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Supervisory - NewsCCPOA fights for Fair Retro Raises for SupervisorsCCSO watches from the sidelines after waiting too long June 16, 2008 - CCPOA supports its supervisory members in aggressive and innovative ways every day. When the State gave compensation adjustments to rank and file for the period from July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006 but refused to do the same for Supervisors, CCPOA sprang into action.Supervisory Vice President Robert Dean requested to meet and confer in January 2007, just after Alexander "Buddy" Cohn issued an arbitrator's award showing that rank and file salary had been miscalculated since July 1, 2005. Cohn's two arbitrations awarded rank and file employees salary corrections equal to 3.125% of their pay from July 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006. DPA did not provide the same benefit to supervisors, though supervisors got the raise on a forward basis on January 1, 2007, just as rank and file did... [MORE]  February 29, 2008 - CCPOA Assistance Program24 hours a day 7 days a week access for crisis/emergency situations and 7:30AM to 6:30PM Monday through Friday for appointments: 10 Free Sessions: 800-321-2843. CCPOA Assistance Program for S06 & M06 Supervisory Members & their family members is a CCPOA sponsored & paid for benefit which offers confidential assistance & community referral resources for Life's problems. It includes, but is not limited to, the following... VIEW all materials & information regarding this program: supervisory_ccpoa_assistance.shtml CCPOA's website features .pdf versions of informational posters, contact information & details of this program. November 16, 2006 - Salary Arbitration The arbitrator has ruled that the State did violate the CCPOA MOU by not including the 85/80 medical benefit and the Holiday-in-lieu-of pay, both of which were provided to Unit 5 (CHP). The ruling orders the State to: "recalculate and revise the Unit 5 and Unit 6 total compensation comparison charts to establish the correct $666 differential based on the applicable top step earnings."The arbitrator has set a time frame of 30 - 40 working days for the State and CCPOA to come to agreement on the calculation listed above or either party can invoke the Arbitrator's retained jurisdiction for final resolution. At this time, CCPOA is reviewing the arbitrators decision for application to supervisors identified as S06. This decision will be analyzed along with our many other compensation items which we are currently in the process of litigating. Retirement Formula Change for Supervisors and Managers in Positions Affiliated with Bargaining Unit 6 Personnel Management Liaisons (PML) PML2006011 - 3% @ 50 for S06 & M06. Dear Sisters and Brothers: The California Correctional Supervisors Organization – CCSO – has gone from being merely irrelevant to downright delusional. A March 3rd update written by Pat Le Sage, CCSO's Chief Operations and Financial Officer, recently found its way to my desk. CCSO claims they received a phone call from Acting Secretary Jeanne Woodford regarding 3.0 @ 50 for Correctional Supervisors and praises her for the "battle she has fought to give this benefit to S06 and MO6 employees." It is outrageous that CCSO gives credit to Woodford for obtaining 3.0 for Supervisors. CCSO knows that CCPOA fought this battle and obtained this benefit for Correctional Supervisors and rank-and-file alone. Neither Woodford nor CCSO appeared on the field of battle, much less joined the fight. CCSO praises and sympathizes with Rod Hickman because he was "criticized for all his efforts from union leaders..." According to the update, CCSO "supports Acting Secretary Jeanne Woodford because she is honest, ethical, and a fighter on behalf of correctional employees. She has the experience and tenacity to go into battle to protect your rights." Just who does CCSO represent? Rod Hickman? Jeanne Woodford? It is outrageous that CCSO believes Woodford will protect your rights as Correctional Supervisors! CCPOA does not believe that kissing management's ass will get the results Correctional Supervisors deserve and need. CCSO does. CCSO states: "Both Democratic and Republican candidates have received over $1 million in contributions from CCPOA. This kind of money moves legislators in a direction led by the union and not by the leaders who have been appointed to implement reforms." CCSO does not get it. CCPOA's job is to represent our members – the men and women who walk the toughest beat in the State. We do not represent appointed leaders and we never will. Our union is strong and untied and we are heard loud and clear on