Chuck Alexander
December 7, 2010
Chuck alexander re-elected with 90% of delegate vote
Incumbent Chuck Alexander will continue as executive vice president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association after winning nearly 90 percent of 429 delegate votes this morning.
According to Bob Walsh, our man on the ground at CCPOA's convention at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas, Alexander opponents Charlie Mohammed received 41 votes and Walter Tucker netted eight votes.
Walsh, a CCPOA retiree who writes for the Paco Villa Corrections Blog, said that Mohammed told assembled delegates that "a vote for Charlie is a vote for cop killers" before he walked out of the convention...
LINK - SacBee.com
July 2, 2010
Memo from Chuck Alexander re: Minimum Wage
Dear State Board of Directors:
As anticipated, the Administration has "urged" the State Controller to reduce our pay to federal minimum wage. This was done via the attached pay letter to J. Chiang from D. Endsley of the Department of Personnel Administration. Please take the time to read the cover letter, and note that the letter "urges" the Controller to take the steps necessary to implement minimum wage. Also, note that the pay letter "excludes" from the minimum wage those six units that have "tentative" deals with this Administration...
May 24, 2010
Prison furloughs causing future financial liabilities to mount
Implemented to help the state sock away $2 billion, the governor's furlough order imposed on prison guards may end up eating away half the savings in the long run.
"Prisons don't close three Fridays a month," said Chuck Alexander, a vice president of California Correctional Peace Officers Association. "This governor saved a couple of bucks yesterday, but the next one will have to pay three bucks tomorrow."
Custody staff's growing vacation and holiday leave balances that were compounded by furloughs represent a future liability to the state of at least $546 million and could be more than $1 billion, state Auditor Elaine Howle warned in a report issued last week...
LINK - DailyBulletin.com
March 1, 2010
Furlough Case Update/Memo
State Board,
On Friday, February 26th 2010 the Court of Appeal issued a decision relative to our pending furlough appeal. Contrary to the missive written by the Sac Bee on its State Worker Blog. CCPOA DID NOT lose. As you may recall, CCPOA asked for the Court to dismiss the appeal filed by the State. They did.
March 1, 2010
Furlough Case Update/Memo
State Board,
On Friday, February 26th 2010 the Court of Appeal issued a decision relative to our pending furlough appeal. Contrary to the missive written by the Sac Bee on its State Worker Blog. CCPOA DID NOT lose. As you may recall, CCPOA asked for the Court to dismiss the appeal filed by the State. They did....
February 5, 2010
letter from Chuck Alexander to Senate Leaders
Read the thank you letter from Chuck Alexander to Senate Leaders.
February 4, 2010
CCPOA Blueprint for Success
State Board Memo from Chuck Alexander: "Attached is a copy of the "New Directions" document that we have begun distributing to members of the Legislature and media. Also, beginning Sunday January 10, we begin airing a TV and radio spot, specifically in the Sacramento region, regarding CCPOA's willingness to assist in reforming the CDCR. The spot will be available on our web page within the next few days..."
View the full New Directions document in the Issues section.
January 22, 2010
Furlough Case Updates 1/22/10
Memo from Chuck Alexander and the documents filed by CCPOA in rebut to the State's latest appeal maneuver of last week, the "Opposition to Petition for Writ of Supersedeas"...
July 27, 2009
Special to the Bee: A Letter from Chuck Alexander
With California now reduced to passing out IOUs to cover its growing debts and its credit rating in free fall, the governor's refusal to even consider, let alone enact, any of these cost-saving proposals is puzzling.
We recently offered to reduce future pension obligations, alter sick leave provisions and make other contractual changes that would save California taxpayers more than a billion dollars annually, all of which were flatly rejected by the Schwarzenegger administration. While Sacramento police and firefighters are receiving accolades from local officials for making contract concessions during tough times, our governor has summarily rejected any and all attempts by California correctional peace officers to do the same.
May 19, 2009
CCPOA president talks about state layoffs
We spoke this afternoon with Chuck Alexander, acting president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, about the layoffs announced last week by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
So far, CCPOA has been mostly silent about budget matters affecting their members, including the 5,000 layoff notices sent out to state workers. Preliminary reports indicate that up to 3,600 of the letters have gone to Corrections and Rehabilitation Department employees, and most of those went to correctional officers with 15 months or fewer on the job, Alexander said…
LINK - SacBee.com (The Sacramento Bee)
August 1, 2008
letter from Chuck Alexander re: Executive Order
Read the letter from Chuck Alexander to the State Board re: Executive Order
