175 Chenega Security Officers @ TSA HQ and Various Sites Vote YES to Ratify Their New CBA which includes 7 Sick Days, Substantial Yearly Raises, Strong Language & The Right To Keep Their H&W In Cash
Arlington Virginia – After a long battle to negotiate their first collective bargaining agreement the 175 Chenega security officers finally achieved what they set out to do. Get a fair LEOSU-DC contract they can be proud of.
Chenaga TSA Officers Ron Little & John Davis review Union contract documents as we prepare to give the company a counter offer
* Some of the highlights of the contract include getting back the health and welfare which was taken away from them after Chenega was awarded the contract back in May.
* All full-time employees will now receive 7 sick days which theses Chenega TSA security officers never received under its prior collective bargaining agreement with its previous security union.
* Yearly wage increases of $1.00 in the first year of the contract plus an additional $0.95 cents and $0.75 thereafter.
* Herndon, Va which was not part of the previous CBA will now be brought up to the highest wage rate giving these officers a $5.33 cent raise plus the health & welfare paid in cash.
*Strong language protecting their rights which includes: Officers won’t be held over more than 4 hours unless they agree to stay the entire 8 hrs.
* Any DCR’s must be given to an affected Officer no later than 5 days after the alleged offense.
* Vets will be allowed to waive the company coverage if they show proof of VA healthcare.
* Stronger Seniority rights which now will protect these Chenega TSA security officers.
* Federal Mediation has now been added to the Grievance & Arbitration clause to resolve grievances more quickly.
* And a number of other language changes which will protect the rights & dignity of these Chenega TSA security officers.
We wish to thank the negotiating committee and our Local 306 members for ratifying their new LEOSU-DC CBA.
Hana Industries Security Escort Officers from the Russell Knox Building in Quantico, VA met over the weekend to discuss its bargaining proposals for upcoming negotiations. This unit recently voted for LEOSU representation after their former union SPFPA abandoned them by disclaiming interest in this group. LEOSU Organizing Director Steve Maritas noted “we are happy to represent these officers and we welcome them to our LEOSU family and we PROMISE we will not let you down”.
Security Escort Officers from the Russell Knox Building in Quantico, VA, show their support for LEOSU-DC. These former SPFPA members voted for the LEOSU-DC recently after their old union SPFPA disclaimed interest in these officers back on April 16, 2019. We welcome these officers to our LEOSU-DC Family. The Russell Knox Building RKB houses five agencies, including the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Defense Security Service, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Letter from SPFPA President David L. Hickey Disclaiming Interest in the Security Specialists working for Hana Industries, Inc @ Russell Knox Building in Quantico VA. SPFPA disclaimed interest in this group after the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions filed an election to represent these officers.
In a unionized workplace, employment contracts are negotiated through the collective bargaining process. … to negotiate a union contract requires bargaining skills as well as knowledge of applicable labor laws. Before any collective bargaining begins there is much prep work involved prior to sitting face to face before an employer. The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU prides itself in having a full-time law firm Lally & Misir, LLP that spends the time in researching and preparing for negotiations prior to our face to face meetings with security company employers. The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) is a full service labor organization formed to provide every labor related service from negotiations, grievance processing, legal and legislative representation. The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) mission is to serve as a voice for law enforcement officers and security professionals in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Region and the Northeast region to their employers
The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) provides career-long training to law enforcement professionals to help them fulfill their responsibilities safely and proficiently. Over the past 46 years, FLETC has grown into the Nation’s largest provider of law enforcement training. Under a collaborative training model, FLETC’s federal partner organizations deliver training unique to their missions, while FLETC provides training in areas common to all law enforcement officers, such as firearms, driving, tactics, investigations, and legal training. Partner agencies realize quantitative and qualitative benefits from this model, including the efficiencies inherent in shared services, higher quality training, and improved interoperability. FLETC’s mission is to train all those who protect the homeland, and therefore, its training audience also includes state, local, and tribal departments throughout the U.S. Additionally, FLETC’s impact extends outside our Nation’s borders through international training and capacity-building activities. To ensure the training it offers is up-to-date and relevant to emerging needs, FLETC’s curriculum development and review process engages experts from across all levels of law enforcement, and FLETC partners extensively with other agencies and stakeholders in training research and the exchange of best practices to ensure it offers the most effective training subject matter, technologies, and methodologies.
Chenega Infinity is a SBA 8(a) Certified Small Disadvantaged Business wholly owned by Chenega Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation, and is part of Chenega’s Security Strategic Business Unit headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. Managed by Timothy J Lamb as its President, Chenega Infinity provides professional protective services for US Government customers worldwide. Our customers include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, and National Science Foundation.