all issues affecting our profession. We are 100% focused and committed to improving the pay, benefits, working conditions and lives of our members. We get results and we make no apology for that. CCSO claims to only represent Correctional Supervisors. Yet, their update asks readers to contact their legislators "TODAY" and express "SUPPORT" on "CCSO's proposed legislation." The two bills listed by CCSO, AB 2835 and AB 2994, have NOTHING to do with Correctional Supervisors. One bill would expand the parity bill from Units 5, 6, or 8 to all excluded employees in Bargaining Units 1 through 21. The other bill gives managers meet and confer rights. Correctional Supervisors clearly are not a priority when it comes to CCSO's legislative agenda. The bottom line is that CCPOA is with Correctional Supervisors on the line, winning the battles that need to be won on your behalf. We represent YOU. Robert A. Dean Supervisory Vice President Most of you are fortunate enough NOT to have read CCSO's latest web blather (who knew they'd even heard of the Internet in Escalon?). Alas, I was not so lucky. In its latest update, this pitiful little group actually blows its own horn for being so far up management's butt that Jeanne Woodford "telephoned [their] office personally" to tell them about the decision to award supervisors 3.0 at 50. They even go on to thank her - yes, thank HER - for fighting so long and hard for supervisors' benefits. This is the woman who proudly admitted in a CCPOA deposition that she is opposed to any and all post and bid for supervisors. Yeah, I'm sure she was a BIG help on this one. Actually, I don't remember seeing Woodford's name - or CCSO's for that matter - on the legislation CCPOA introduced last week to get 3.0 at 50 to supervisors, without increasing their contribution. And it was this leverage that finally won this long-overdue victory for correctional supervisors. Maybe our thank you letter just got lost in the mail. But CCSO's delusions didn't stop there. Their website goes on to actually lament the resignation of Secretary Rod Hickman, whom they thought "had the courage ... to provide leadership and go in a new direction ..." I suppose if they consider DOWN THE TOILET a new direction, then there might be some truth in that statement. But what I think is more likely is that their lips were planted so firmly on Hickman's rear end that they never could see what direction he was going - and that he was leading us all over a giant cliff. They actually praised him for trying to "purge the prisons of the ‘code of silence, all the while standing strong against union leaders.'" Is "Pat La Sage" Rod Hickman's pseudonym? Did Rod actually write this piece for CCSO? I wouldn't be surprised ... after all, he DOES have a lot of free time at the moment. But truth be told, Hickman and his management team were the only ones who practiced any "code of silence" - typically, against us! And why in the world would CCSO want Rod to stand against his own supervisors and officers (i.e., the union)? We're the ones on the front line, getting the job done - and with damn little help or appreciation. So, CCSO wants to take a "strong" stand, huh? Let's take a look at exactly what CCSO is "standing strong AGAINST: better officer safety equipment and training; enhanced salary, benefits and rights for officers and supervisors; increased staffing to fill vacancies, thus improving staff safety and reducing overtime costs; cutting waste and improving efficiency; and protecting the public from violent felons. Because this is exactly what CCPOA has fought for and won for supervisors and rank-and-file over the last few decades. So if CCSO is against us, then they are against these reforms and the supervisors that benefited from them. And that's all of us. So maybe CCSO should just come clean and change its name to "California Correctional Managers Back-Patting and Butt Kissing Organization." At least then they'd have a shred of integrity to cling to. Robert A. Dean Supervisory Vice President There is some understandable confusion over a letter issued recently by DPA saying that supervisors wouldn't be getting their raises. I want to clarify that THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR SO6 - because our raises are a result of an agreement reached by CCPOA during contract negotiations. So please spread the word - YOUR RAISES ARE SAFE. Enjoy. WHAT CCSO SAYS: CCSO is the only statewide organization that is 100% focused on promoting the issues of Correctional Supervisors in the legislature. [as stated on the CCSO website on the "member benefits" page, under the section titled, "Legislative Advocacy." CCSO Membership Benefits] WHAT