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Massachusetts Correction Officers, Union Issues Board| Subject: MCOFU election | |
Author: Steve M [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:10:20 12/19/09 Sat I am pleased to announce that I am a candidate for Executive Secretary/MCOFU. Please visit matty4mcofu.com for a better understanding of my goals and visions. Thanks for your support. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: Whats up with the ex VP | |
Author: i now things [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:19:31 09/15/09 Tue If you see the ex VP Ferillo ask him to tell you the story of his all exspense union paid vacation to Calif. Don't forget to ask how his trip across the border to Mexico was will he was there. More to come [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Your FUTURE is Bright | |
Author: J.P. Madoux [Edit] |
Date Posted: 10:25:00 09/12/09 Sat www.correctionscorp.com Dear Guards, After years of reading your unhappiness on this Public blog I have great news. Your misery is over! Please go to the web address above and you can gain a wealth of knowledge on your futures. This company has already met with a classified group in your Statehouse. When they see what they have now and what they get for $30.00 an hour, I can assure you they had big smiles when they were told C.C.A. can offer the same service for less. Just keep blogging here. Because C.C.A. gains information here to use in a power point demonstrations. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: We don't have any oversight in our union and it looks real bad. | |
Author: IRS [Edit] |
Date Posted: 19:08:13 04/01/09 Wed BROCKTON Union official charged with larceny A union official representing 400 Brockton city workers has been charged with making nearly $20,000 in unauthorized withdrawals from a union bank account. Susan Elliot of Lakeville, former secretary treasurer of Local 1162 of the Laborer's International Union of North America, which represents clerical and public works employees, is charged with larceny over $250. She is scheduled for arraignment in Brockton District Court on May 5. Authorities allege Elliot, 47, used the union's ATM card on numerous occasions to remove money from the account between September and February. The Enterprise of Brockton reported that the missing money was discovered during a routine audit. Elliot allegedly told police she intended to repay the money. (AP) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Jedctnon (YXXUlisXNCzBU) [Edit] |
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| Subject: exodus started | |
Author: KF [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:26:50 04/04/08 Fri WEST BOYLSTON— Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction are set to vote tomorrow on whether to leave the union that has represented them for the last dozen years and join an upstart new union that has up to now mainly been associated with police officers. The decertification election is from 2 p.m.— 5 p.m. at the jail complex’s training center. The vote among the 360 officers and sergeants will decide whether they leave the Massachusetts Correction Officer Federated Union and join the New England Police Benevolent Association, according to Peter Boyd, chief steward of the MCOFU local. Mr. Boyd said he will run for president of the new union if members vote to decertify. He maintained that members have been dissatisfied with MCOFU’s representation for some time, and with the local’s 5-year contract expiring June 30, want to go with a union that will help them get better wages and benefits and safer working conditions. Mr. Boyd noted that the Worcester County MCOFU chapter got total raises of 6 percent over the five years, while state correction officers also represented by MCOFU got 14 percent raises during the same period. “We feel like we’ve been doormats of the administration for far too long,” Mr. Boyd said. “We’ve been saying for a long time that we want to make the same pay as the state correction officers.” In recent months, both sides have been campaigning to win the jail employees’ votes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: U can run away to vac land but you can't hide what you spend | |
Author: irs [Edit] |
Date Posted: 16:59:23 03/20/09 Fri http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f3949a.pdf [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: sad day | |
Author: co [Edit] |
Date Posted: 16:07:54 03/20/09 Fri Mark Parker died on Thursday, 25 years after throwing his body in harm's way to protect Orange County residents. Then 19, Parker was gunned down in the old courthouse in Orlando on Jan. 10, 1984, in a massacre that changed court security forever. His wound crippled the young corrections officer but never broke his spirit. "Mark is the last victim of Thomas Provenzano," said State Attorney Lawson Lamar, who was sheriff at the time. "He was a tough, tough kid. He didn't spend time being miserable." Paralyzed from the chest down, Parker attended the annual memorial service to honor the men slain by Provenzano: court bailiff William "Arnie" Wilkerson, who died the day of the shootings, and court bailiff Harry Dalton, who succumbed to his injuries in 1991. Nine years later, Parker attended Provenzano's execution at Florida State Prison. "Justice has finally been served," Parker said afterward. Parker, 44, died about 2 