Established as the newest generation of Chenega’s world-class protective services companies, Chenega Infinity was founded on Chenega’s stellar reputation of agility, responsiveness, long-term partnerships with our customers, and commitment to the success of their missions.
The vision of Chenega Infinity is to become a provider of unique, best-value protective services solutions in the protection of our nation’s sensitive and cleared facilities including geographically dispersed, remote and overseas locations. Chenega Infinity leverages Chenega’s extensive protective services experience and expertise in:
Long-term and contingency based force protection of our nation’s military forces across the United States and overseas
The security and safety of our National Space Program and the training of all NASA law enforcement and security services personnel
The protection of our nation’s Mission Essential and National Critical Infrastructure facilities
Providing long term and testing operations security services to our nation’s Ballistic Missile Defense System at geographically dispersed and highly remote overseas regions
The security of multiple US Government DoD and non-DoD facilities of critical importance to our national security and that of our allies
“We wish to welcome these Chenega Infinity officers to the LEOSU-DC, LEOS-PBA family and look forward to working with Timothy J Lamb President, Chenega Infinity and his team” noted LEOSU-DC Organizing Director Steve Maritas.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC) America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
Sterling Virginia – On 8/19/2017 Thirty Protective Service Officers working for American Security Programs (ASP) @ the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Sterling, Virginia voted unanimously in favor of becoming the newest members of the LEOSU-DC family.
Sterling Virginia – On 8/19/2017 Thirty Protective Service Officers working for American Security Programs (ASP) @ the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Sterling, Virginia voted unanimously in favor of becoming the newest members of the LEOSU-DC family.
While several other security unions tried to intervene in this election, these ASP officers made up their minds early that they wanted LEOSU-DC as their representative, noting that the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC had a great reputation in not only fighting for its members, but putting together the best strategies to achieve the best collective bargaining agreements in the industry as well its commitment to better service and train its members at all levels from membership training, shop steward training and local union leadership.
“Throughout Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC the word is spreading pretty quickly that the LEOSU-DC is the premier Security Union to go with” noted LEOSU-DC Organizing Director Steve Maritas. “Our organizing department is on fire, working 24/7. Just this month alone the LEOSU-DC has filed several National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) elections to represent the SPO’s at two (2) American Security Programs (ASP) facilities in Washington DC, one for FEBA security services in DC, one for Chenega infinity in Maryland, one for Allied Universal, one for SecTek, which we are waiting for the results of in a mail ballot election and one for Coastal Security both in Washington DC”.
We wish to welcome the PSO officers working for American Security Program (ASP) @ the U.S. Customs and Border Protection into the LEOSUS-DC into our family and thank you for putting your trust in us. We promise we will not let you down.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
Washington, DC 6-27-2017 – The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC was successful in beating not one security union, but rather two (2) security unions SPFPA and FAPO to gain the privilege of representing the one hundred and fifty one (151) protective service officers working for Quality Investigations inc (QI) @ the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington, DC on June 27th.
Washington, DC 6-27-2017 – The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC was successful in beating not one security union, but rather two (2) security unions SPFPA and FAPO to gain the privilege of representing the one hundred and fifty one (151) protective service officers working for Quality Investigations inc (QI) @ the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington, DC on June 27th.
On May 16th the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) conducted a mail ballot election Case Number 05-RC-195970, whereby these QI protective service officers had to choose between three (3) security unions on the ballot. After all was said and done, none of the three unions received a majority vote, which lead to the two top unions receiving the most votes to battle head to head in a runoff election.
In the end the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC became the victor.
“The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington, DC is one of the biggest sites in DC in regards to security” noted LEOSU-DC Organizing Director Steve Maritas.
“We plan to use this golden opportunity to set the stage and showcase the DOT & FAA as a premier site for all security contractors to follow in the area. As part of our commitment to these protective service officers we plan on going to the bargaining table to demand that these officers be allowed to receive their Health & Welfare paid in cash”.
We are also demanding yearly wage and health and welfare increases that reflect the work these officers do. For a number of years now these QI protective service officers have not received any type of wage or H&W increases.
In addition to the above, we are seeking strong CBA language that protects these officers rights, as well as the elimination of the Step Test and shift differential just to name a few items. noted Maritas.
We wish to welcome the Quality Investigations inc (QI) protective service officers into the LEOSU-DC family.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC)America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
A security guard tackles a fan that ran on the field during the second inning of a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Francisco Giants Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Milwaukee.
