You will note the document is in draft form, and we do hesitate to send out a draft instead of the final version. However due to the time frame of the bid and the fact that this document is already circulating we are sending it out in this form. We continue to seek a final version from the state. As soon as we receive the final version we will forward that as well.
One of the issues that we have requested to be included in the memo deals with members displaced from SYRCC and their ability to take part in this bid. The email clarification we received from Labor Relation states that those members will be allowed to participate, but ONLY those that bid to DAI, attended the transitional academy AND bid to an overage institution.
Have a safe Thanksgiving Holiday,
Kevin Raymond,
Supervisory Vice President CCPOA
November 21, 2011
2011 Thanksgiving Letter from CCPOA
Dear CCPOA Member,
With the Thanksgiving holiday just a few days away, now is the time for us to remember all the things in our lives we should be thankful for - our families and loved ones, our friends and neighbors, and for the men and women who walk the toughest beat.
This has been a year of challenges and successes for CCPOA, and I am thankful for the hard work and dedication shown by every member of our union. As many of you know, CCPOA board members recently convened to discuss the issues before us and to begin writing the next chapter in our union's history...
November 17, 2011
Statewide Agreement: PAII Conversion
Statewide Agreement between CCPOA and DPA:
This Agreement represents the full and complete understanding reached by and between the parties at the conclusion of Meet and Confer negotations on November 10, 2011 regarding the conversion of Field PAII Specialist positions to PAII Supervisors...
November 17, 2011
Meet & Confer Requests and Updates: Week of November 17, 2011
Meet and Confer Requests for November 10, 2011:
- DJJ Activation of Low Core Male Unit at Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF)
View Document (.pdf format)
- Ventura Youth Correctional Facility Female Treatment Program
View Document (.pdf format)
Agreements for November 10 and 11, 2011:
- High Desert State Prison Gym Facility B Agreement
View Document (.pdf format)
- Statewide Agreement PAII Conversion
View Document (.pdf format)
November 7, 2011
Chapter Ballot Issues
It has come to our attention that a few chapter ballots, being mailed to CCPOA for counting, have been sent back to the addressee by the postal service. If this should happen to your ballot please do the following;
- Please cross out your address that is printed on the back side of the envelope.
- DO NOT cross out the bar code also printed on the back side of the return envelope.
- Resend the envelope through the US Mail.
November 1, 2011
Retired Chapter Statewide Meeting
December 17, 2011 - Sacramento, CA
See events calendar for details.
November 1, 2011
Knott’s Berry Farm Free Admission
Annual Salute to Fire & Police Personnel
Thanksgiving Day - January 31, 2012
CCPOA has contacted Knott's and they have confirmed that our officers are eligible with proper ID.
See flyer attached for details!
October 28, 2011
Supervisory Update: October 28, 2011
October 26, 2011
Opening brief filed in CUSA case
October 21, 2011
Supervisory Dental Coverage Information
Expanded Dental Plan Availability for Certain Employees in Classes S06, M06, C06 and E06
PML 2011-038, issued on October 11, 2011, noted that employees who are designated in supervisory, confidential, other excluded, and managerial positions and who are also dues-paying members of CCPOA will now have the option of maintaining their State-sponsored dental plan benefits, or to elect to continue or enroll into the CCPOA Benefit Trust, union-sponsored Primary Dental plan...
October 20, 2011
CCPOA Travel Expense Form
Use this form to claim gas milage, airline tickets, and all other reimbursable expenses. (Updated 10/21/2011)
October 19, 2011
More October Meet & Confer Notices
Please see the attached Notices that we received from Labor Relations regarding:
AB 109 Institution Conversion – Wasco State Prison
AB 109 Institution Conversion – SQ Reception to Level II General Population
AB 109 Institution Conversion – High Desert State Prison
Activation of 64 New Single Cell High Custody Intermediate Treatment Center Beds at
Vacaville Psychiatric Program – Supervisory
Activation of One Mental Health Residential Unit at Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility
October 18, 2011
Alternative Custody Statewide Agreement
This Agreement represents the full and complete understanding reached by and between the parties at the conclusion of Meet and Confer negotiations on October 12,2011, regarding the Implementation of the Alternative Custody Program (ACP). This Agreement becomes an addendum to the current State Bargaining Unit Six Memorandum of Understanding...