a.m. at Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was admitted Wednesday. Condolences came from as far away as Afghanistan. "It was a long hard battle for Mark and he made a go of it," former Sheriff Kevin Beary said by telephone from Kabul, where he is teaching tactics to Afghan forces. "He never stopped trying to make it better for people who had suffered catastrophic injuries like he did." On the day of the massacre, Provenzano went to court to shoot police officers who gave him a traffic ticket. In an era before searches for weapons, he walked into the building with three guns. Inside a courtroom, he wounded Dalton. Then he killed Wilkerson. He fired again but missed hitting a judge. Stepping into a corridor, Provenzano traded shots with another court deputy. Hit in the crossfire, Parker required around-the-clock care for the rest of his life. After the shooting, hundreds of tradesmen, cops and others raised money and built an addition for him at his family home in Winter Garden. "It really was a project of love," said former Sheriff Walt Gallagher, who organized the effort as a supervisor with the Sheriff's Office. "He was not left without support." A hard-core rock 'n' roll fan, Parker loved Led Zeppelin and thrilled at having met lead singer Robert Plant during an Orlando performance. He never missed a Daytona 500 NASCAR race. After relearning skills as small as feeding himself with a spoon, Parker mastered computers for regular gaming sessions with soldiers in Iraq and Internet buddies around the world. "My brother's better on the computer with his mouth stick than I could be with my two hands," said his sister, Colleen Parker of Winter Garden. Survivors also include his brother, Marvin Parker of Winter Garden. His mother, Beverly Parker, died in 2004, followed a year later by his father, former Chief Deputy Charlie B. Parker. Mark Parker always hoped to follow in his father's footsteps. Before he retired, Beary made him an honorary deputy. Windermere police Officer Carl Head, Parker's best friend since their days at West Orange High School, choked up as he talked about being running buddies with a guy in a wheelchair. Parker loved racing, "but he was into science fiction, history and the military, too," Head said. "If you really knew Mark, then you really knew his love for his country, law enforcement and his friends." Funeral Information Funeral services for Corrections Officer Parker will be conducted with full law-enforcement honors on Tuesday, March 24 at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Winter Garden, Fla. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: Hey Vets | |
Author: DDD [Edit] |
Date Posted: 16:50:44 03/14/09 Sat Free Nicotine Patches Available for Massachusetts Veterans and Their Families Massachusetts veterans smoke at a higher rate than the general adult population: 24 percent as opposed to 18 percent, when adjusted for age (based on fi gures from 2005-07). Studies show that using medications such as the nicotine patch combined with support triples your chances of quitting for good. Massachusetts veterans and their family members who call the Massachusetts Smokers Helpline at 800-Try-To-Stop (800-879-867867) will receive a free four-week supply of nicotine patches valued at $100 retail, along with informational resources on the benefi ts of quitting smoking, and tips on how to stop. Program participants will also receive free telephone support to help them quit. “Smoking remains the number one cause of preventable death and disease in the Commonwealth, and our veterans deserve support to help them live longer, healthier lives,” said DVS Secretary Tom Kelley. The nicotine patch giveaway program will run through June 30, 2009. For more information visit www.makesmokinghistory.com/veterans. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: lol [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:52:28 11/05/08 Wed I can’t wait for our unions once every three year media blitz. We did get a small one over the v.p.'s rail-job but the real one's coming, it's e-board election time. Make your wishs up now, cause soon there will be someone in your face saying they can fore fill them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Next Contract | |
Author: C.O. Contract [Edit] |
Date Posted: 19:12:22 01/02/09 Fri How about this, 0-0-0 and give state Correction Officers 25-75. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: reposted from http://www.voy.com/218630/ | |
Author: jj [Edit] |
Date Posted: 15:13:30 12/07/08 Sun Is "working to the rules” against any laws or rules? -- Soon to be a Candidate, 07:01:21 12/06/08 Sat [2] Is "working to the rules” against any laws or rules? Doing what the rules/laws say to do to the letter. No more and never less than what is written on our job duties/ post-orders/ State-Fed laws and other SOPs. If it is o.k., like common sense tells me it is, how do we as Sworn Officers protect our public, charge and selves from bad orders from bad managers? Do we write reports, file safety grievances thru the Union, sue in open/closed courts, plus other things not to be shown here or do we do all of the above? Tell me what you think but don't spill any beans. [ Post a Reply to this Message ][Edit] Replies: PLEASE file safety grievances thru the Union. -- OG, 07:20:47 12/06/08 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: Danny Oneil is a lying bastard, proofs in the facts. | |
Author: was there [Edit] |
