April 19, 2007
Since the Deputy
County Executive has again taken it upon himself to interject his
own caustic and disparaging remarks about YOUR leadership, regarding
the One Care Street Survey ADVISEMENTS we put out, we now
need to respond in kind.
We, the leadership,
and membership, are equally disappointed in the tactics employed by
this Administration both in this process and in the contract “NEGOTIATIONS”.
Although this
survey has its merits; it also created concerns and questions raised
by you, the members, which were not answered by the presentation.
Based on those concerns, we advised you to not participate in this
VOLUNTARY survey.
We, at no time,
“accused the County of intending to commit a criminal act”! This
was never inferred either but was extrapolated by Mr. Schwartz in
his memo in an effort to disparage your leadership and to divert the
attention away from their lack of commitment to settle a fair and
equitable NEGOTIATED contract.
Since Mr. Schwartz
has exaggerated and accused us of things not explicitly stated, he
claims there is no ulterior motive for your participation…when was
the last time the County had your best interests as their main
concern??? We only said you MAY forfeit your HIPAA rights
after VOLUNTARY participation – how does that become an intention to
commit a criminal act?!?!
Finally, while
“buying” participation by offering 7 hours of comp time is coercive,
it also is in violation of the contract – but when has that stopped
the County from doing something in violation of their signed
agreement with CSEA?!
Also, in order to receive the comp time, 4 steps must be completed -
the first of which is the filling out of the survey! There are 3
more “requirements “to be met before the comp time is actually
credited to you. One Care Street must send confirmation to the
County that they have been completed. Is that not disseminating
“false and misleading information”?
Hopefully the
Deputy County Executive’s memo has not served its intended purpose,
but serves to insure you that your leadership is looking out for
your best interests and will continue to raise concerns and
questions despite the displeasure it creates for the Administration!
