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Saturday, April 5, 2008

Correction officers vote for change

By Winston W. Wiley TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
wwiley@telegram.com

WEST BOYLSTON— Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction have voted to sever ties with their union and instead join the New England Police Benevolent Association.

The vote, 256-20, was held Thursday and means the 360 officers and sergeants at the county jail complex will no longer be represented by the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union.

“I think it sent a message that people really want change,” said Peter A. Boyd, chief steward who is expected to become president under the new union. “We have a lot of concerns up here that people don’t know about,” chief among them safety issues for officers and inmates.

The correction officers had been part of the 4,500- to 5,000-member MCOFU for 12 years. Mr. Boyd stressed that the change was not a vote against the state Department of Correction officers, but against the union which county jail correction officers felt was “too close” to Sheriff Guy W. Glodis’ administration.

“Our battle was with MCOFU and the people who represent us,” he said. “We have all the respect in the world for the officers in the state correction system.”

New executive board officers were recently elected under the old union, and those people will remain in place until a new election is held in the next few weeks, Mr. Boyd said. Worcester police officers also joined the same union in December after members voted to leave their old union.

“The Worcester police union have extended their hand to us and I think that’s going to be a pretty good relationship for us and them,” Mr. Boyd said, adding that his members feel empowered by the change and the prospects.

“We feel now that we are going to take back control of our local union and we are hoping to work out issues at the table,” he said.

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Posted by: resqjyw0

By Winston W. Wiley
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
wwiley@telegram.com

WEST BOYLSTON— Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction have voted to sever ties with their union and instead join the New England Police Benevolent Association.

The vote, 256-20, was held Thursday and means the 360 officers and sergeants at the county jail complex will no longer be represented by the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union.

“I think it sent a message that people really want change,” said Peter A. Boyd, chief steward who is expected to become president under the new union. “We have a lot of concerns up here that people don’t know about,” chief among them safety issues for officers and inmates.

The correction officers had been part of the 4,500- to 5,000-member MCOFU for 12 years. Mr. Boyd stressed that the change was not a vote against the state Department of Correction officers, but against the union which county jail correction officers felt was “too close” to Sheriff Guy W. Glodis’ administration.

“Our battle was with MCOFU and the people who represent us,” he said. “We have all the respect in the world for the officers in the state correction system.”

New executive board officers were recently elected under the old union, and those people will remain in place until a new election is held in the next few weeks, Mr. Boyd said. Worcester police officers also joined the same union in December after members voted to leave their old union.

“The Worcester police union have extended their hand to us and I think that’s going to be a pretty good relationship for us and them,” Mr. Boyd said, adding that his members feel empowered by the change and the prospects.

“We feel now that we are going to take back control of our local union and we are hoping to work out issues at the table,” he said.

http://www.telegram.com/article/2008...008/NEWSREWIND

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Posted by: SouthernDude

Doesn't it seem strange that the PBA would accept a correctional organization into its membership?

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Posted by: mikeyd1313

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthernDude Doesn't it seem strange that the PBA would accept a correctional organization into its membership?

why would it seem strange? Do some research

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Dues $$$$$$$$$$$ Talks

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Posted by: Foxy85

THe Court Officers attempted to vote them in about a year ago....

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