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Don't You Deserve Better Then A Empty Store Front Union?
75 Security Professionals working at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno Nevada REJECT ugsoa.
53 Security Professionals working for Nevada Security Innovations in Hawaii Vote AGAINST ugsoa.
ugsoa received only 2 votes.
110 LOCAL 38 WACKENHUT OFFICERS IN OREGON DUMP UGSOA !
ugsoa Received only 1 Vote!
50 UGSOA Local 38/204 Security Officers Working For Longview Work Release DUMP UGSOA !
UGSOA Received Only 1 Vote
Here are Just a Few more of
UGSOA's Election Losses
Securitas Security Services UGSOA Local 10 New Hill, NC
UGSOA Lost 89 -1
Pinkerton Government Services/ Securitas Springfield, VA
Raytheon Company Missile UGSOA Local 822 Tucson, AZ
Chenega Corporation - UGSOA Local 409 Anchorage, AK
Akal Security - UGSOA Local 64 San Diego, Ca
Security Consultants Group, Inc Oakridge, Tenn
Special Operations Group WV
Source NLRB and UGSOA Member Reports
UGSOA LOCAL 246
SECURITY OFFICERS
WORKING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN
SECURITY SERVICES INC
in Northern Louisiana ,
Tallulah, Deridder, Leesville,
Natchitoches,Louisiana
Mindin, Texas and Mt. Pleasant
FILE A DECERT
TO DUMP UGSOA
With all these ugsoa Election Loses and Decertification elections, How Can ugsoa make the claim "Since its founding in 1992, UGSOA has become one of the fastest growing unions representing specialized security officers". ? It Don't Look Like it to Us!
UGSOA LOCAL 38 / 204 OFFICERS
WORKING FOR HWA FILE A
DECERT TO
DUMP UGSOA
These Officers Work at the Following Dams
McNary Dam, UUmattilla, OR
Lower Granite Lock and Dam
Lower Monumental Dam
Snake River Dams
Ice Harbor Dam
Hydro Elec. Plants in OR & WA
UGSOA Disclaims interest in this group
Government Security Officers (UGSOA)
National Headquarters Officers & Employees
Name Title Salary Benefits
& Other Total Compensation
James Vissar President $ 98,082 No Longer Pres?
Larry Ferris Director $ 74,508
Donna Huff Director $ 67,451
E L Woolley Assitant To Pres $ 67,441 - FIRED
James Carney Vice Pres Gsa $ 77,133
Ronald Smith Vice Pres $ 49,932 - FIRED
La Ronn Vance Bookkeeper $ 40,855
Ben Couch Director $ 52,324 - FIRED
Louis Zezoff Bussiness Rep $ 25,344
Jacquel Keating Office Assitant $ 30,019
Dave Coon Vice Pres $ 22,757
Jessica Cross Office Assistant $ 9,431
Ava Ramey Regional Direct $ 9,311
Burton Drumright Assitant To Pres $ 7,447
William Ryan Regional Direct $ 3,518
Richard Ward Sec Treas $ 2,400
Jerry Smith Regional Direct $ 2,022
John Chinnici Regional Direct $ 0
Rusty Marine Regional Direct $ 0
Source: Department of Labor, Office of Labor Management Standards LM filings
Government Security Officers (UGSOA): Election Record LOSSES
Case ID
Date Case Name RepresentationResults
Date Case Name RepresentationResults03-RC-11376 10/3/2003 Pyramid Management Group (New Hartford, NY) Rejected
10/3/2003 Pyramid Management Group (New Hartford, NY) Rejected04-RC-20671 8/5/2003 Ballys Park Place, The Wild Wild West & Claridge at Ballys Casino Rejected 04-RC-20676 3/12/2004 Wackenhut Corporation (Forked River, NJ) Rejected
8/5/2003 Ballys Park Place, The Wild Wild West & Claridge at Ballys Casino Rejected 04-RC-20676 3/12/2004 Wackenhut Corporation (Forked River, NJ) Rejected11-RC-06588 1/10/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (New Hill, NC) Rejected
1/10/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (New Hill, NC) Rejected12-RC-08906 4/14/2003 Diamond Detective Agency (Tampa, FL) Rejected
4/14/2003 Diamond Detective Agency (Tampa, FL) Rejected12-RC-08706 11/1/2001 Dunbar Armored Inc. (Miami, FL) Rejected
11/1/2001 Dunbar Armored Inc. (Miami, FL) Rejected14-RC-12479 2/13/2004 The Wackenhut Corporation (Fulton, MO) Rejected