October 18, 2011
CDCR Notices, Meet & Confer Requests for Week of October 17, 2011
October 14, 2011
New Legislative Update - October 2011
The New Legislative Update for October 2011 is now available in the Legislative Section of CCPOA.org.
You can read it HERE.
October 13, 2011
Realignment Agreement
Late last week, CCPOA and DPA concluded discussions about the impact on facility staffing that is anticipated due to AB109 and the corresponding reductions in inmate population. These discussions were "informal" in that if we could not reach an agreement, the State would/could make its staffing reductions via the layoff process. However, upon reaching a conceptual agreement, we formalized said discussions via the attached...
October 7, 2011
Uninformed former (sloppy) journalist opines on cell phones, CCPOA - and gets it wrong - again
Gov. Jerry Brown today signed an executive order and legislation intended to deal with the problem of cell phones being smuggled into the state’s prisons, but he artfully ignores the main source of those contraband phones, the employees who guard the prisons, and the main political obstruction to reform — the union that represents most of the state’s prison guards, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.
Executive orders are toothless by nature, but this one carefully avoids tackling the problem head on, even as it calls for some reasonable reforms:
IT IS HEREBY ORDEREDthat the CDCR use existing budget resources and pursue all available grants to conduct more thorough searches of people who enter prisons; to increase the number of random searches of inmates’ cells, prison property, and employees; to increase penalties for inmates in possession of contraband devices and anyone who illegally provides contraband devices to inmates; and to increase the use of canines and state-of-the-art technology to find and confiscate contraband cellular devices...
LINK - UnionWatch.org
October 7, 2011
Meet & Confer - CIM ISU #2 (Supervisory)
Meet and Confer correspondence regarding the reclassification of CIM Investigative Services (ISU) #2 Lieutenant to ISU #2 Sergeant - Supervisory...
October 7, 2011
Benefit Trust Fund Flyers - Supervisory and Retiree
Three flyers - one for Supervisory CCPOA Members (CCPOA Primary Dental) and two for Retiree CCPOA Members (Health Benefits Plans)
October 5, 2011
Meet & Confer Requests - Week of October 3, 2011
October 4, 2011
Fire Chapter Meeting
See the flyer attached. More CCPOA events posted on the events calendar.
October 3, 2011
CCPOA Furlough Case Update
Memo updating CCPOA members regarding the Furlough Case...
September 30, 2011
CDCR FMLA BU6 Method Change
This is to advise you of a change in the method of calculating FMLA/CFRA leave for Bargaining Unit 6 employees. Under the current method, FMLA/CFRA leave is calculated by using the 12-month rolling year method for Bargaining Unit 6 employees...
September 30, 2011
Local Agreements – High Desert
Please see the attached documents regarding local agreements reached at High Desert State Prison which address Additional Activities Facility B Gym and Medical Realignment in Ad-Seg...
September 30, 2011
Statewide Agreement – California Identification Card Pilot
Please see attached agreement which represent the full and complete understanding reached by and between the parties at the conclusion of Meet and Confer negotiations on September 15, 2011 regarding the California Identification Card Pilot...
September 29, 2011
Sloppy “investigative journalist” (who doesn’t contact CCPOA) writes what others say
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) staunchly defends California’s tough-on-crime policies, including strict sentencing laws and pro-incarceration policies. But CCPOA also defends its special interest: it protects the collective bargaining power, pay and benefits of prison guards. A small union with 30,000 members, it is also one of the state’s most powerful lobby organizations. CCPOA argues for a simple equation: stricter sentencing means more prisoners—and more prison guards. In California the results have been disastrous...
LINK - CapitalResearch.org
September 26, 2011
CCPOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING and Memorial
Informational flyer regarding the annual Correctional Peace Officers Memorial and Board of Directors Meeting schedule for October 28th and 29th in Sacramento...
September 23, 2011
Meet & Confer Requests: Week Ending September 23, 2011
From the CCPOA Labor Department: 5 Meet & Confer Notices for the week ending September 23, 2011.
September 22, 2011
Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting
See the flyer attached. More CCPOA events posted on the events calendar.
