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President Bill Christensen has penned a letter for the membership on the latest confirmed Fact Finder and Negotiations information for Corrections/Court Services. Download and read it HERE.
Join us for a fundraiser for Chris Dickerson on April 1st, 2012, at Boomer's Road House from 4pm to close. He has had hip surgery and will have to have his knees fixed as well. There will be 50/50 drawings, DJ, karaoke, and an 80's & 90's WWF wrestler lookalike contest. Tickets for the event are $20.00 or 2 for $30.00 pre- purchased, or $25.00 each at the door. Kids are free. There is a $10.00 entry fee to enter the wrestler lookalike contest. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies for the winners. Judges are yet to be determined. Come have a good time either dressed up as your favorite wrestler or just to watch the fun. Contact Rick Howe and let him know if you plan to dress up and as who so we don't have any duplicate wrestlers. For tickets you can see Mark Chevalier (midnight shift) Dan Armstrong (day shift) or Ryan Rathbun (afternoon shift).
Download the flier HERE
Effective with the issuance of the arbitrator's ruling, union dues have decreased commensurate with the 2.5% wage reduction. Treasurer Curtis advises that union dues for the month of April will include a pro-rated refund and dues for the month of May will reflect the adjusted rate.
The new rates are D2: $65.81, D1:$58.83, Dispatch Supervisor: $53.12, and Dispatcher: $49.25.
Read the SUMMARY DOCUMENT.
Read the FULL OPINION DOCUMENT.
In short, all zeros, no retro, two year contract.
It is time to get serious about what is happening in Lansing as your representatives to DSAM. We can assure you the current administration is not done with us yet. Recently, one of our members had a conversation with a member of the Michigan House of Representatives who was seeking his vote for re-election. During their conversation, our member asking why the attack on Police, Fire, and Public servants. The House of Representatives told him flat out, “Police are an easy target; they always do the noble thing and never fight back”. Well, it is time that changed. How does that change? We need to become politically active again. We used to be, but when things were going our way, we stopped. We need to return to the game! In order for us to accomplish our goals, we have to re-establish our PAC fund. Now, I know with everyone taking reductions in pay and paying increases in benefits it is a really hard time to ask for money, but it has to be done.
The most glaring example of successful use of the PAC funds is MSP. MSP spent about $40,000 in PAC funds and were left out of all the legislation that came down in the last year. Between DSAM and OCDSA we spent less than $6,000.00 and we know the results. We can change this trend!
The members of DSAM’s Legislative Committee make a lot of contact with your representatives and senators on a regular basis. These are great contacts, but when we walk away without leaving some kind of donation we are at a disadvantage. The opposition approaches that same representative or senator and makes a contribution. It doesn’t take a scientist to figure out who gets their support. We may not like it, but that’s the way business is done.
We need you to help us help you! All it would take is a $100.00 check from every member one time a year to the OCDSA PAC fund. If you cant give $100.00 give what you can. If we get $50.00 from each member we would have approximately $35,000. The largest PAC in Lansing is approximately $360,000. Had our members been giving $50.00 a year each (for the last four years) to our PAC fund we would currently have approximately $140,000. This would put us in the top 15-20 PAC’s in the state and the largest in the county. With these funds you will be amazed at what can be accomplished to help us right these wrongs against us. Folks, we are talking about $8.33 a month for the hundred dollar mark. Please go to the union website and download the PAC form and help us get back in the game!
Patrick Weir Alternate Chief Stewart
Rami Abi Adal Road V.P.
READ FULL DOCUMENT BY CLICKING HERE (this file is large at 7mb)
LETTER FROM CHRISTENSEN REGARDING 312 AWARD HERE