2/13/2004 The Wackenhut Corporation (Fulton, MO) Rejected15-RC-08622 8/1/2005 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Gulfport, MS) Rejected
8/1/2005 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Gulfport, MS) Rejected16-RC-10294 5/23/2001 Cornell Companies Inc. (Big Spring, TX) Rejected
5/23/2001 Cornell Companies Inc. (Big Spring, TX) Rejected17-RC-12311 2/4/2005 Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) Rejected
2/4/2005 Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) Rejected18-RC-16902 1/4/2002 Nation Wide Services, Inc., d/b/a American Security and Protection, Inc. Rejected
1/4/2002 Nation Wide Services, Inc., d/b/a American Security and Protection, Inc. Rejected18-RC-17183 10/31/2003 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Bismarck, ND) Rejected
10/31/2003 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Bismarck, ND) Rejected19-RC-14368 8/1/2003 Aacres Landing, Inc. (Tacoma, WA) Rejected
8/1/2003 Aacres Landing, Inc. (Tacoma, WA) Rejected19-RC-14726 6/10/2005 Chenega Integrated Systems, LLC (Anchorage, AK) Rejected
6/10/2005 Chenega Integrated Systems, LLC (Anchorage, AK) Rejected28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected
9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected
9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected28-RC-06263 6/29/2004 Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Rejected 36-RC-06228 12/17/2003 RAMS Specialized Security Service, Inc. (Portland, OR) Rejected
6/29/2004 Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Rejected 36-RC-06228 12/17/2003 RAMS Specialized Security Service, Inc. (Portland, OR) RejectedGovernment Security Officers (UGSOA): Decertification Elections
Case ID Date Case Name Local Union
Date Case Name Local Union12-RD-00998 8/9/2005 First Coast Security Services, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) 404
8/9/2005 First Coast Security Services, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) 40408-RD-01891 5/24/2001 Unlimited Security, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 42
5/24/2001 Unlimited Security, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 4218-RD-02439 12/19/2002 The Wackenhut Corporation, a Division of Group 4 Falck (Monticello, MN)0
12/19/2002 The Wackenhut Corporation, a Division of Group 4 Falck (Monticello, MN)012-RD-00976 7/30/2004 AKAL Security, Inc. (Santa Cruz, NM) 131
7/30/2004 AKAL Security, Inc. (Santa Cruz, NM) 13107-RD-03336 7/30/2002 dearborn Sausage Co. (Dearborn, MI) 876
7/30/2002 dearborn Sausage Co. (Dearborn, MI) 87625-RD-01470 9/29/2005 AKAL SECURITY INC. (SOUTH BEND, IN) 113
9/29/2005 AKAL SECURITY INC. (SOUTH BEND, IN) 11319-RD-03688 12/22/2005 Allvest Acres Work Release, L.L.C. (Longview, WA) 38
12/22/2005 Allvest Acres Work Release, L.L.C. (Longview, WA) 3821-RD-02787 7/21/2005 AKAL Security Inc. (San Diego, CA) 64
7/21/2005 AKAL Security Inc. (San Diego, CA) 6412-RD-00971 4/23/2004 AKAL Security (Santa Cruz, NM) 131
4/23/2004 AKAL Security (Santa Cruz, NM) 13108-RD-01889 5/3/2001 Unlimited Security Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 42
5/3/2001 Unlimited Security Inc. (Cleveland, OH) 4216-RD-01485 4/29/2002 AKAL Security Incorporated (Santa Cruz, NM) 0
4/29/2002 AKAL Security Incorporated (Santa Cruz, NM) 0Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: First Coast Security Services, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
8/9/2005
Case #: 12-RD-00998
Employees: 60
Description
Included: All full-time and regular part-time security officers/security guards employed by the Employer at its Jacksonville Beach, Florida office and assigned in the Jacksonville Aviation Depot, Navy Fuel Depot, and the Cicil Commerce Center. Excluded
Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: AKAL Security, Inc.