September 22, 2011
Court may rule on CCPOA furlough case any time
Several State Worker blog users have asked about the status of two furlough cases in San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal. The short answer: The court could issue rulings in either case any day now.
CCPOA v. Brown (formerly CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger) is the government's appeal of a lower court's ruling that "self-directed" furloughs are an illegal pay cut, since employees lost their pay but were often forced to put off taking the commensurate time off.
Attorneys argued the case on Aug. 18. Legal types we've spoken with believe that this is the strongest of the union furlough cases, since it's about whether the policy violated labor law...
LINK - SacBee.com
September 22, 2011
2011 Chapter Elections - Sample Ballots
Below is a link to a copy of the Sample Ballots for all the chapters having elections this November. This document is a draft. Any errors, omissions or withdraws need to be sent to the CCPOA State Secretary no later than October 15th, in order for the actual ballots to reflect the necessary changes.
September 22, 2011
MTA Chapter Meeting - October 22, 2011
See the flyer attached. More CCPOA events posted on the events calendar.
September 21, 2011
Memo Re: California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System
Bargaining Unit 6 members have been utilizing CalATERS in some form or another for the past two years for the purpose of reimbursement for travel or overtime meal allowance claims. The major problem has been that the process for utilizing CalATERS has been very diverse from institution to institution, often times making reimbursement for legitimate compensation unduly difficult and time-consuming...
September 20, 2011
Statewide Agreement – Realignment & Post Release Community Supervision for Corr. Counselors
Please see attached agreement on Realignment & Post Release Community Supervision for Correctional Counselors. This negotiated agreement regarding “Implementation and Training on PC 3450 Post Release Community Release Supervision” now becomes an addendum to the Bargaining Unit 6 Memorandum Of Understanding...
September 20, 2011
FMLA/CRFA Change Agreement
Beginning with the calendar year 2012 the method for calculating Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and California Family Rights Act (CFRA) leave for represented employees in State Bargaining Unit 6 has been changed from the 12-month rolling year method to the 12-month calendar year method...
September 20, 2011
CCPOA First Watch - September 20, 2011
CCPOA First Watch Episode #15
Posted: September 20, 2011
Flash Video - Full Screen Available
September 19, 2011
In Memorium… Joe Vega
Joe M. Vega, 58 of Paso Robles, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at his home. Joe was born in March of 1953 in San Jose and had been a resident of Paso Robles for 40 years. He was a Correctional Youth Counselor at the Paso Robles Youth Authority for 29 years and was active in the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation and a long time member of the Union CCPOA. Joe was passionate about his community and was an active long time member of the Bearcat Boosters.
Joe is survived by his wife, Veronica Vega; daughters Sonya Vega, Joanna Vega and Renee Vega; grandchildren Anthony Vega, Gregg Vega, Samantha Vega-Chambers and Isaac Townsend; and sister Carmen M. Martinez...
LINK - PasoRoblesPress.com
September 16, 2011
Scott Williams memorialized
On a Friday night, the president of the Local 3048 Federal Correctional Officers union, Barry Fredieu, received a telephone call that he had been waiting on for months.
The voice on the other end was Ryan Sherman, communications director of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), which represents peace officers statewide.
The news was of the passage of the Scott Williams Memorial Highway bill in the California Legislature. The two union members co-sponsored the bill that designates Highway 1 from the Santa Lucia Road turn-off to the main gate of the Vandenberg Air Force Base as Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway...
LINK - LompocRecord.com
September 15, 2011
Why should you choose to stay with CCPOA?
The information included in this packet is designed to help you make an informed choice between staying with the CCPOA family and joining another organization. Included you will find testimonials from your peers that have decided to remain with the organization that has provided the benefits we all enjoy today, including an important missive from the former CCPOA Supervisory Vice President, Mark Valente...
September 2, 2011
Supervisory Update: September 2, 2011
August 26, 2011
Supervisory Update: August 26, 2011
The 35th annual CCPOA Training Conference is in the books. As usual it was an honor to meet the men and women on the front lines that represent our membership on a daily basis under the direst of conditions. Valuable insight is always gained in face-to-face meetings regarding differing opinions on our direction and where we need to improve. There is no doubt there is still work to be done. We are not where we need to be, and if we ever believe we have reached the target surely complacently will set in. It’s never over - but we can, and will, move forward...
