FOSCEP Instrumental in Securing Parking for PDE Employees

The concern over parking for employees of the Department of Education has been bothersome, however, no formal communications between the union and PDE has ever occurred. On March 3, 2017 the first meeting took place between John Kashatus and Director of HR Diana Hershey to discuss parking concerns at the Department of Education. The union sited Chapter 71 Commonwealth Parking Facilities particularly section 71.4 (1) and (3). The efforts of the union were unsuccessful and it appeared that PDE would continue to implement parking on a quasi-seniority basis.

WHAT'S NEW: Early dismissal protocol

Today, June 18, 2018, all schools will dismiss three (3) hours earlier than the normal dismissal time. The early dismissal is due to high temperatures developing into the afternoon.

Please see the following DFT/DPSCD contract language:

Article Twenty-Five: Emergency School Closures

Emergency Weather Conditions

"When individual schools are closed after the start of the school day, teachers will also be dismissed."

In the case of students who are not picked up immediately after dismissal:

Article Seven: School Schedules

Section seven:

"At the elementary school level, teachers will escort their students to the designated dismissal door; any students not picked up will be escorted by the teacher to a place identified in the building procedures. At the middle and high school levels, teachers will clear the halls of students in their area of the building." 

MINUTES General Membership Meeting Friday, March 2nd, 2018—8:00 p.m.—East Dining Room

The meeting was called to order at 8:07 p.m.

WELCOME

Debbie Turano welcomes the membership.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

David Mussaw leads us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

MINUTES APPROVAL

D. Turano asks for the approval of the minutes.  Minutes are approved.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW VP OF EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONS & SECRETARY

D. Turano introduces Brian Hayden as the new VP of Employee/Employer Relations. 

Send a Message to Hackensack Meridian Health

Call HMH CEOs to urge them to stop putting Corporate Wealth before Patient Health

The corporatization of New Jersey’s healthcare hurts patients and diminishes the quality of care.

 

As community hospitals are consolidated and merge at an alarming rate, healthcare services are increasingly being provided by big corporate health systems like Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH). Decisions on healthcare are no longer made by providers, but rather from the corporate offices whose primary interest is to increase their monopolistic strength and improve their bottom line.

 

"Hackensack Meridian Health's original mission to provide quality healthcare services to their patients and the surrounding community is being sacrificed in favor higher corporate profits." 

NJ’s large corporate health systems like HMH have aggressively fought back efforts of elected officials, regulators, their employees or the public to hold them accountable to their original mission. HMH uses aggressive PR strategies, publicity around hospital rankings, and token contributions to community health to whitewash their true priorities – maximizing revenues.

Meanwhile, patients wind up with limited choices of providers, as more are pushed out-of-network. Hard-pressed families face increased costs in the form of often insurmountable deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance. Patient care suffers as HMH turns to ‘assembly line’ healthcare strategies instead of adequate – and safe – staffing strategies.

HMH and the other big corporate health systems have lost sight of their mission and are fighting with their own health providers that traditionally held their corporation accountable to the public. The solution is for HMH and others to respect the voices of their caregivers and patients and allow of regulation that will ensure public accountability.

New York Yankees / Astros Game - Next Tuesday

We have just nine tickets left to this event.  Please act fast as these tickets will be gone soon!

  • What:     Yankees vs.Astros Baseball game
  • Where:   Yankee Stadium
  • When:    Tuesday, May 29th
  • How:       By coach bus

For the low price of $49/person you get entry to the game and coach bus transportation to and from the game to Cromwell.

View Flyer

 

Legislative Changes From The 2018 Short Session

The most recent legislative session echoed other recent legislative sessions where certain State Reps and State Senators such as Candelora, Fasano, Klarides and others tried to advance two main goals:

1) Remove Pension/Healthcare from negotiations so they can install a straight 401(k) plan

2) End pension COLAs.  This would make your pension a diminishing benefit.  Your pension would remain the exact same dollar value for your life but inflation would make the value of those dollars worth less each year. 

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