Santa Cruz, NM
7/30/2004
Case #: 12-RD-00976
Employees: 100
Description
Included: Local # 131
Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: Unlimited Security, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
5/24/2001
Case #: 08-RD-01891
Employees: 22
Description
Included: All full-time and regular part-time security officers employed by Unlimited Security, Inc., at federal building facilities located at 2 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio, 1658 West Meriat Street, Akron, Ohio, 4314 Main Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, Pie
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: The Wackenhut Corporation, a Division of Group 4 Falck
Monticello, MN
12/19/2002
Case #: 18-RD-02439
Employees: 59
Description
Included: All full-time and regularly scheduled part-time nuclear security officers, and watchpersons employed by the Employer the Monticello Nuclear Plant Excluded: temporary employees, casual employees, office clerical and supervisors as defined in the
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: dearborn Sausage Co.
Dearborn, MI
7/30/2002
Case #: 07-RD-03336
Employees: 58
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: AKAL SECURITY INC.
SOUTH BEND, IN
9/29/2005
Case #: 25-RD-01470
Employees: 48
Description
Included: Five Lead CSOs and 43 CSOs Excluded: None
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: Allvest Acres Work Release, L.L.C.
Longview, WA
12/22/2005
Case #: 19-RD-03688
Employees: 13
Description
Included: All full-time, part-time, and those on-call Program Monitors employed by the Employer at its Longview, Washington facility. Excluded: Cooks, maintenance employees, casual on-call Program Monitors, office clerical employees, ma
Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: AKAL Security Inc.
San Diego, CA
7/21/2005
Case #: 21-RD-02787
Employees: 54
Description
Included: The unit is defined as all full-time and shared-time positions Federal Court Security Officers (CSO'S) and Federal Lead Court Security Officers (LCSO'S) employed by the Company in the 9th Circuit, Sourthern District of Ca.
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: AKAL Security
Santa Cruz, NM
4/23/2004
Case #: 12-RD-00971
Employees: 100
Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: Unlimited Security Inc.
Cleveland, OH
5/3/2001
Case #: 08-RD-01889
Employees: 22
Description
Included: Government contracted security officers working in the Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Warren, & East Liverpool area.
Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)
Case: AKAL Security Incorporated
Santa Cruz, NM
4/29/2002
Case #: 16-RD-01485
Employees: 36
Description
INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part/shared-time court security officers assigned to the United States Northern District of Texas Federal Courthouses which include Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, San Angelo and Wichita Falls.
