CCPOAIronwood.com - Internet Bulletin Board for Members of ISP Chapter CCPOA

Originally posted June 10th, 2007 - UPDATED on July 5th, 2007

On Monday, June 11, 2007 Arbitrator C.Allen Pool ruled that the State violated the MOU by implementing a Lateral Transfer Freeze. Arbitrator Pool ordered that 1) The State post PERB type notices in all prison facilities statewide that a violation of MOU section 27.01 was violated. 2) Directed the State to lift the freeze order on lateral transfers. 3) If the State desires to implement another freeze, that CCPOA be properly noticed and be given a reasonable amount of time to negotiate in good faith before implementation. 4) That the arbitrator maintains jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of the implemetation of the remedies of the Arb Ruling.

- T. Hammon
Vice-President Ironwood Chapter CCPOA

Update: .PDF (Adobe Acrobat) File containing the actual arbitration ruling - CLICK HERE (opens in a new window)

Every once in awhile these editorial/opinion pieces really get our attention.. this from the “Liberal Intelligence” online publication:

Correcting the Guards (American Prospect - 7/2)
Why the shaky relationship between organized labor and correctional officers is doubly harmful to the American left.

California State Assemblyman Fabian Nunez has been on the right side of a lot of legislation. But last May, prison reform activists were angered when the Democrat eviscerated a bill regarding elections reform and turned it into a measure to issue bonds for increased prison construction. While boosting rehabilitation efforts or easing the system’s overcrowding may have been his primary concern, the $3,300 check his campaign received a week later from the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) likely made an impact… [FULL ARTICLE]

…and you can see where the point-of-view of this publication is at by one of the “related articles” in the sidebar…

Former Prisoners Reforming Prisons (American Prospect 6/28)
There is now more funding than ever before available for organizations doing work around issues of incarceration — some $40 million in federal and foundation dollars, up from almost nothing in 1999. More organizations working in the field are employing people affected by incarceration, and graduating those employees to leadership positions. And politicians and correctional officials are recognizing that, in conversations about correctional policy, they must reserve a seat at the table for those who have lived it.

“Especially in the last year and a half there’s been a tremendous change in the attitudes of correction personnel,” says Scott Washington, an attorney with the Dayton, Ohio-based nonprofit, Workplace Reconnections. Washington served some three years in prison and jails after spending his youth as a crack addict and member of the Crips gang. He later went on to college and then law school. “There’s always going to be an ‘us against them’ mentality,” he says. “But the attitude of politicians is changing.” [FULL STORY]