Date Posted: 23:17:43 06/04/08 Wed [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: new forum for the mcofu election,, http://www.voy.com/218630/ | |
Author: pu [Edit] |
Date Posted: 20:14:47 12/01/08 Mon http://www.voy.com/218630/ [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: real nice | |
Author: 3D [Edit] |
Date Posted: 19:09:48 11/26/08 Wed FORMER MASSACHUSETTS INMATE ARRESTED FOR HACKING PRISON COMPUTER TO ACCESS PRISON MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BOSTON, MA -A former inmate of the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts was arrested late yesterday in North Carolina, on an Indictment charging him with damage to the prison’s computer network and identity theft. The inmate is alleged to have obtained the password to a prison management program and to have made available to other inmates a report listing the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, home addresses and telephone numbers of over 1,100 current and former prison personnel. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division and Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald of Plymouth County, announced today that FRANCIS G. JANOSKO, age 42, was charged in an Indictment with one count of intentional damage to a protected computer and one count of aggravated identity theft. JANOSKO was indicted on October 29, 2008 which was unsealed late yesterday afternoon following his arrest in North Carolina. The Indictment alleges that while JANOSKO was an inmate at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the prison provided inmates a computer so they could research legal matters. To maintain computer and prison security, the prison attempted to restrict the inmates’ access to legal research and nothing else. As configured, the computer prevented inmates from accessing the Internet, e-mail, other computers on the prison's networks, or even other computer programs on the legal research computer. The Indictment further alleges that despite these restrictions, JANOSKO figured out how to use the legal research computer for purposes other than legal research, by several methods including exploiting a previously-unknown idiosyncrasy in the legal research software. As a result, the Indictment alleges, between October 1, 2006 and February 7, 2007, JANOSKO configured the prison's computer network to provide himself, and other inmates, access to programs other than the legal research program, and to access and provide inmates access to a report that listed the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, home addresses and telephone numbers, and past employment history of over 1,100 current and former prison personnel. The Indictment alleges that JANOSKO also obtained the username and password to an important prison management computer program and attempted to log in to that program, fortunately without success before he was caught. If convicted of the computer charge, JANOSKO faces up to 10 years of imprisonment, to be followed by up to 3 years supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gain or loss (whichever is greater) and restitution to Plymouth County, Massachusetts. If convicted of the identity theft charge, JANOSKO faces an additional mandatory 2 years of imprisonment and one year of supervised release. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division, with considerable assistance from the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Scott L. Garland of Sullivan’s Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Unit. The details in the Indictment are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: . [Edit] |
Date Posted: 00:41:05 11/20/08 Thu DOC official accused of ripping off $100,000 in funds and weapons By Marie Szaniszlo | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage A state Department of Correction employee may soon be behind bars himself for allegedly stealing some $100,000 in state funds, firearms and other items from the department, Attorney General Martha Coakley said today. Gary Mendes, who was responsible for the purchase of firearms, ammunition and other specialized equipment for the DOC since 2002, is accused of buying himself numerous items, including five 40-caliber handguns, a machete, a hunting bow and a baseball pitching machine, authorities said. Investigators allege that between 2004 and 2008, Mendes falsely reported the value, cost and quantity of equipment department officials believed they had paid for by misrepresenting invoices he had produced, authorities said. Mendes, 48, is accused of knowingly submiting invoices for more merchandise than he actually used or needed and then using the difference in value as credit to buy items for himself. He was arrested at his Berkley home today and charged with procurement fraud and larceny by scheme over $250, Coakley said, and is expected to be arraigned in Greenfield District Court this afternoon. Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1133512 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Still hurts. | |