Government Security Officers (UGSOA): Election Record LOSSES
Case ID Date Case Name RepresentationResults
Date Case Name RepresentationResults03-RC-11376 10/3/2003 Pyramid Management Group (New Hartford, NY) Rejected
10/3/2003 Pyramid Management Group (New Hartford, NY) Rejected04-RC-20671 8/5/2003 Ballys Park Place, The Wild Wild West & Claridge at Ballys Casino Rejected 04-RC-20676 3/12/2004 Wackenhut Corporation (Forked River, NJ) Rejected
8/5/2003 Ballys Park Place, The Wild Wild West & Claridge at Ballys Casino Rejected 04-RC-20676 3/12/2004 Wackenhut Corporation (Forked River, NJ) Rejected11-RC-06588 1/10/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (New Hill, NC) Rejected
1/10/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (New Hill, NC) Rejected12-RC-08906 4/14/2003 Diamond Detective Agency (Tampa, FL) Rejected
4/14/2003 Diamond Detective Agency (Tampa, FL) Rejected12-RC-08706 11/1/2001 Dunbar Armored Inc. (Miami, FL) Rejected
11/1/2001 Dunbar Armored Inc. (Miami, FL) Rejected14-RC-12479 2/13/2004 The Wackenhut Corporation (Fulton, MO) Rejected
2/13/2004 The Wackenhut Corporation (Fulton, MO) Rejected15-RC-08622 8/1/2005 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Gulfport, MS) Rejected
8/1/2005 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Gulfport, MS) Rejected16-RC-10294 5/23/2001 Cornell Companies Inc. (Big Spring, TX) Rejected
5/23/2001 Cornell Companies Inc. (Big Spring, TX) Rejected17-RC-12311 2/4/2005 Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) Rejected
2/4/2005 Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) Rejected18-RC-16902 1/4/2002 Nation Wide Services, Inc., d/b/a American Security and Protection, Inc. Rejected
1/4/2002 Nation Wide Services, Inc., d/b/a American Security and Protection, Inc. Rejected18-RC-17183 10/31/2003 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Bismarck, ND) Rejected
10/31/2003 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Bismarck, ND) Rejected19-RC-14368 8/1/2003 Aacres Landing, Inc. (Tacoma, WA) Rejected
8/1/2003 Aacres Landing, Inc. (Tacoma, WA) Rejected19-RC-14726 6/10/2005 Chenega Integrated Systems, LLC (Anchorage, AK) Rejected
6/10/2005 Chenega Integrated Systems, LLC (Anchorage, AK) Rejected28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected
9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected
9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM) Rejected28-RC-06263 6/29/2004 Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Rejected 36-RC-06228 12/17/2003 RAMS Specialized Security Service, Inc. (Portland, OR) Rejected
6/29/2004 Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ) Rejected 36-RC-06228 12/17/2003 RAMS Specialized Security Service, Inc. (Portland, OR) RejectedUGSOA Loses Another Election in Miami
33 Alpha Protective Services vote AGAINST ugsoa
U.S. Department of Labor Obtains Order Removing Washington, DC Union Executive Caleb A. Burriss as Trustee of the NASPSO Pension Fund and the NASPSO Health Plan and Trust Fund. Approximately $95,000 in withdrawals from the pension account is not accounted for!
Caleb A. Burriss was UGSOAs Special Guest Speaker at its Last Convention!
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Washington D.C. News
Caleb A. Burriss
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UGSOA unlawfully threatened to have Tampa Federal Courthouse security officers fired for refusal to pay union due
WHY IS UGSOA
VICE PRESIDENT RON SMITH
NO LONGER ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OR WORKING AS A REPRESENTATIVE
FOR UGSOA ?
WAS HE FIRED BY UGSOA
FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HIM or they Could not afford to pay him due to financial troubles?
What Ever Happened to UGSOA Vice President
Ronald A. Mikell ?
U.S. Department of Labor conducts audit of UGSOA Local 44 . The audit of UGSOA Local 44's 2005 records revealed the following recordkeeping violations: Officer Expenses - Canceled Checks - UGSOA Local 44 failed to retain in its records documents related to the receipt of money - Reporting Violations - Delinquent LM Report - Failure to File Bylaws - Signature Requirement - Lost Time - ugsoa Local 44 failed to record minutes of meetings - Press Here to see Official Letter by The Dept of Labor
APRIL FOOLS!
UGSOA Loses Once Again!
This Time 296 Deco-AKAL Security Officers working in
El Paso Texas Vote AGAINST ugsoa on April 11, 2007.
WHAT'S GOING ON AT
UGSOA?
Duke Wolley - Ben Couch Ron Smith
FIRED!
NLRB Rules 230 Wackenhut officers at Salem Hope Creek Nuclear in NJ Disaffiliate from ugsoa. This is One of ugsoa's Biggest Locals!
How many UGSOA Members and Locals
have already
Jumped off this Ship and/or Have
to UGSOA?
James Carney AT THE HELM OF THIS SINKING SHIP !
REAL UNIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEIR MEMBERS / WORKERS NOT FIRE THEM!
Who is going to SERVICE THE DUES PAYING MEMBERS OF UGSOA now that
Duke - Ben and Ron have all been FIRED?
