07/27/2010 - 9:21am
NAGE SPIN:
1. According to NAGE: In an unprecedented move, the Labor board is prepared to ask the Trial Court to
provide “writing exemplars” from employees to compare them with signatures submitted by NEPBA.
2. According to NAGE: NEPBA submitted to the Labor board 22 of the 43 signatures needed for the
Suffolk Group, yet NAGE holds 32 “I support NAGE” cards from the same group. Richie Linehan stated
he has worked at Suffolk for 16 years and there is no way NEPBA has 22 of the 43 signatures needed.
NEPBA TRUTH:
1. THE REAL TRUTH IS: NAGE has asked the Labor board to examine the signatures that were submitted
by NEPBA. This is just another delay tactic so that NAGE can continue to collect your dues. The Labor
board has taken no action on NAGE’S latest challenge. In fact, NAGE ONLY wants to find out who
signed NEPBA “Show of Interest Cards” so they can “RAT OUT” those members to management – like
NAGE State Director David Bernard did to so many of your members in e-mails to the Massachusetts
Trial Court during the organizing phase. If NAGE or Anyone asks you if you’ve signed our petition, tell
them it’s none of their business!
2. THE REAL TRUTH IS: Assistant Chief Court Officer Gerry Fahey, who has worked in the Court System for
well over 16 years stated, “I’ve spoken to many of the Suffolk group, and quite frankly, Richie Linehan is just another NAGE guy, who has lost touch with the membership. The majority of our members are looking for an opportunity to vote for the union of their choice, something that I have been unable to do for over 15 years. Linehan will be surprised what people will do in the privacy of the voting booth. By delaying this process, NAGE is just causing more people to look at NEPBA. The quickest way to find out what people are thinking is to have an election”.
Tell NAGE to stop the lies! NEPBA will consent to an election today!
07/27/2010 - 8:49am
NAGE SPIN:
Why doesn’t the NEPBA website have any information about dental and optical benefits? Do they offer them or not?
NEPBA TRUTH:
NEPBA has their own Dental and Vision plan, which like NAGE is in partnership with the Commonwealth of Mass and is contractually negotiated with the state to pay for members and their families.
The New England PBA Health and Welfare Trust is administered at our Chelmsford Headquarters by a full-time administrator and currently provides dental and vision benefits to over 1000 of our state employees/members.
Our benefits are provided through contractual agreements with MetLife for dental and EyeMed for vision. Copies of our plans will be made available when we begin the informational phase of this process.
Unlike NAGE President Holway, our staff pays for and receives the same dental and vision plan as our members. Tell him to stop the lies!
NEPBA will consent to an election today, without delay.
07/27/2010 - 8:46am
NAGE SPIN:
What is the real reason NEPBA has only 1 woman on its 24 member Executive committee? Do they think women are not qualified to be a part of the leadership team? Or is it something else?
NEPBA TRUTH:
The New England PBA Executive Board is comprised of former NAGE/IBPO elected officials and representatives who were disillusioned with NAGE’s lack of commitment to the membership. (Sound familiar?)
Each Local president is elected by their own membership and sits on our Executive Board, just as yours will!
The woman on our Executive Board whom NAGE is concerned about is Deb Batista, an attorney and president of her own Local (Local 96, Middleboro Superior Officer Union). We think Deb does an excellent job of representing her membership and is very qualified to be part of the leadership team!
NEPBA will consent to an election today, without delay.
07/27/2010 - 8:43am
NAGE SPIN:
At this critical time, why did NEPBA strip members of their bargaining rights? Was NEPBA unaware that the decertification petition would strip members of their rights? Or do they just not care?
NEPBA TRUTH:
All of these years without a contract, and NAGE would like you to believe it’s our fault?
After 4 years of NAGE failing to get a contract, and NAGE’S failure to secure an offer on March 2nd, March 16th, April 5th, and April 26th, 2010, NEPBA was under intense pressure by the Trial Court membership to file the signatures and move on with the process. The only “rights” that have been stripped in this process is your right to vote on who you want to represent you!
NEPBA will consent to an election today, without delay.
07/27/2010 - 8:41am
NAGE SPIN:
If NEPBA “knew” they were required to file three decertification petitions, why did they file only one? Are they embarrassed to admit they have no idea what they’re doing? Or were they deliberately trying to delay the election?
NEPBA TRUTH:
Whether it’s one petition, two petitions, three petitions or four, the majority of the Trial Court members have indicated they may not want NAGE anymore!
NEPBA will consent to an election today, without delay.