Author: 3D [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:09:50 11/20/08 Thu The Boston Globe November 20, 2008 Pension fund sags 13.3% in October But Massachusetts' losses for year are in line with other states' By Ross Kerber Globe Staff The Massachusetts public pension fund lost 13.3 percent of its value as stock markets plunged in October, officials said yesterday, crediting its diversification with preventing deeper losses. The state's Pension Reserves Investment Trust was worth about $40 billion as of Oct. 31, after one of the worst months for stocks in history. The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index fell 17 percent in October. For the first 10 months of the year, the state fund is down 26.9 percent from its starting point of about $53 billion. "We are in unprecedented economic times, and no investor is immune," said Michael Travaglini, executive director of the pension agency. The funds pay for the retirement benefits of thousands of state and local government employees. As stinging as they are, Massachusetts' losses are in line with others. The average hit so far this year to large public pension funds is 28 percent, according to figures from the pension advisory firm Cliffwater LLC that the state provided. In a recent report, Moody's Investors Service estimated state and local systems have seen a 35 percent decline in their stock investments alone this year. Travaglini said losses for the Massachusetts system on US stocks are 37 percent for the year so far, while international equities are down 42 percent. Together, those two categories make up about half of the system's total investments. Offsetting those losses were better performance from bond holdings, down only 5 percent for the year, while private equity investments were off 2 percent and hedge funds were down 15 percent. The results come as the state system approaches a regular three-year review of how it allocates money among asset classes. Travaglini said it is too soon to estimate how the allocations might change. The fund's total holdings also affect how much money the state must contribute from taxpayers each year to be sure it has enough money to pay for future retirement benefits, which now cost about $1.5 billion a year. Like the funds of other states, the Massachusetts fund isn't fully funded; the roughly $53 billion it held at the start of the year represented about 79 percent of its obligations. The state will invest $1.47 billion into the fund during the fiscal year that ends on June 30. Nationwide, defined-benefit pension plans, including those offered by corporations, lost more than $120 billion in October, dropping their funding ratio to 92.7 percent, a 12-point decline since the start of the year, according to a study by the consulting firm Millman Inc., of Seattle. Ross Kerber can be reached at kerber@globe.com. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: Whats the story with Gardner | |
Author: not in the know [Edit] |
Date Posted: 00:00:59 10/21/08 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: yah [Edit] |
Date Posted: 01:11:00 11/06/08 Thu Summary of the Employee Free Choice Act 1. Certification on the Basis of Signed Authorizations Provides for certification of a union as the bargaining representative if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finds that a majority of employees in an appropriate unit has signed authorizations designating the union as its bargaining representative. Requires the board to develop model authorization language and procedures for establishing the authenticity of signed authorizations. 2. First-Contract Mediation and Arbitration Provides that if an employer and a union are engaged in bargaining for their first contract and are unable to reach agreement within 90 days, either party may refer the dispute to the Federal Mediation, and Conciliation Service (FMCS) for mediation. If the FMCS has been unable to bring the parties to agreement after 30 days of mediation the dispute will be referred to arbitration and the results of the arbitration shall be binding on the parties for two years. Time limits may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. 3. Stronger Penalties for Violations While Employees Are Attempting to Organize or Obtain a First Contract Makes the following new provisions applicable to violations of the National Labor Relations Act committed by employers against employees during any period while employees are attempting to organize a union or negotiate a first contract with the employer: a. Mandatory Injunctions: Provides that just as the NLRB is required to seek a federal court injunction against a union whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that the union has violated the secondary boycott prohibitions in the act, the NLRB must seek a federal court injunction against an employer whenever there is reasonable cause to believe the employer has discharged or discriminated against employees, threatened to discharge or discriminate against employees or engaged in conduct that significantly interferes with employee rights during an organizing or first contract drive. Authorizes the courts to grant temporary restraining orders or other appropriate injunctive relief. b. Treble Back Pay: Increases the amount an employer is required to pay when an employee is discharged or discriminated against during an organizing campaign or first contract drive to three times back pay. c. Civil Penalties: Provides for civil fines of up to $20,000 per violation against employers found to have willfully or repeatedly violated employees’ rights during an organizing campaign or first contract drive. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: Where are buget cuts going to hit the DOC | |
Author: ???? [Edit] |
Date Posted: 21:47:38 10/28/08 Tue [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Cedar juntion now a level 4 | |
