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Peace Officers of
California (P.O.C.) believes that
employees of this affiliate would be better served by becoming members
of the CDF Firefighters union.
P.O.C. will not force these employees to
leave bargaining unit 22, if they do not wish to leave.
P.O.C.
constitution provides that if 50% +1 of the current FMESA members vote
to join the CDFFA union that they shall be eligible to right to do so at
their discretion and will support the unit modification.
If FMESA members
decide to stay in bargaining unit 22 they are guaranteed their affiliate
dues and equal access to release time. No matter what the outcome
P.O.C. will be about maintaining a fair union for all members.
We believe that the
current bargaining unit 8 proposal that guarantees employees
pay-parity
should be applied to FMESA members, should members transfer, However
FMESA members should contact the CDF union for more information and to
ensure that CDFA would accept you into their ranks.
P.O.C. will help FMESA members draft guidelines for your transfers – you want to make
sure that you don’t get drummed out of a job by losing seniority and
other benefits – like what happened to the State Police when CAUSE /
CSLEA and President Barcelona allowed the to State Police to be merged
with CHP.
P.O.C. first commitment to you will be to increase pay for
all Peace Officers, with
pay-parity as our ultimate priority!
Your counterparts at
the federal, State, and local level make A LOT more money than you do.
Take a look at what
some of the other State Peace Officers are earning, some
more than $200,000 with overtime. That is not intended as a remark
about the effectiveness of other bargaining units or unions but rather
an indication as to how effective an
all Peace Officer union will be.
FMESA needs their
fair share of
release time and
dues
money to put boots on the ground at the State Capitol
with a mission to inform.
If CAUSE / CSLEA
used their release time appropriately,
there would be more than enough State-paid time for you to visit the
Capitol every week – for a year! How many times has the FMESA President
been to the Capitol this year, who did he meet with, and who did he
bring with him?
P.O.C. knows that
politics is a tough game. We have hired the State’s premier political
strategists
California Strategies
and bargaining expert
Marty
Morgenstern to represent you. They are here to help
guide us through the process and help us have an impact at the capitol.
You need
release time and
dues
money to make this work. If you do not believe how
powerful presence can be, we urge any of you to visit the Capitol with
P.O.C. so you can see it for yourself. There will be many advantages
to
P.O.C.
Unlike CAUSE / CSLEA,
the general membership will elect the president of
P.O.C.
P.O.C.
will
publish meeting minutes and votes – prohibited at CAUSE / CSLEA. All
affiliate board members will know what the State is offering at the
bargaining table – also prohibited at CAUSE / CSLEA.
P.O.C.
guarantees
each affiliate their fair share of
release time and
dues
money - while
CAUSE
/ CSLEA has over 1,000 employees in
“trusteeship” (= expelled).
FMESA member’s pay,
benefits, and working conditions are determined through the
collective bargaining process, which hinges first on an
agreement with the
Governor and then approval by a super-majority vote of
each house of the legislature. Whom do you think the Governor or the
Legislature is more likely to give a pay increase in tough times –
P.O.C. or
CAUSE / CSLEA?
P.O.C.
is going to
help your department increase fees and penalties to find funding sources
for FMESA members. The problem is CAUSE / CSLEA has not thought of it,
cannot follow through with it, and is not politically savvy enough to
carry it out. You can be part of the change to help
State Peace Officers gain
pay-parity:
 
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