June 2010 ACA Newsletter
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Arizona Corrections Association
June 2010
ACA ELECTION SET FOR SEPTEMBER
The first election for all Arizona Corrections Association Executive Board positions is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22. 2010.
Any member in good standing can request his/her name be placed on an election ballot for office by fulfilling the requirements below:
1. Complete the Nomination For Elected Office form available on the Arizona Corrections Association website www.correctionsassociation.org
2. Mail or hand deliver the completed Nomination For Election Office with the required number of signatures to the Arizona Corrections Association at 1102 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007 no later than 60 days prior to the scheduled election date.
All Nomination For Elected Office forms will be authenticated by the Executive Secretary and verified by the Elections Committee. Nominees will be notified within seven calendars of the status of their Nomination For Elected Office form.
No later than 45 days prior to the scheduled election date, the names of all candidates for elected office shall be posted on the Arizona Corrections Association website.
Voting shall take place by mail in ballots. All candidates for any elected position shall have their name listed by alphabetical order on a commercially produced return mail in ballot. The Association shall be responsible for all costs related to the election process. Each Association member in good standing shall receive an election ballot mailed to the address on file with the Association. All ballots must be received at Napier, Abdo, Coury & Baillie, 2525 East Arizona Biltmore Circle, Suite 135, Phoenix, Arizona 85016 no later than 5 p.m. on date posted for the election.
Ballots shall be tallied by the Election Committee. Each candidate may select one observer to witness the counting of election ballots. No candidate whose name is listed on the election ballot is eligible to count or witness the counting of ballots. Ballots will be kept for a period of 6 months after the election and available for review within a reasonable time frame by any union member.
Any complaints shall be investigated by the Elections Committee and at least two members of the Executive Board not involved in the complaint. Complaints submitted must include a name of the person issuing the complaint and the alleged wrongdoing.
KNOW AND UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS
We print this information in each newsletter, yet frequently we are contacted by staff who failed to follow this advice.
Did you know that if you are called as a witness to an administrative investigation, that you are not entitled to representation? Remember that you have to answer these questions truthfully, and are protected by your Garrity rights, which means that anything that you say during this interview cannot be used against you in a later criminal investigation because your statement was compelled. You will need to listen carefully to the questions that are asked of you. If you are asked what you saw, or what someone else did, these are acceptable questions, however; if they begin to ask questions like "what did you do" or anything in reference to your actions, you can ask for representation, because these are the type of questions asked of the subject of the inquiry and you are now entitled to representation.
Whenever you are involved in any type of incident, whether at work or not, and are required to write an Information Report, be sure to keep a copy for yourself. Additionally, if any supervisor or investigator interviews you and any disciplinary action could result from the interview, you have the right to have a staff member or rep present during the interview (DI221). If you are served with a Supervisor Complaint and requested to provide a written response or served with a letter informing you that you are the principal in an investigation, contact your ACA rep at once. If you are the subject of a criminal investigation, you have the right with speak to and have an attorney present before being interviewed. Should you receive any discipline from a Letter of Reprimand or Suspension, you have 10 working days to submit your grievance. Your time frames begin the day you receive your suspension letter or the date of your suspension. Don't wait until the 10 days are almost passed before deciding to submit your grievance. Contact any ACA representative as soon as you are involved in any incident that could result in you being subject to an administrative or criminal investigation. It is to your benefit to have a representative involved before you submit your original information report to your supervisor. Below are the names, units and shifts of ACA representative:
Glenn Conlon, Complex, Days Jim Christy, SMUI, Swings
Linda Schultz, Cook, Days Chris Kriebel, Complex, Days
Charles Gidula, Rynning, Days Aaron McMeekan, Rynning, Days
Trevor Paulson, Meadows, Swings Dave Gresh, Complex, Days
Ken Eckstein, Buckley, Graves Clinton Roberts, Buckley, Graves
Daren Webster, North, Days Edward Hiatt, Meadows, Swings
Shannon Ludlow, Browning, Swings Kolten Wood, Browning, Swings
Roderica Owens Browning, Swings Ann Marie Styger, Rynning, Swings
Crystal Staab, Buckley Graveyards Michael Rodriguez ,Bachman ,Swings
Kevin Green, Buckley, Graves Joseph Sutton Cook, Days
Curt Eaton, Globe, Days Holly Youngblood, Bachman, Days
Roy Pape, Meadows, Days
NAPO CONTINUES FEDERAL FIGHT FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
Our national affiliate, the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) is continuing the fight to require all States to recognize the right of labor organizations to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of public safety personnel. Below is a brief overview of the federal legislation that is being backed by NAPO our behalf.