Author: Coomish sent letter [Edit] |
Date Posted: 12:54:59 10/04/08 Sat Walpole is now a level 4, industries will be moved and lets see how they reorganize things [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union board up and running, link above | |
Author: . [Edit] |
Date Posted: 15:12:33 10/04/08 Sat [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: The MCOFU barge is sinking | |
Author: blue [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:08:20 04/10/08 Thu The barge is sinking. Finally people are seeing what poor decisions they made last election. The gig is almost up, a new union will be in. It's really too bad they ruined MCOFU, it used to be a union that had power and respect. Remember when you didnt have to go to arbitration for every greivance? Remember when there were positive articles in newsppaers about this "new federated union". Not any more we are now just a joke.And to all you retards who still follow these clowns I was involved until it just became to much of an embarassment. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: truth? [Edit] |
Date Posted: 16:26:59 07/31/08 Thu The Union pays two of our executive board members their salary, the President and Vice President. However, the $3000.00 was money owed by the state (anything beyond regular salary is paid by the state), not the Union, so the Union over paid Steve and Kenny, because Kenny requested the money thinking it was the Union that was supposed to pay the $3000.00. When the state sent out checks to EVERYONE including Steve and Kenny, Kenny decided he would try and keep the money. The only problem was he would have to talk Kenneway into keeping it too. That didn't work and now Kenny is trying to say Steve is a rat for turning Kenny in for attempting to steal from the Union. Ahearn doesn't get payroll info from the DOC so he didn't know Steve and Kenny received checks from the DOC until Steve went to him and said Ed needed to take the $3000.00 out of his next check. It took Ed some time to do it, but it was done. Kenny on the other hand decided to let time pass with hopes that Steve wouldn't say anything. Steve spoke with Kenny on different occasions about paying it back. At one point Kenny said he set up payment with the DOC, but he never did. After several conversations it was obvious to Steve that Kenny had no intentions of paying it back, so charges were filed. Of course Kenny said at his hearing that he did tell Steve those things, but he was just kidding. Kenny paid the money back during the hearing process. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: WoW nice letter Steve | |
Author: ips [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:03:56 09/14/08 Sun Since you started this whole thing. (and I'm not saying Ken is innocent) I think it should have been handled alot different. Who payed for the stamps? My union money. Thats around Two thousand dollars. You should have put it towards the Union Internet site so we could actually have one to get info like that. Another poor judgement call on your behalf. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: ? was the VP taking care of after his departure | |
Author: co [Edit] |
Date Posted: 11:52:36 08/03/08 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Two lawsuits against Dept. of Correction to go to trial | |
Author: oj [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:54:12 07/31/08 Thu WILMINGTON -- Two lawsuits alleging retaliation by the Delaware Department of Correction against union members will be going to trial in federal court. The Neuberger Firm, which is representing the plaintiffs in both suits, declared the separate rulings handed down this week to allow both cases to go forward to be significant victories for union members. Attorney Stephen J. Neuberger said the decisions showed the judges regard union activity as protected by the First Amendment and are a "fundamental right" that has not been altered by recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. DOC spokesman John Painter said Wednesday that the department does not comment on ongoing litigation. In the first case, Wilbur Justice, the former president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, alleges he was denied promotion in 2004 by superiors who intentionally misplaced his application for advancement in retaliation for his involvement in the union. District Judge Sue L. Robinson this week denied a request by attorneys for Delaware to dismiss the case. The civil action, which was filed in 2006, is now expected to go forward to trial. A date has not yet been set. In the second case, also filed in 2006, the family of corrections officer Cpl. John Balas alleges he was retaliated against for refusing to cross a picket line in 2004 and that harassment by a superior officer led to Balas' suicide in 2005. In that case, District Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. threw out some parts of the plaintiff's case, including dismissing the Department of Correction as a defendant, but allowed the central retaliation claim against the officer who allegedly harassed Balas to move forward. That case is set for trial in September. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: The proof that Danny Lied about the 27 is in | |
Author: Here is the DOCKET NUMBER form MCAD that Danny says doesn't exist [Edit] |