UGSOA LOCALS ARE ABANDONING SHIP
130 CSO's in Florida
Dump UGSOA
On June 26, 2007
130 Members of UGSOA Local 401
Ft. Rucker Al. Voted to Disaffiliate from UGSOA and Join the SPFPA
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UGSOA Abandons
Akal Security Officers working in Guam/Saipan
after they file an election to Join the SPFPA
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170 ugsoa members from
Puerto Rico Voted to Disaffiliate from UGSOA in 2007
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Over 300 U.S. Protect
Security Officers in CA
Vote Against UGSOA
on June 28, 2007
81 Security Professionals working for Wackenhut at Callaway Nuclear VOTE to Decertify UGSOA on 1/25/07
UGSOA LOSES OVER 300 MEMBERS IN ONE WEEK!
What's going on at ugsoa? The ugsoa under the lack of leadership of James Carney seems to to be a
SINKING SHIP as they continue to lose members and elections. Below are just a few of the elections
ugsoa has lost and/or it's members have filed to decertify them.
UGSOA Disclaims Interest in Group after UGSOA Local 246 Members File a Decert and Refuse to pay Dues to ugsoa. Press Here for Letter
James Carney ugsoa Vice President Disaffiliates from ugsoa Local 405 leaving 130 ugsoa members high and dry during negotiations
95 Security Professionals working at in Ohio REJECT ugsoa on 12/22/06. ugsoa received only 4 votes.
170 ugsoa members from Puerto Rico
Vote to Disaffiliate from UGSOA in 2007
Unfair Labor Practices
The National Labor Relations Board investigates instances of union violations of the National Labor Relations Act and other labor laws. Unfair Labor Practices include instances of bad faith bargaining, excessive dues, violence, threats and many other violations.
Alleged Charge Allegations Filed AGAINST UGSOA
Repudiation/Modification of Contract 2
The National Labor Relations Board investigates instances of union violations of the National Labor Relations Act and other labor laws. Unfair Labor Practices include instances of bad faith bargaining, excessive dues, violence, threats and many other violations.
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Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database since 2000 - Union Facts Website
UNION CORRUPTION UPDATE NEWS LINKS
Labor Unions Top Ten Special Privileges
Labor union officials enjoy many extraordinary powers and immunities that were created by legislatures and the courts. Union officials claim to rely on the support of rank-and-file workers. Yet, they clamor in the political arena to secure and expand their government-granted powers, including the powers to shake down workers for financial support and even to wage campaigns of violent retaliation against non-union employees.
The following list of special privileges reveals the extent to which union bosses have rigged our nation’s labor laws in their favor.
Privilege #1: Exemption from prosecution for union violence.
The most egregious example of organized labor’s special privileges and immunities is the 1973 United States v. Enmons decision. In it, the United States Supreme Court held that union violence is exempted from the Hobbs Act, which makes it a federal crime to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery or extortion. As a result, thousands of incidents of violent assaults (directed mostly against workers) by union militants have gone unpunished. Meanwhile, many states also restrict the authority of law enforcement to enforce laws during strikes.
Privilege #2: Exemption from anti-monopoly laws.
The Clayton Act of 1914 exempts unions from anti-monopoly laws, enabling union officials to forcibly drive out independent or alternative employee bargaining groups.
Privilege #3: Power to force employees to accept unwanted union representation.
Monopoly bargaining, or “exclusive representation,” which is embedded in most of the country’s labor relations statutes, enables union officials to act as the exclusive bargaining agents of all employees at a unionized workplace, thereby depriving employees of the right to make their own employment contracts. For example, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA) of 1978, and the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926 prohibit employees from negotiating their own contracts with their employers or choosing their own workplace representatives.
Privilege #4: Power to collect forced union dues.
Unlike other private organizations, unions can compel individuals to support them financially. In 28 states under the NLRA (those that have not passed Right to Work laws), all states under the RLA, on “exclusive federal enclaves,” and in many states under public sector labor relations acts, employees may be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment, even if they reject union affiliation.