August 21, 2011
CCPOA members compete in “Battle of the Badges”
Law enforcement and correctional officers, military personnel and a firefighter went toe to toe in the boxing ring Saturday night, raising money for charity in the Battle of the Badges Fight Series: Road to the Championship.
Held in the intimate courtyard setting of Liquid Nightclub in Citrus Heights, the well-attended event benefitted charities including the Armed Forces Foundation, Firefighters Burn Institute and Sacramento Sheriff's Toy Project.
Battle of the Badges Fight Series events are a lead-up to the title fight at Battle of the Badges VIII. Last year's Battle of the Badges VII was held in August at Memorial Auditorium...
LINK - SacramentoPress.com
August 19, 2011
Justices hear CCPOA ‘self-directed’ furlough case
The arguments are in. Now a panel of appellate justices must decide whether the state illegally furloughed some 32,000 correctional officers by cutting their pay by up to 15 percent per month but deferring the commensurate time off.
In documents filed in San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal and during courtroom debate on Thursday, lawyers for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association said the so-called "self-directed" furloughs were an illegal pay cut...
LINK - SacBee.com
August 18, 2011
Sac Bee: Mike Jimenez Re-Elected as CCPOA State President
Mike Jimenez wins re-election to CCPOA presidency
Union delegates in Las Vegas have just re-elected Mike Jimenez to a three-year term as president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association.
Here's the vote count, as reported to The State Worker by Pacovilla blogger and CCPOA retiree Bob Walsh, who is attending the union's annual convention at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino...
LINK - SacBee.com (The State Worker)
August 16, 2011
News interview on CCPOA contract, pension, benefits, etc.
The Maddy Report: Public Employee Unions / Public Safety Pensions
VIEW the VIDEO on YouTube.com (opens in a new window)
August 12, 2011
New Legislative Update - August 2011
The New Legislative Update for August 2011 is now available in the Legislative Section of CCPOA.org.
You can view it HERE.
August 9, 2011
Labor Issues Update - August 9, 2011
August 6, 2011
Sac Bee editorial complains about CCPOA activist time bank
For those of us who like to see California dollars kept in California, it is bad enough that several hundred state correctional officers will be visiting Las Vegas for their union's annual convention, beginning Aug. 16.
But here's the kicker: We'll be paying for their time while they're on the junket. The prison officers will be on paid leave when they go, because of a unique provision in the California Correctional Peace Officers Association's contract.
The union negotiated with the state to add this benefit to its contract in 1999 in place of a scheduled salary increase. Instead of a pay raise or more paid vacation days, a limited number of members received the option of three days of paid "activist release time," which can be used for attending the convention or other purposes...
LINK - SacBee.com
August 4, 2011
CCPOA UPL case in the news
Attorneys for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association have until Sept. 12 to file an opening brief in the $4.4 million union paid leave lawsuit the state has brought against the union, according to an appellate court notice posted this week.
The suit involves money CCPOA allegedly owes as reimbursement to the state for wages and benefits paid to members who were on leave so they could engage in union business.
The union says the matter should go to arbitration. Their argument relies on the union's collective bargaining agreement, which expired in 2006 and wasn't picked up again until earlier this year...
LINK - SacBee.com (The State Worker)
July 29, 2011
Supervisory Update: July 29, 2011
July 27, 2011
Member Letter from CCPOA: July 27, 2011
July 26, 2011
Oral argument scheduled in CCPOA furlough case
Attorneys for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association and the Brown administration will have a chance to make oral arguments next month in the key outstanding court case on state employee furloughs.
A decision had been expected any day based on written briefs filed late last year and early this year, but the 1st District Court of Appeals announced this afternoon that it has scheduled a hearing for Aug. 18.
CCPOA initially won the case, and after some legal maneuvering the state was successful in getting the appellate court to consider the case...
LINK - SacBee.com
July 20, 2011
Sac Bee blogs about pending CCPOA furlough case
Prompted by our recent posts on the "special fund" furlough cases in the state's 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco, several blog users have called and emailed for the status on the fourth -- and legally distinct -- furlough case, CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger.
