PBA meeting!

I want to thank those of you that maid it to the meeting. However, I am disappointed in the turn out of some of our "already receiving pension brothers and sisters". I know most of you could give a rats ass about what were fighting for, but look at it this way. If we do not organize and fight unified we well never get ahead. Thus we well continue with the worst morale of a PBC Police force. Belle Glade is gone so yes we are the record holders. With morale this low, you retired guys risk being merged with PBSO where you will lose you precious jobs.. It doesn't take much just help out. Think of your partners!!

I want to thank those of you that maid it to the meeting. However, I am disappointed in the turn out of some of our "already receiving pension brothers and sisters". I know most of you could give a rats ass about what were fighting for, but look at it this way. If we do not organize and fight unified we well never get ahead. Thus we well continue with the worst morale of a PBC Police force. Belle Glade is gone so yes we are the record holders. With morale this low, you retired guys risk being merged with PBSO where you will lose you precious jobs.. It doesn't take much just help out. Think of your partners!!

Contrary to the District's lousy math and propaganda, us double-dippers are in the minority. The audience contained a lot of 2nd careers. If someone figured out the per-centage of double-dippers attending vs the percentage of non-retiress attendings, the results could be surprising.

To the P.B.A. man. Look no further than yourself for the morale issue. Obviously it is your morale that is suffering. In your comments you attack the retirees on many fronts. Did you ever think that maybe some of us like our jobs and enjoy working with the kids? You ask us to think about our partners. Please don’t call me your partner you don’t understand the meaning. You are quick with your words but ignorant to say the least. I sense that you are one of those people who are never happy. I have seen the likes of you throughout my life. You are the same officer that does little or nothing and then wants someone to reward you for your lack of work. It is you that has strayed away and it is you that is dividing the department. You haven’t a clue. You’re a coward. Please leave us and go elsewhere. I would bet that after a few months at your new job you will be just as unhappy. Please try though. Please.

To the P.B.A. man. Look no further than yourself for the morale issue. Obviously it is your morale that is suffering. In your comments you attack the retirees on many fronts. Did you ever think that maybe some of us like our jobs and enjoy working with the kids? You ask us to think about our partners. Please don’t call me your partner you don’t understand the meaning. You are quick with your words but ignorant to say the least. I sense that you are one of those people who are never happy. I have seen the likes of you throughout my life. You are the same officer that does little or nothing and then wants someone to reward you for your lack of work. It is you that has strayed away and it is you that is dividing the department. You haven’t a clue. You’re a coward. Please leave us and go elsewhere. I would bet that after a few months at your new job you will be just as unhappy. Please try though. Please.

MERGER! MERGER! MERGER!!!!!! I love my job, I love the kids, but we lack the benefits, MERGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Meeting was good. It is about time we had the state come down and do this. Should have been done years ago. I have to say, I do not care about the car issue. I do care about the change in pay periods. I wish we would have spent time on that issue instead of traffic cops desire to pull people over. Maybe the Union can explain it on the website or one of the "guests" can post it here. [/quote]

My understanding of the pay period issue is that we are going from 26 pays to 21 or 22 pays. Which means that we will not be paid over the summer. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time making my paycheck stretch for two weeks, let alone over the summer. We may have been able to do it if they gave us a lump-sum payment at the beginning of the summer. The way it looks now, we will get our last regular paycheck at the end of June and we won't get paid again till after school starts in August. I don't think any of us can afford to keep working here if they decide to really implement that plan. If I'm wrong maybe somebody can explain it better.

If you worked all year you will still get a hold over check in July. The Chief advised that this pay scale will not go in effect till at least 07/09. Then you will get paid for the hours you work. You would get a check in July for the 80 hours we work and then in Aug for the time you work. When you did work 80 hours you would make more then you get now for two weeks as no money will be held to make 26 pays. My pay will be about $250.00 a pay more then I get now,I will just get less pays. Hope this helps as you will need to watch your money during the summer months.

If you worked all year you will still get a hold over check in July. The Chief advised that this pay scale will not go in effect till at least 07/09. Then you will get paid for the hours you work. You would get a check in July for the 80 hours we work and then in Aug for the time you work. When you did work 80 hours you would make more then you get now for two weeks as no money will be held to make 26 pays. My pay will be about $250.00 a pay more then I get now,I will just get less pays. Hope this helps as you will need to watch your money during the summer months.

Thanks for the update. One downside of the agreement is for those who received the 3% performance bonus last year and/or those that were on track to get it this year is that even though were 2/3rds of the way through the fiscal year, the 3% is out the window. The Readers Digest version is a 2% pay raise minus 3% bonus = 1% pay decrease. We have all but Mrs Robinson to thank for this debacle as Mrs Robinson was on our side in this.

P.S. After the Va Tech tragedy the people of PB County were reassured that our schools were protected by the District's own highly trained professional police force who train for incidents like that. They are strangely silent after the Univ of Northern Illinois incident. I guess we're not so highly trained and professional if it is in close proximity to the time of a tragedy.

If you worked all year you will still get a hold over check in July. The Chief advised that this pay scale will not go in effect till at least 07/09. Then you will get paid for the hours you work. You would get a check in July for the 80 hours we work and then in Aug for the time you work. When you did work 80 hours you would make more then you get now for two weeks as no money will be held to make 26 pays. My pay will be about $250.00 a pay more then I get now,I will just get less pays. Hope this helps as you will need to watch your money during the summer months.

Thanks for the update. One downside of the agreement is for those who received the 3% performance bonus last year and/or those that were on track to get it this year is that even though were 2/3rds of the way through the fiscal year, the 3% is out the window. The Readers Digest version is a 2% pay raise minus 3% bonus = 1% pay decrease. We have all but Mrs Robinson to thank for this debacle as Mrs Robinson was on our side in this.

P.S. After the Va Tech tragedy the people of PB County were reassured that our schools were protected by the District's own highly trained professional police force who train for incidents like that. They are strangely silent after the Univ of Northern Illinois incident. I guess we're not so highly trained and professional if it is in close proximity to the time of a tragedy.

By "it is in close proximity", I am referring to the contract hearing we had this week