06/15/2010 - 9:00am
Many people have asked that we provide a place on our website where members can go to read the actual current legal filings and supporting documentation relative to the decertification process. We have compiled these documents in pdf format for your convenience.
#1. NAGE MOTION TO DEFER PROCESSING THE ELECTION
NAGE asks for a 30 day delay to ask AFL-CIO for Article XX protection from raiding.
NEPBA – opposition to the motion (page 6)
AFL-CIO letter stating that NAGE is not in the AFL-CIO (page 7)
Click here.
#2. NAGE MOTION TO BLOCK ELECTION DUE TO PENDING UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE.
NAGE alleges that the Trial Court aided New England PBA in their decertification efforts
TRIAL COURT OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION; (page 50)
click here
#3. NAGE MOTION TO BLOCK ELECTION PENDING RESOLUTION OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE
NAGE asks that the NEPBA representation petition be dismissed or placed on inactive status until their ULP alleging that Chief Justice Mulligan bargained in bad faith (regressive bargaining) is resolved.
click here
The New England PBA response.
click here
NAGE response to The New England PBA.
click here
06/13/2010 - 11:21am
ALL THREE (3) PETITIONS RATIFIED BY DOL
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Division of Labor certified the three (3) decertification petitions, which were filed by the New England PBA, I.U.P.A., AFL-CIO and confirmed all three Petitions had the required “show of interest”. Yet, NAGE continues to blame the Trial Court and anyone else for their total lack of representation with respect to the petitions. NAGE continues to use every lame excuse in order to stop the election process of the members of the Massachusetts Trial Court.
NAGE charge of prohibited practice against the Massachusetts Trial Court for allegedly assisting NEPBA in obtaining signatures – which is utterly ridiculous and like most of their legal rhetoric simply without merit! But, it is yet another of their attempts at delaying the election process.
CALL DAVID HOLWAY @ 617-513-9356 AND TELL HIM TO STOP DELAYING THE ELECTION!
RATS…RATS…RATS
The Massachusetts Division of Labor was presented with so-called evidence by NAGE, which named UNION MEMBERS (NAGE) of the Massachusetts Trial Court as engaging in activity while on duty! The chief cheese eater, David Bernard wrote in SEVERAL e-mails to the Administration of the Massachusetts Trial Court that those Union Members (NAGE) which HE represents should be disciplined! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
This SO-CALLED labor leader should be FIRED!!! WHAT TYPE OF UNION ARE YOU INVOLVED WITH THAT WOULD RAT OUT ITS OWN MEMBERS – SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OVER WHO SHOULD BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE! MR. BERNARD IS A DISGRACE TO ORGANIZED LABOR AND SHOULD RESIGN OR BE FIRED FOR CAUSE!!! WE WILL BE RELEASING THE E-MAILS OF HIS DISGRACEFUL ACTIONS AND WORDS!!! UTTERLY DISGUSTING…
CALL HOLWAY & ASK WHY DAVID BERNARD IS NOT BEING FIRED FOR HIS TREASONOUS ACTS???
NEW ENGLAND PBA WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING YOU WITH HONEST & TRUTHFUL INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD
05/24/2010 - 12:31pm
Commission Promises Expedited Election
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Division of Labor dismissed NAGE ridiculous claim they were members of the AFL-CIO – which of course they were NOT! They are now are attempting to challenge the validity of our signatures and the numbers of signatures in the (3) three different certifications bargaining units as defined under Mass General Law. We were well aware of the three separate bargaining units, as we had copies of the (3) three different certifications since the last time we were getting show of interest cards. We will file (3) three separate decertification petitions as requested by the Massachusetts Division of Labor in order to simplify to the process and avoid any further delays. We are confident we have sufficient “Show of Interest” signatures for each of the (3) three groups and we are hopeful that upon further examination by the Massachusetts Division of Labor this latest NAGE delay tactic will be put to bed and we can get on with the issue of a consent election with all the (3) three different certified members of the Massachusetts Trial Court.
More importantly, NAGE also filed a charge of prohibited practice against the Massachusetts Trial Court for allegedly assisting NEPBA in obtaining signatures – which is utterly ridiculous and like most of their legal rhetoric simply without merit! But, it is yet another of their attempts at delaying the election process.
