CCC 3/31/10

Yesterday we sat with the Personal Assignment Lt. Not administration on OP 726. This meeting went as expected. I will be suprised if anything does come out of it. It is almost a repeat from last year when we sat down with the same person. Funny, before that, when we sat down with Lt. Dan, OP 726 was wrapped up in less then a half an hour. Now here we are sitting almost a year and a half without a revised OP726. All the changes that "they" wanted to impliment, we asked why. We explained that it was not broken in the first place, and ofcourse we got the classic, "I don't agree with you". So we will see how this turns out. I know our Warden & CDW wants to move ahead with this, but it is very hard when you have the middle~man attempt to shove these things in front of you, without any regard of the opposite side's opionon. We were not the ones that went out and rewrote OP726 two years ago. The suggestions we inputed last year were not in this latest revised OP726 (not surprised). This seems very one sided if you ask me. I have never seen a simple procedure get dragged through the ringer as this one has. For what? So some can say they got their way at the end? That's not what this is about.

As far as the Medical jobs go , I was told by the LRA that they were told NOT to sit down and talk to CCPOA at the local level. I will be contacting Labor tomorrow and find out what the hell is going on. I heard from all the effected staff yesterday about this. They are sick and tired of the redirection every weekend. Can't blame them. Some staff have even suggested that the Administration is holding out, because it makes our budget look good redirecting everyone and saving a few bucks on paper. This whole Medical Job thing is a freakin joke. Why the hell would they go ahead and rush to get all these positions going, realize they have too many, adjust the medical staff but not the custody staff. And 3 months later, the custody staff PY's are still pending? Can anyone say poor management here? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this whole medical receivership thing would turn out to be a mess from the get go. But they went ahead and did it anyways.

I have a copy of the recet memo that came out with no signature on the "inner facility" transfer's ie; bed moves. So with the staffing shortage, job expectations, ect, ect, they now want to put more of a work load on our staff. Maybe they should hire a property officer for every yard so this task is done. Just some thought. We will bring this up to the Warden at our next meeting. Also heard rumour, there may be another memo out there on the Voc inmates and hot tools. If you do see a copy of this, please make me a copy and put it in my box. Thanks.

Stay Safe and Sane

Lori