Privilege #5: Unlimited, undisclosed electioneering.
The Federal Election Campaign Act exempts unions from its limits on campaign contributions and expenditures, as well as some of its reporting requirements. Union bigwigs can spend unlimited amounts on communications to members and their families in support of, or opposition to, candidates for federal office, and they need not report these expenditures if they successfully claim that union publications are primarily devoted to other subjects. For years, the politically active National Education Association (NEA) teacher union has gotten away with claiming zero political expenditures on its IRS tax forms!
Privilege #6: Ability to strong-arm employers into negotiations.
Unlike all other parties in the economic marketplace, union officials can compel employers to bargain with them. The NLRA, FLRA, and RLA make it illegal for employers to resist a union’s collective bargaining efforts and difficult for them to counter aggressive and deceptive campaigns waged by union organizers.
Privilege #7: Right to trespass on an employer’s private property.
The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 (and state anti-injunction acts) give union activists immunity from injunctions against trespass on an employer’s property.
Privilege #8: Ability of strikers to keep jobs despite refusing to work.
Unlike other employees, unionized employees in the private sector have the right to strike; that is, to refuse to work while keeping their job. In some cases, it is illegal for employers to hire replacement workers, even to avert bankruptcy. Meanwhile, union officials demonize replacement workers as “scabs” to set them up for retaliation.
Privilege #9: Union-only cartels on construction projects.
Under so-called project labor agreements, governments (local, state, or federal) award contracts for construction on major projects such as highways, airports, and stadiums exclusively to unionized firms. Such practices effectively lock-out qualified contractors and employees who refuse to submit to exclusive union bargaining, forced union dues, and wasteful union work rules. So far, just three states have outlawed these discriminatory and costly union-only pacts.
Privilege #10: Government funding of forced unionism.
On top of all of the special powers and immunities granted to organized labor, politicians even pour taxpayer money straight into union coffers. Union groups receive upwards of $160 million annually in direct federal grants. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In 2001, the federal Department of Labor doled out $148 million for “international labor programs” overwhelmingly controlled by front group. Federal bureaucrats spend approximately $2.6 billion per year on “job training programs” that, under the Workforce Investment Act, must be administered by boards filled with union officials. Union bosses also benefit from a plethora of state and local government giveaways.
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Questions & Answers
VERMONT CSO's DISAFFILIATE FROM UGSOA
George Mulligan
My name is George Mulligan I am a CSO in Vermont and the Former President of the UGSOA. I am writing to you about our experience with the UGSOA. Vermont was the first Union in the second circuit to affilate with the UGSOA, and the first Union to Disaffiliate with the UGSOA !
The members in vermont felt we were not being served by the UGSOA and Jim Vissar UGSOA President. When we called we were put off or received no response at all. Jim Vissar was never there to answer our questions even when we requested in writing to do so !
When we asked President Vissar to come to Vermont to answer our concerns there was always a reason why they could not come. There are still bitter feelings in Vermont about the UGSOA and their lack of leadership. In closing, I would urge every UGSOA Member to GET RID OF THE DO NOTHING UGSOA and if that don't work then STOP PAYING DUES TO UGSOA for a service they do NOT provide !
Vermont was the first Union in the second circuit to affilate with the UGSOA, and the first Union to Disaffiliate with the UGSOA !
DEAR UGSOA MEMBERS and SECURITY OFFICERS WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT JOINING UGSOA
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Former UGSOA Local 52 Member Speaks out AGAINST UGSOA
by Robert
We Were Sold-Out by UGSOA and Now We are Stopping the Dues !