Several members who called NAGE President David Holway via his cell phone are extremely concerned with both his arrogant demeanor and his false claim that we only filed ONE petition. We will once again remind the absent minded President that he is NOT in the AFL-CIO and his arrogant behavior is not conducive to a good working relationship with the members he allegedly represents and who currently pay for his cell phone; so please just pick up the phone and answer your members questions – they have a right to know the TRUTH! CALL DAVID HOLWAY @ 617-513-9356 AND TELL HIM TO STOP DELAYING THE ELECTION!
The Massachusetts Division of Labor was adamant about moving the process forward in an expedient and expeditious manner. The New England PBA is confident that the frivolous issues raised by NAGE will be quickly addressed with positive results from our perspective – so we will move forward with an election without further delay and you can make the choice on who will best represent YOU and your families!
NEW ENGLAND PBA WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING YOU WITH HONEST & TRUTHFUL INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD!
COMING SOON: NAGE STATE DIRECTOR RATS OUT OWN MEMBERS!!!
05/21/2010 - 11:12am
Delay Tactics Continue by NAGE
NAGE President David Holway and Director David Bernard have been caught in yet another lie to their members of the Massachusetts Trial Court, stating they are members of the AFL-CIO – THEY ARE NOT! The Alzheimer twins apparently forgot that NAGE/SEIU left the AFL-CIO in 2005 and joined “Change to Win” – a break off labor organization headed by SEIU.
In fact, President Holway was the co-chair on the committee that decided to leave the AFL-CIO and was so proud of the decision that which has now cost his organization over 5,000 members. NAGE attorney Amy Laura Davidson of Sandulli Grace, P.C. actually claimed in a “Motion to Defer” which was sent to the Massachusetts Division of Labor that they were members of the AFL-CIO and the hearing scheduled for Monday, May 24, 2010 should be postponed for 30 days in order to validate their claim – we find this ironic, due to the fact that Sandulli Grace, P.C. actually represents real AFL-CIO locals and knows better!
However, the New England PBA, I.U.P.A Local 9000, AFL-CIO called the International AFL-CIO and the AFL-CIO immediately informed the Massachusetts Division of Labor, “the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) is not an affiliate of the National AFL-CIO and therefore not entitled to claim protection under the AFL-CIO’s Article XX No-Raiding procedures.”
This is clearly another attempt by NAGE to circumvent the wishes of the membership and to try to stop the election process and allow the membership to vote on who will best represent them. The latest NAGE lie has fallen on deaf ears and we would hope the members of the Massachusetts Trial Court who are represented by NAGE will call them and tell NAGE to STOP the delay tactics and consent to an election by the Massachusetts Division of Labor. As we stated, time and time again – we will continue to update you with honest & truthful representation, NOT the delay and deceitful representation you are currently burdened with by NAGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTIUNED SUPPORT AND CALLS OF ENCOURAGEMENT!
CALL NAGE PRESIDENT DAVID HOLWAY (cell) 617-513-9356
&
DEMAND HE STOP DELAYING THE ELECTION PROCESS!!
05/20/2010 - 11:39am
Let’s Set the Record Straight!
The International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO
There appears to have been some recent confusion about whether or not YOU have the right to join a police union, the New England Police Benevolent Association (NEPBA) an AFL-CIO Local of the International Union of Police Associations, AFL-CIO. This confusion has been spuriously generated by the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE), a subsidiary of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). I apologize for all of the acronyms, but we need to be certain about whom we are referring.
Make no mistake. YOU have the absolute right to leave NAGE and join the NEPBA and they know it. Here is why.
In 2005, SEIU left the AFL-CIO and formed a group called Change to Win. They are no longer affiliated with the AFL-CIO in any way shape or form. They do belong to the Central Labor Council and State Labor Federation, but that membership is not the same as being an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. They have asked the Massachusetts Department of Labor to abort YOUR election based on an article in the AFL-CIO Constitution that forbids the raiding of one AFL-CIO union by another. We call this Article XX. Article XX simply does not and never has applied to raiding of members by an AFL-CIO affiliate, which NEPBA IS from another group which is NOT an AFL-CIO affiliate – PERIOD!
I hope this allays any concerns you might have about YOUR election, YOUR representatives YOUR future and YOUR union.
Here’s a quote from the former AFL-CIO President in his September 4, 2008 letter regarding raiding and Solidarity Charters:
“Thus, any difference in treatment between locals of the AFL-CIO’s national union affiliates and local unions with Solidarity Charters stems from the decision by SEIU and the other national unions to disaffiliate from the AFL-CIO, thereby relinquishing their locals’ right to affiliate with the AFL-CIO’s state and local bodies, Article XX protection, and other national AFL-CIO constitutional rights and protections.” –John J. Sweeney