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, H.R. 413 / S. 3194
- Approximately 20 states do not fully protect the bargaining rights of their public safety employees, and 2 states - VA and NC - completely prohibit public safety officers from collectively bargaining.
- NAPO firmly believes that public safety officers, who put their lives on the line everyday to serve and protect our nation and its communities, should be granted the basic American right of bargaining collectively for wages, hours and safe working conditions.
- Public safety is best protected through effective partnerships between first responders on the front lines and the agencies that employ them. That is why, for more than 13 years, NAPO has led the fight to extend collective bargaining rights to public safety officers.
When it is finally enacted into law, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act will:
- Guarantee the right of public safety officers to form and join a union, if they choose to, and bargain collectively over hours, wages and working conditions
- Provide for enforcement of contracts through state courts
- Exclude management and supervisory employees - Chiefs & Assistant Chiefs - but retains the right of lieutenants and captains to join a bargaining unit
- Outlaws strikes and does not call for mandatory arbitration - however, it does provide for dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation, fact finding or arbitration
- Protect all existing certifications, recognitions, elections and collective bargaining agreements or MOUs
- Exempt all states with a state collective bargaining law for public safety equal to or greater than the bill's basic minimum standards
- Give maximum flexibility to states to craft their own laws giving fire fighters and police officers the ability to sit down and talk with their employers
- Explicitly protects right-to-work laws. Public safety collective bargaining and right-to-work CAN coexist. For example, fire fighters and police officers currently enjoy collective bargaining rights in right-to-work states such as Florida, Oklahoma and Idaho.
Furthermore, the legislation provides important clarifications to ensure that current state right-to-work laws and collective bargaining laws are protected:
- The bill presumes that existing laws are in compliance with the federal standards established by this Act unless the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) affirmatively finds they are not.
- The bill also states that the FLRA can only evaluate state laws based on the minimum standards of the bill, and nothing else - the FLRA could not create new requirements and then impose them on states.
- Lastly, when deciding whether a state law complies with the Act's minimum standards, the FLRA must give maximum weight to an agreement between management and labor that a state law complies with the Act.
VERN'S VIEW
I am sure many of you lately have felt the effects of the many changes occurring within the Department, as well as, trying to adjust to staff rotation, staff shortages and low morale. So I have come up with 5 questions that even though are prison related will not only give you an opportunity to take your mind off the present but expand your knowledge of the obscure? Beware 2 questions are not what they appear.
1.Which US prison do the most people go to every year?
2. What was unusual about Elvis' prison uniform number in the movie, Jailhouse Rock?
3. What was the name of the prison run by Colonel Klink?
4. Who was murdered at Walpole State Prison in 1973?
5. Where did the term "screw" originate as it refers to prison staff?
All answers must be submitted to me at vernsview@yahoo.com no later than Monday, June 28. 2010. The member with the most correct answers will win this month's fabulous grand prize. In the event more than one lucky member answers all 5 questions correctly, the winner will be determined by adding up all the letters in their full names and determining the sum of the square root of each number. The member with the lowest number square root will win their choice of the following in honor of the 4th of July:
$25 US authorized instrument of currency or
$25 worth of charcoal for your grill or
$25 worth of hot dogs, buns, beans and corn on the cob or
$25 worth of 4th of July party favors
MEMBERS IN NEED OF LEAVE DONATIONS
We will be including in our newsletters, a list of ACA members who have been approved and have requested leave donations to assist them until they can return to work. If you have exhausted all your leave balances and have been approved from donated time please contact us so we can include you in our next newsletter. The below members are currently in need of leave donations:
C. White EIN 114038 SMUI
H. Beall EIN 109531
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