CCSO DOES: Current Actions Promotes a bill that would increase privately-operated Community Correctional Facilities (CCFs), contracting away the operations of prisons to the private sector. CCSO supported a bill, AB 658 (Liu) that would expand the use of Community Correctional Facilities (CCFs) in California. The bill as introduced: AB 658 [Please note the reference to "community correctional facilities." These are the contracted-out, non-CDC facilities operated by private companies including Wackenhut Corrections (now GEO Group), Cornell Corrections, Management & Training Company, Alternative Programs, Inc., etc) The Governor recently signed contracts to open two additional private prisons and extended at least 2 more private prison contracts... ...and is paying to expand another 500-bed private prison by an additional 200 beds! Daily Press Article [Update: 11/07 - link removed] The Governor is trying to quietly contract-out corrections throughout the state and CCSO signed up to help him do it! Click on the following link to CCSO's webpage showing CCSO support for AB 658 (Liu) CCSO Legislative Page A Little History During the private prison battles at the Capitol in the late 1990s and early 2000s, CCSO remained silent while CCPOA led the charge against the privateers. CCPOA sponsored legislation which was enacted to restrict the abilities of private prison companies to operate facilities in CA. CCPOA fought back the repeated attempts by Senator Polanco to privatize county juvenile facilities, all female state prisons, and mandate all future prisons built in CA be privately-operated. SB 818 SB 817 SB 2025 SB 295 Nearly every law enforcement group joined CCPOA in these efforts. CSEA and a host of other public employee groups also actively opposed these measures. CCSO not only stayed silent, they gave campaign contributions to the most vocal private prison candidates they could find! Why would any organization claiming to represent your interests not only support the lawmakers dedicated to privatizing prisons, but also actively support legislation to expand prison privatization? CCSO spent its members dues money to support contracting-out their own members jobs! CCSO leadership paid its lobbyists to advocate in support of private prisons. CCSO leadership contributed its members' dues to private prison advocates. Once again, CCSO says a lot of things that sound good, but their actions rarely coincide with their words. By way of example, here is what CCSO says on their website concerning political action: "CCSO PAC sends a message to policy makers that California Correctional Supervisors are united and provides an opportunity to positively impact the election of candidates who recognize and support issues we care about." After reading the above, one could conclude that that CCSO leadership believes that their campaign contributions will be used to support candidates who support the issues CCSO cares about and that the contributions will "positively impact the election." Neither is the case, as demonstrated below. Below are four campaign contributions made by CCSO to the campaign committees of staunch advocates of private prisons. Senator Richard Polanco $1000 02/09/00 Senator Richard Polanco $1000 03/01/02 Assemblyman Phil Wyman $3000 03/04/02 Bill Simon for Governor $3000 10/25/02 Did I mention that all three of these very vocal private prison advocates, despite the significant financial support provided by the leadership at CCSO all failed to get elected when they subsequently ran for office? Let's look at that quote from CCSO again: ...an opportunity to positively impact the election of candidates who recognize and support issues we care about." By the way, CCSO reported contributing just $3,000 in 2005 - $1,000 each to 3 candidates and reported $0 in opposing the Governor's voter-rejected special election power-grab designed to significantly weaken public employees associations. Once again, CCSO remained silent. In bed with the Privateers: CCSO proudly announced that it has begun recruiting members for new local CCSO chapters at the Community Correctional Facilities (CCFs) operated by the private prison companies. Take a look for yourself at CCSO's own website: In bed with the Privateers [Update: 11/07 - Link Removed] But let's look – one more time- at their slogan: CCSO is the only statewide organization that is 100% focused on promoting the issues of Correctional Supervisors in the legislature. Maybe it should read: CCSO is the only statewide organization that is 100% focused on promoting the issues of private Correctional Supervisors in the legislature. 2003 Supervisory News Archive RETURN to CCPOA Supervisory MAIN PAGE |
