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Contact List
Links Section
Leader:
Eric Mantey
Asst. Leader:
Position Open
Treasurer:
Jodi Cox
Secretary:
Position Open
Web Editor:
Colleen Thorn
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Welcome to our Site...who we are
What is a union? ……a group of workers who form an organization to gain: • Respect on the job, • Better wages and benefits, • More flexibility for work and family needs, • A counterbalance to the unchecked power of employers, and • A voice in improving the quality of their products and services.
We are 101 PEF 502 Union Members of the Albany County Probation Department. We are comprised of Probation Assistants, Probation Officer Trainees, Probation Officers, Senior Probation Officers and Probation Supervisors.
Although not many members were in attendance we are hopeful that this will change. This is Your Union, and as immediate past Leader, Craig MacNeil stated, it is up to you to make positive changes.
In the upcoming weeks we are getting together proposals to begin negotiations. The County is set for beginning negotiations, we are tying up loose ends before we go to the table.
It is going to be a tough year-inflation is up 3.99%, gas prices along with health costs are skyrocketing. But if we work together we can do this and get a contract that we can all be proud of.
Results from the New York State Parole test should be coming out soon, if not already received by the membership, and we don't want to lose more seasoned officers! This is OUR contract, OUR salaries and OUR Union.
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL-WE NEED MORE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
These will entail a couple of times a year to discuss the topics related to each committee. Most committees are all set to go- but we are looking for a few people for the:
Membership/Welcoming Committee
*Hand out new PEF packets to new employees
*Answer any questions
*Coordinate a bi-annual orientation and get-together
*Follow-up with employees to make sure they have filled out the forms
Health & Safety Committee
Please join if you are concerned with:
* the cleanliness of the building
*quality of the environment
*office and field safety
*workplace violence
Also needed is someone interested in being involved with the Political Action Committee PAC. Please speak with Leader Jodi Cox and she will put you in touch with the people to talk with.
Please contact Jodi or Eric regarding concerns you have related to:
Training
Rules & Regulations
Grievences
Departmental Transfers
Health & Safety issues
If there is anything that a member is concerned about, please contact Jodi and/or Eric at least by the Second Monday of the Month.
**Please contact our Personnel liaison on the 4th Floor**
Jodi attended the Albany County Labor Management Health Insurance Committee Meeting on June 18, 2008 from 10:00am to 12noon. Ed Bradley, or PEF representative and Debra Stayman also a PEF employee attended this meeting. At that time there was a presentation by Carmark-our prescription carrier. They are encouraging member to utilize the mail-in benefit of our plan.
Also in attendance was Robert Conway, Albany County Director of Human Resources. He wanted us to be prepared for upcoming changes. He stated that Health Insurance rates in general are on the rise, therefore we may be effected by this increase at some point in the future.
We are in for a Big Fight:
The economy is changing- we don't want to accept something that when all factors are calculated, would cause us to make less than we are now!
