NAGE SPIN:
NAGE Members Win Huge Victory with Labor Board Ruling: Decertification Petitions Put on Inactive Status

NEPBA TRUTH:
On August 6, 2010 the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (DLR) issued a ruling granting NAGE's motion to block further processing of cases.  The Board's decision was based upon the ongoing dispute between the Trial Court and NAGE based upon NAGE's allegation that the Trial Court had engaged in regressive bargaining in 2008. 

In the Board's ruling it placed the NEPBA's petition in an inactive status pending the outcome of the 2008 dispute.  The Board took such action despite NEPBA's argument that NAGE's position with the members of the bargaining unit was not undermined by the actions of the Trial Court.  

NEPBA stressed that the members of the bargaining unit deserve a free and open election! NAGE has been bargaining since 2006.  NEPBA argued that this is nothing more than another stalling tactic by NAGE similar to its futile attempt to delay the petition claiming NAGE is affiliated with the AFL-CIO which was proven to be a false statement.

 It should be obvious to all that NAGE is attempting to use any procedural maneuver to slow the process down in its efforts to deny the members their right to cast a vote to determine who they wish to represent them.  It is clear that the only reason NAGE is doing so is because they recognize that their years of being unresponsive, out of touch with the rank and file and their inability to deal effectively with the CJAM to provide its members with a safe and healthy work environment have finally caught up with them. 

If NAGE truly believes that the majority of the members continues to support them, then the easiest and quickest way to resolve this matter it to notify the Board that it wishes to go forward with an election at the earliest possible date. 

If they do not call for an immediate election, then it can be inferred that they know the members no longer support them and they must take any action possible to support the obscene salaries the leadership is taking from the members’ dues while providing nothing in return.