2-28-2010      Membership Meeting    March 8, 2010 at 5:30  

                    Port St. Lucie FOP Hall

                    997 SW Macedo Blvd.

                    Port Saint Lucie, Fl 34983

 2-24-2010  If you have not canceled your membership from CFPBA, please send a memorandum to Sally Ann (Payroll) requesting to cancel your CFPBA membership. This is different then we were previously told, which was out of our control. 

 If you have not sent in your IUPA membership forms, please do so. We need your support to get the union going in the right direction.  

 1-27-2010   Membership forms are available to sign up and become a member of IUPA.  Your CFPBA membership will cease as of February 6th. Your IUPA membership will begin after IUPA headquarters receives your membership form. Included with the membership form is a executive board nomination form for members that you believe will help lead and direct the Union in the right direction. If you have not received a membership form, please see one of the current executive board members:

Jason Canon

Jeff Buchanan

Jon Verna

Shawn Masters

Rob Valentine

1-21-2010   Union Representation Voting Results from

                  January 20 - January 21, 2010.

155 - votes cast

131 - votes for IUPA

15 -   votes for no union representation

9 -     votes for PBA

1-11-2010     CFPBA Contract Ratification Vote Results:

 Law Enforcement    68 votes total -     67 no (against)  1 yes (for)

 Detention                58 votes total  -    58 no (against)  0 yes (for)

1-09-2010       Meeting Notice

Come Join us for pizza and drinks!

Date:         Tuesday, January 19^th 2010

Time:         5:30pm. 

Location: FOP Hall

                997 SW Macedo Blvd.

                Port Saint Lucie, Fl 34983

Be sure to attend this important meeting and have your questions answered!

1-08-2010       Union Representation Vote is scheduled as follows:

 Thursday, January 21st 2010

1-05-2010  Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) Respondent's Election Eligibility List

12-28-2009     The CFPBA ratification vote has been rescheduled for

January 11, 2009 from 5:00PM to 7:30PM at Flying J's.  The CFPBA's flyer says this contract is the Sheriff's Office final offer. This contract is a step backwards, and does not properly represent the Law Enforcement Deputies of the Saint Lucie County Sheriff's Office.  Vote NO!

12-21-2009  The CFPBA ratification vote has been canceled and will be rescheduled and re-posted for another date.  I will posted the date on here as soon as I am informed of it.  I have posted the "NEW" contract which CFPBA is seeking to be ratified under Union Documents. If you have questions and/or concerns, which most of us do about this "NEW" contract, post them on the blog. We need and want to hear your voice. 

12-18-2009  Apparently the PBA has produced a contract for ratification over the last three days. This is no doubt in an effort to upset the election that is upcoming.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

WE MUST GET EVERYONE THAT WILL GO TO GO OUT AND VOTE NO ON THE CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO RATIFY!!!

This would be the contract that the CO's negotiated for LE. As fast as this went from impasse to here's a contract for ratification there can only be everything in it that they went to impasse on in the first place. If it was so great why wasn't it put up for ratification months ago?

If the majority of people that show up to ratify this contract vote yes then it is binding. Unless they can show three years of 6% raises with no increase in benefits expense and back pay I VOTE NO!

There is a flyer up in the bulletin board at road patrol. Follow the directions and vote this crap down!

Jason Cannon
President
IUPA Local 6010

12-15-2009    We are currently waiting for PERC (Florida Public Employees Relations Commission) to schedule a date for the vote of representation, which should be sometime in January 2010.  The vote will consist of one of three choices: (1) Change to IUPA, (2) Continue with PBA or (3) Deunionize.

Get the word out to VOTE FOR IUPA.  We will get the representation and leadership that we need and deserve.

12-11-2009     The Association has just received information that Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association plan on raising union dues from $19.96 a pay period to $20.50 a pay period, a total of $41.00 a month, starting January 1st of 2010. 

The Interim Executive Board of SLCDA have decided to keep the union dues at $20.00 a pay period, a total of $40.00 a month with $5.00 (of the $40.00) coming back to our local treasury.  The money that comes back to the local treasury can be used as the local members elect. Of course this will happen after IUPA is voted in.

12/04/2009    Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) - Recommended Order

11/24/2009    Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) - Directing a Response Order