Date Posted: 10:44:58 07/27/08 Sun A friend did a request for information with the DOC and received the following. A complaint was filed by Thomas F. Sweeney, Jr. out of NCCI on January 29, 1998 due to being told he would be out of a job in or about 1995. The Docket # is 98-SEM-0098 and the EEOC # is 16C981474. The investigators name for MCAD was Migdalia Rivera with a telephone number of (413) 739-2145 (you can ask MCAD about that). The Notary Public that signed and put a stamp on it is Elaine B. Rucks. The paper work also states, "NO. OF EMPLOYEES: 25+". So what do you say to that Danny? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: I heard Ken beat the charges is this true. | |
Author: IAD [Edit] |
Date Posted: 23:45:52 06/26/08 Thu [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: What is wrong with the other site.. Why is this site not used alot? | |
Author: reader [Edit] |
Date Posted: 17:00:27 07/14/08 Mon [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Updates anyone..........? | |
Author: Union misrepresented [Edit] |
Date Posted: 20:28:39 06/17/08 Tue Any info. on the staffing issue at Shirley that was slated to be heard on June 3rd.? For that matter, is there any information on anything ever? The flashlights from MCOFU are pretty cool for about 5 min., but what's important is getting stuff done and filling in the line staff that elected these baffons. Flashlights and Spinners tickets are nice, but come on already. In fact, Spinners tickets are 2 free, but each extra are $23.00.....the highest group ticket is $8.00??????? What a bunch of crooks! Next time everyone should think twice about reelecting MCOFU. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: NEWS FLASH | |
Author: WATCHER [Edit] |
Date Posted: 14:40:29 05/10/08 Sat What is going on up at the Executive Board level? All six guys signing their names accussing one of their own of embezzlement (union funds used without authority). What time do you want the FBI there Stevie, I can promise you that all union members is watching this closely. Also, if a take over is necessary, I will be there, I am not about to let 20 years go down the drain because of you and your spending frenzies and wasted monies on personal gains, It has been alledged ===== new homes, cars, gambling money, mind altering substances, free sporting events, over inflated expense account, educational pay for elected officials without proper degrees, overtime money for no services rendered, shift diff how bogus, and now we hear the in house fighting about money being used for what.......? EVERYONE ONE OF US IS ENTITLED TO A DETAILED REPORT AND COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF WHATS GOING ON. If you wish to continue to ask for our support then open the books now. Members ask this question: If you need more information just ask any elected steward to see the copy of the letter signed by Kenneway and the other 5 offcials sent out these past few days.(This is scary, to know our money isn't safe is a big time problem and we need to act now before it is to late). I am calling for all members that ran for an elected position last March 2007 to reach out to one another and assemble a watchdog unit task with overseeing current spendings and also to conduct a full audit of past spendings. Remember, we are entitled to this and if we don't address it now it might be too late. Let us not get fooled a third time around by the same old it don't concern me, or because some loyalist with personal gains writes a croc of bullshit on this board or better yet its just the union busting by eboard candidate losers, No, I say, if you truely want your union, then get behind the men and women that plan to hold all criminal matters accountable and help us take back what is our righfully so. Stay tuned "Taking Back our Union" [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: Oh heres a laugh | |
Author: watcher [Edit] |
Date Posted: 20:25:41 05/08/08 Thu Prison expert acquitted of scheming to bribe former Illinois corrections director Posted in Articles on May 8, 2008 by cosgoingwrong Judge: Alleged role in bribery not proved A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted Michael J. Mahoney, a nationally known corrections expert, on charges that he schemed to bribe Illinois’ former top prison official to win lucrative state contracts for his lobbying clients. After the verdict was announced, Mahoney exhaled sharply, wiped tears from his eyes and began hugging more than a dozen family members and supporters who attended the bench trial in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. “It’s just an incredible relief for this ordeal to be over,” Mahoney, former head of the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based prison watchdog group, said later in a courthouse hallway. “It’s the most incredible character-building experience I’ve ever been through.” Federal prosecutors alleged that Mahoney used a former business partner as a “bag man” to deliver about $20,000 in bribes to Donald Snyder Jr. while he headed the Illinois Department of Corrections from 1999 to 2002. According to the charges, Snyder kicked back millions of dollars in state contracts to business clients of Mahoney and his partner, former Cook County Undersheriff John J. Robinson. Both Snyder and Robinson pleaded guilty last year and testified against Mahoney at the trial. But U.S. District Judge James Zagel, who heard the case without a jury, found that prosecutors had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Mahoney