If you really care you would step down

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If the leaders of the failed and incompetent PBA really cared about others, they would step down. Save us any more anguish.
We deserve a decent raise and no more of these useless selective step increases for everyone except the backbone of the department. Those of us in uniform get the shaft every time and we are the largest voting block.

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If the leaders of the failed and incompetent PBA really cared about others, they would step down. Save us any more anguish.
We deserve a decent raise and no more of these useless selective step increases for everyone except the backbone of the department. Those of us in uniform get the shaft every time and we are the largest voting block.

Oh look. Another PBA post! Lol!

Nope. Don’t care. 😘

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Wait..... is this message for the Director or the PBA? Seems more true for the Director.

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Wait..... is this message for the Director or the PBA? Seems more true for the Director.

I’m going out on a limb here but I think it’s clearly for the PBA clowns. They deliver nothing other than scandals and we pay them handsomely for it. They won’t fight for us but for their unwarranted salaries- watch out- they will fight til the end.

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I’m going out on a limb here but I think it’s clearly for the PBA clowns. They deliver nothing other than scandals and we pay them handsomely for it. They won’t fight for us but for their unwarranted salaries- watch out- they will fight til the end.

Ironically, this ALSO sounds like you are directly describing the current Director.

Hmmmm.

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If the leaders of the failed and incompetent PBA really cared about others, they would step down. Save us any more anguish.
We deserve a decent raise and no more of these useless selective step increases for everyone except the backbone of the department. Those of us in uniform get the shaft every time and we are the largest voting block.

Steadman delivered see below;


Bargaining Unit Members,

As we previously advised, the PBA and Miami-Dade County came to an agreement on new collective bargaining agreements (CBA) for the Rank & File and Supervisory units. Once that happens, there is always work in taking the agreements made at the negotiation table and reducing them to writing for the actual CBAs. I am happy to report that we have just about finished that process and have scheduled both informational sessions and a ratification vote.

The informational sessions will be at the PBA on October 13, 2021, from 7 - 10 a.m. and 1 - 4 p.m. In addition to those in-person sessions, you can always email or call with any questions you have. If you would like to email your questions, please direct the email to General Counsel Andrew Axelrad at andrew@dcpba.org.

The ratification vote will be held on October 20, 2021, from 7 am to 7 pm in three locations: the Northside Station's Community Room, the PBA, and the Park & Ride at the Turnpike and SW 152 Street. Please remember that Public Employees Relations Commission ("PERC") no longer allows absentee, early or proxy voting. Those are not our rules, but those of PERC.

Once we have completely finalized the text of the new CBAs, we will email them to you, and they will be available for review both at the informational sessions and at the voting locations, or if you just want to stop by the PBA. In the meantime, the highlights of the CBAs are:
3% increase to base pay retroactive to October 1, 2021.
2% bonus of annual base pay at the time of ratification be the Board of County Commissioners (likely at one of their November 2021 meetings).
3% increase to base pay effective October 1, 2022.
Effective April 1, 2022, hazard duty pay increases to $150 biweekly, Communications pay and non-sworn, non-communications supplement increases by 1%.
Effective April 1, 2023, hazard duty pay increases to $175 biweekly, Communications pay and non-sworn, non-communications supplement increases another 1%.
Ability to cash out 80 hours of compensatory leave once per year.
Addition of two new holidays; Juneteenth and a 3rd Floating Holiday.
Additional longevity bonus steps 31, 32, ... to 35 (3.1%, 3.2% ... to 3.5%).
Addition of two pay steps for those assigned to the Warrants Bureau.
Increase of FTO/CTO from one to two pay steps, along with those Supervisory CBA personnel assigned to the Miami Dade Public Safety Institute.
Health Insurance Premiums to remain the same as they are now for the life of the CBAs.
While the above is virtually everything substantive in the CBAs (there is always various clean-up language), as always we encourage everyone to review their actual draft CBA when it is available and not to rely solely on a summary.

We look forward to answering any questions you may have and seeing you on October 13th and October 20th.

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Steadman I wouldn’t celebrate this contract. Is it the best your skills allow- yes. But it’s not that great