I am a former UGSOA Local 52 member-To give you an idea--the Local President back in Oct., 2003 said that he had to invoke the "EMERGENCY RATIFICATION" Clause from the International Constitution--well so far I have requested for that same said Constitution and they are giving me the run around--I have personnally looked at a copy of it and went through it--and guess what can not be found--you guessed it--that same Clause--so I sent a letter to the UGSOA International asking where this "Emergency Ratification" Clause is located--this letter was sent e17th Jan., 2004--as of date no answer--I also sent emails (3 times requested)-- to the Local 52 President and to this date--I have not received any answer--what do they have to hide--except that the International is corrupt (Mafia ties) and can not be trusted--what have they done for us--except take our hard earned money--do you know that the 2002 Expenditure report for the International is off by $41,500 but they do not memtioned where it is--miling the books--
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Keep the INternational UGSOA from interfering
by Robert Nowosielski
How can a bunch of idiots try to fire outstanding officers Can't the International,
UGSOA figure out what state they are in--I do believe Florida--and that state is a "RIGHT TO WORK STATE"--We out here in California are real Tired of the BULL--so get out UGSOA and let the officers do their job; which you probably do not understand--Keep up the good work Officers--we are here for you--
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by Michael Moulton
This UGSOA has violated employee rights at the San Ysidro Port of Entry They use the company, as well as themselves to force a union we never wanted or even voted for. They also threatened us with our employment. Michael Hough is the local 52 President and on the cimpanies side. Thanks to UGSOA, instead of getting $17.50/hr for training, we only get $6.75/hr. Where is the representation for our forced union dues? If anyone could help us with more info, then please contact me. My name is Michael Moulton and cell# is (619)227-6803. This UGSOA is one big joke. Other unions should be ashamed if they do not out against them.
by UGSOA LOCAL 50 MEMBERS
PRESIDENTS JIM ( THE RAT ) VISSAR HAS TAKEN OVER ANOTHER UGSOA LOCAL !
UGSOA LOCAL 50 MEMBERS SAY TRUSTEESHIP IS A BIG
JOKE SINCE THEIR ARE ONLY 24 UGSOA UNION MEMBERS
OUT OF 130 OFFICERS !
23 OUT OF 24 UGSOA OFFICERS SAY THEY ARE NOW
DUMPING UGSOA LEAVING Clifford M Dufrain
ASSISTANT TRUSTEE AS THE ONLY REMAINING MEMBER OF
UGSOA LOCAL 50.
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Security Guards Hit Officers Union
with Lawsuit for Violations of State?s Right to Work Law
Security guards illegally
ordered to pay union dues to keep jobs
UGSOA Security Guards Hit Officers Union with Lawsuit
by Cynthia Vitale
FOR RELEASE: April 6, 2004
Miami, Fla. (April 6, 2004) ? Three security officers at the Miami Federal Courthouse hit United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA) Union Local 131 officials with a lawsuit today for illegally ordering them to pay union dues to keep their jobs in violation of state law.
With free legal aid from attorneys,Cynthia Vitale and two coworkers filed the lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida. The security guards allege UGSOA officials? actions violated Florida?s Right to Work law, which prohibits the practice of forcing employees to join or pay dues to an Unwanted Union UGSOA for a Service they DON'T Receive.
?UGSOA officials? actions show they are more concerned with stuffing their coffers with union dues than respecting the rights of employees they seek to ?represent,?? said Stefan Gleason.
Beginning in May 2003, UGSOA union officials posted several notices at the Miami Federal Courthouse claiming all security officers were required to either join the union or pay a non-member agency fee equivalent to 95% of full union dues. Vitale and her coworkers assert that UGSOA officials used the notices in order to pressure security officers into the UGSOA union against their will.
Some of the notices also falsely claimed that the security officers worked on federal property and thus were not protected by Florida?s Right to Work law and could therefore be forced to pay union fees as a condition of employment. While it is true that those employed on ?exclusive federal property? are not covered by a state Right to Work law, only one such property exists in Miami, and Vitale and her coworkers perform the vast majority of their work on other properties.
?These bully tactics by Jim Vissar UGSOA President and James Carney UGSOA Vice President demonstrate why the vast majority of Florida workers are fortunate to labor in freedom and under the protections of a Right to Work Law,? stated Gleason.