This gets a bit complicated, so hold on ...
Unlike the "special fund" cases before the 1st District Court, CCPOA won in the trial court by arguing that cutting their members' pay and then giving them the time off at a later date was a de facto pay cut...
LINK - Blogs.SacBee.com
July 19, 2011
Supervisory Member Alert: CCPOA BTF Dental Update
Supervisory Vice President
July 19, 2011
“Just how powerful is California’s prison guards union?”
Police have a prominent role in society – the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly. And one group of law enforcement officers also have a lot of political sway.>
From Jerry Brown’s successful campaign for governor, to California’s Three Strikes Law, to the state’s Proposition 9, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) are a powerful lobbying group. They’re also known as the “prison guards union.” In 2010 alone, they spent over $1 million in lobbying political parties.
For more on the prison guards’ union, KALW’s criminal justice editor Rina Palta joined Hana Baba in the studio...
LINK - KALWNews.org
July 18, 2011
Supervisory Update: July 18, 2011
July 15, 2011
New Legislative Update - July 2011
The New Legislative Update for July 2011 is now available in the Legislative Section of CCPOA.org.
You can view it HERE.
July 6, 2011
2011 Candidates for State President and BTF Trustee
July 3, 2011
Union wary of more violent prisoners in state’s fire camps
A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection captain and an inmate crew gather on the fireline Monday at a fire in Anderson that burned 35 acres. Cal Fire captains supervise the 4,000-plus inmates cutting hand lines at California’s fires and on work projects. Though California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation guards supervise the inmates while they're at the fire camps, fire captains watch the up to 14- to 16-man crews during the day. The captains’ union leader says he’s worried a state plan that would transfer thousands of inmates to the counties might force corrections officials to reach deeper into the prison system, transferring more inmates with violent convictions to the camps.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Capt. Chris Willson watches over an inmate crew from Sugar Pine Conservation Camp in Bella Vista on June 24 as they prepare to mop up a fire on Canyon Road in Happy Valley.
The state’s plan to transfer thousands of inmates to county custody could lead prison officials to place even more violent prisoners in California’s 41 minimum-security fire camps, a firefighter’s union leader says...
LINK - Redding.com
June 29, 2011
CCPOA Member Alert: Lancaster Assault Update
June 28, 2011
CCPOA Member Alert: Lancaster Assault
CCPOA has been made aware of an officer assault that has taken place this morning at California State Prison, Los Angeles County...
June 24, 2011
The Golden State’s Iron Bars
“To borrow from Martin Luther King Jr.,” the head of the California prison guards union said a few years ago, “today I have a dream. I have a dream that the bricks and mortar that were planned to build new prisons will instead be used to build new schools…that an ounce of prevention will be embraced instead of a pound of cure.”
The place was the 2007 California Democratic convention. The speaker was Mike Jimenez, who had become president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) in 2002. Jimenez was attempting to set a new tone for the prison guards, who under his predecessor Don Novey had become the Golden State’s most powerful, feared, and obstructive public-sector union. And in at least one way, Jimenez succeeded: The tone of CCPOA became far more moderate than it had been under Novey’s hard-line leadership...
LINK - Reason.com
June 16, 2011
Supervisory Update: June 16, 2011
June 13, 2011
Another online news group blames CCPOA for CA’s financial woes?
The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court order that tens of thousands of violent felons in the California prison system to be released or transferred to other facilities due to unacceptable conditions at the state's prisons. More than 143,000 inmates are housed in the state's 33 adult prisons, built to accommodate only 80,000 prisoners. The prison population remains about 32,000 more than the limit set in 2005 by a federal appellate panel.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority said California prisons had "fallen short of minimum constitutional requirements" due to overcrowding. In some institutions, as many as 200 prisoners live in a gymnasium, with as many as 54 sharing a toilet.
In addition, health care for ailing prisoners has degraded to a point that one inmate a week died from ailments that could have been prevented. Judicial wrangling and administrative posturing have not corrected these inexcusable conditions...
LINK - Catholic.org
June 10, 2011
35th Annual CCPOA Convention Agenda