participated in the scheme. Zagel said the evidence showed that, at most, Mahoney suspected Robinson of paying bribes and chose not to interfere. “I don’t think the law would require him to refuse [consulting] fees just because he knew it was possible someone else bribed a decision-maker,” Zagel said. Zagel said he discounted Snyder’s testimony entirely, saying he was unreliable and his “alleged poor memory” was more likely a reluctance to come clean about what happened. Zagel also said he found Robinson’s testimony vague and unconvincing on several key points. A spokesman for U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald declined to comment on the verdict. In closing arguments Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Atty. Laurie Barsella said Mahoney had built a good reputation at John Howard but then chose to lobby on behalf of some of the same state prison vendors he was supposed to be policing. In the process, he became a “stealth lobbyist” who was “using his watchdog position to earn buckets of money,” Barsella said. Barsella argued that Robinson could not have orchestrated the bribery plan on his own, because it was Mahoney who had the close ties to Snyder and big-time lobbying clients. “This scheme—pure and simple—did not happen without Mike Mahoney,” Barsella said. “Robinson was the bagman. . . . He was the sidekick.” Defense lawyers argued that it made perfect sense for Robinson to keep Mahoney in the dark about any bribes. If Mahoney knew, he might put a halt to the scheme, they argued. Thomas Anthony Durkin, an attorney for Mahoney, said in court that he had urged prosecutors not to indict Mahoney on the word of Snyder and Robinson. “I am flabbergasted at the end [of the trial] to see the evidence was even worse than I thought was,” Durkin told Zagel. Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mahoney-trial.1may08,0,3583982.story [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
| Subject: S.O.S...WALPOLE | |
Author: ... [Edit] |
Date Posted: 09:56:53 01/24/08 Thu we have had officers getting the shit kicked out of them, 3 sinse jan 1 . Over 30 weapons found sinse jan 1st . Moral is at an all time low. And the admin does'nt care .it would be nice to see someone from the E.BOARD pretending to care. the place is a mess and it's getting very dangerous for staff. we need your help here guys [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: from the Telegram | |
Author: xx [Edit] |
Date Posted: 22:21:39 04/02/08 Wed Jail guards may switch unions Decertification vote set for tomorrow By Shaun Sutner TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF ssutner@telegram.com WEST BOYLSTON— Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction are set to vote tomorrow on whether to leave the union that has represented them for the last dozen years and join an upstart new union that has up to now mainly been associated with police officers. The decertification election is from 2 p.m.— 5 p.m. at the jail complex’s training center. The vote among the 360 officers and sergeants will decide whether they leave the Massachusetts Correction Officer Federated Union and join the New England Police Benevolent Association, according to Peter Boyd, chief steward of the MCOFU local. Mr. Boyd said he will run for president of the new union if members vote to decertify. He maintained that members have been dissatisfied with MCOFU’s representation for some time, and with the local’s 5-year contract expiring June 30, want to go with a union that will help them get better wages and benefits and safer working conditions. Mr. Boyd noted that the Worcester County MCOFU chapter got total raises of 6 percent over the five years, while state correction officers also represented by MCOFU got 14 percent raises during the same period. “We feel like we’ve been doormats of the administration for far too long,” Mr. Boyd said. “We’ve been saying for a long time that we want to make the same pay as the state correction officers.” In recent months, both sides have been campaigning to win the jail employees’ votes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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| Subject: lets do it | |
Author: kkl [Edit] |
Date Posted: 12:08:57 01/19/08 Sat Jan 19, 8:24 AM EST Corrections officers leaving state workers union Advertisement CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire's State Employees Association has taken a big hit, as nearly 600 corrections officers voted to leave the union and join its main rival. The 564 officers and supervisors are joining the New England Police Benevolent Association. SEA President Gary Smith has scheduled an emergency meeting for January 31st to discuss the situation. Smith is a corrections employee himself, and says he will continue as president and as a dues-paying member of the SEA. The SEA has been hit by a series of elections in small units that want to sever ties since its national affiliate, the Service Employees International Union, left the AFL-CIO. Fish and Game and Highway Patrol officers already voted to switch unions. In addition to complaining they weren't being represented adequately, some state workers were upset with the SEA because the union began charging a fee to non-union members. --- Information from: Concord Monitor, http://www.cmonitor.com [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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