UGSOA members are fed up with UGSOA and are decertifying them by the hundreds. While others are filing petitions to Stop the Payment of Dues
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My name is Challis Smith and I formerly worked for Special Operations Group in Charleston WV under contract with DHS. I was a member of UGSOA. I was unjustly terminated on Sept. 17, 2003. After months of stalling and lies by Jim Carney and Ron Smith, VPs for UGSOA, my case was finally arbitrated 1 year later. I won my arbitration and was ordered reinstated and to be made whole on Dec. 8, 2004. However, UGSOA refused to enforce the arbitrator's decision and I was forced to file charges with the NLRB. Now, 2 yrs later, the NLRB Office of Hearings and Appeals ruled in my favor stating that UGSOA was in violation of the NLRA. Since that time my former workers had UGSOA decertified and are now members of SPFPA. Anyone who wishes to contact me may do so at challiss@kvinet.com
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Why does our UGSOA President Jim Vissar have to lie?
by Officer Carter
OPEN LETTER TO J. VISSAR:
Why does our UGSOA President have to lie?
As a totally dissatisfied member of UGSOA, I am disgusted with the lies, half truths and lack of service to my fellow officers from our UGSOA union. Because of this I am sharing my research on accusations and claims being made by our invisible President J. Vissar. We are all fed up and prepared to get out of this worthless, dishonest union, and this in part is why!
Let's just start at the beginning of this year. In January our dishonest President put out a "letter to all UGSOA members" on the website. In it, Vissar makes several statements and accusations about other unions, so me and the some of the other officers checked out his claims.
Vissar said in his letter to us "last year, the SPFPA wanted to merge with us. We refused and so they tried raiding our locals." This made no sense to us as our investigation of the SPFPA union showed that they had over 20,000 members. Now why would a big union want to merge with our union of less than 4,000 (according to LM's)?
The truth is SPFPA wanted Vissar and the UGSOA to merge with them. They say to create a larger, more effective union to speak for everyone. That makes sense to us, but even if it didn't Vissar is still a liar! Why does our President have lie to us? Is it because we, as a union, are losing so many members because of his poor leadership? We have checked, and it's true. UGSOA locals in California, Florida, Missouri, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and others all want out, or to at least not have to pay dues for a service we don't get.
Vissar also said in his letter to us 'I would not spend our money to fight these rumors." Well, he sure isn't spending it to service us, so why not? I actually put in a call to see if I could get a response to my unit's feelings about UGSOA, and Vissar wouldn't even take my call, nor would he call me back. Is this what we pay for? I don't think so!
Just so you know, I was challenged to call the other union to see if anyone would talk to me. When the secretary answered the phone, I told her I was with UGSOA and wanted to speak to the President. Within minutes, a man named David Hickey answered the phone (the SPFPA President). He asked my name (which I refused to give), but he understood and asked "how can I help you today?" I'm not even in their union, and he's asking how he can help. Isn't that what our union should be asking? Apparently Vissar doesn't think so.
Source of above articles was found on Indy Media
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CSO's in Colorado ugsoa's Home State hold an Election to Stop The Payment of Dues to UGSOA!
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New
Acting
President of The
Sinking Ship
Loses 710
Members in One Day
TOP NEWS
710 Dept of State Security Police Officers working for Intercon in Washington D.C, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Conn, South Carolina, California, LA, & New York
DUMP UGSOA 9/10/08 TO JOIN SPFPA. Then ugsoa's Attorney Screws up by filing an appeal LATE while FAILING to Submit its Evidence as part of its Objections. A Real Comedy Show!
Ron Smith
Vice President
FIRED
BY UGSOA
Organizing
Director
FIRED
by UGSOA
Duke Woolley
International Director
FIRED BY UGSOA
Former UGSOA President
Jim Vissar
Died and NOW His Widow Receives
NO PENSION
From UGSOA
Is this the kind of union you want to represent you?
Here is the EMAIL sent by Michael P. Hough UGSOA Vice President to Eye on UGSOA.
I just wanted to make sure that you understood that you are “number one” in our book. In case you can’t read we have included the above picture to demonstrate this.
Happy Holidays.
Michael P. Hough
Vice President
UGSOA International Union
Tracy Keating
Office Manager
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