The Giants and Brewers went to extra innings on Thursday, but the highlight of the game may have come way back in the second inning. A man clad in socks and a top — but no pants — rushed the field from near third base and made his way toward Brandon …
It was supposed to be a typical Thursday afternoon ballgame between the Giants and Brewers … until some dude ran on the field with no pants in the second inning at Miller Park. That’ll change a game rather quickly. With Paolo Espino at the plate, the …
The funniest moment of Thursday’s Giants-Brewers game was not televised. That’s because it involved a fan running onto the infield – naked from the waist down – during the second inning, who didn’t make it too far before being tackled by security…
It is probably best not to run onto a field during a sporting event. But if you are going to do it, at the very least, leave your pants on. On Thursday, a fan ran on to the field during the Brewers game at Miller Park. He learned the pants lesson the …
Milwaukee fans got to see a little more than just major league baseball when a man took to the field without his pants at the Brewers-Giants game Thursday afternoon at Miller Park. Paolo Espino was at the plate at the, ahem, bottom of the second inning …
Photos show a security guard tackling the interloper before getting escorted off the field by additional three additional members of stadium security. Despite the force with which he was taken down, one photo shows the intruder with a huge grin on his …
He came close to running the full 90 feet between second and third before a security guard body-slammed him on the edge of the infield dirt and outfield grass. Shortstop Brandon Crawford quickly skirted to safety as the wild man came bearing down on him.
That was the case Thursday at Miller Park in the bottom of the second inning of the Brewers-Giants game when a pants-less man ran onto the field from the third-base stands. The man, clad in socks, an undershirt and a shirt, headed toward Giants …
(6 of ) A security guard tackles a fan that ran on the field during the second inning of a baseball game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Francisco Giants Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) …
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Labor Day: What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
Labor Day Legislation
Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”
But Peter McGuire’s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.
The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.
THE GUARDS TRILOGY: THE NLRB LOWERS THE GUARD ON EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
Private security guards have demonstrated a growing interest in union representation’ in an attempt to address the problem of low pay scales in the industrial security industry. Employers have often argued against guards’ unionization because of the possible incompatibility of the guards’ employment responsibilities with their union loyalties during strike situations. Although the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) authorizes security guards to unionize legally, the Act contains some restrictions to avoid possible conflicts of loyalty. Recently, in a trilogy of cases, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has limited guards’ rights to choose freely and maintain their bargaining representatives. These restrictions on guards’ rights places employees’ rights, provided for in the NLRA, in a secondary position to the employer’s right to be free from employee conflicts of loyalties, also provided for in the Act. The NLRA grants guards the right to unionize free from employer interference. Section 7 of the Act guarantees guards the right to choose freely a union representative who is authorized to bargain with the employer. The union representative election procedures are set forth in section 9 of the NLRA.’ The procedure includes a secret ballot election of guards within a collective bargaining unit as well as NLRB certification of the guards’ union after the election process.”
Congress responded to employers’ concern about the potential problem of unionized guards’ divided loyalties between the employers and the unions when it drafted the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Section 9(b)(3) of the NLRA is Congress’ response to the problem of guards’ potential conflict of loyalties. Section 9(b)(3) has two parts. The first prohibits the NLRB from placing guard and nonguard employees together in a collective bargaining unit. The second prohibits the NLRB from certifying a guard union as the guards’ bargaining representative if the union also represents nonguards or is affiliated with a nonguard union. In the past, the Board generally recognized guards’ rights under section 7 of the NLRA to bargain through the representative of their choice, even if section 9(b)(3) barred NLRB certification of a union representing security guards. Recently, in a trilogy of decisions, however, a divided Board reversed its policy of permitting the use of guard-nonguard unions as the guards’ bargaining agent. In Wells Fargo Armored Service Corporation, the NLRB held that an employer’s withdrawal of voluntary recognition from a noncertified guardnonguard union during an economic strike did not violate the Act. Shortly thereafter in University of Chicago, the Board ruled that section 9(b)(3) prevented the NLRB from allowing a union whose membership includes nonguards as well as guards to take part in a Board-conducted representative election for a bargaining unit of security guards. In Brink’s, Inc. the Board announced that it cannot consider a unit clarification petition that a guard-nonguard union files because unions that the NLRB cannot certify under section 9(b)(3) should not use the NLRB’s processes to clarify the scope of their unit’s composition.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
Washington DC – Virginia, August 11, 2016 – 143 Omniplex World Services Corporation armed security officers working at FDIC in Washington DC and Virginia have voted UNION YES by a score of 70-1 to become the newest members of the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC).
This victory comes off the heals of another great victory at Medstar Washington Hospital Center, whereby the special police officers, public safety officers and dispatchers voted in favor of LEOSU-DC representation. Not a day after winning that election the special police officers working at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital signed up to become members of the LEOSU-DC union joining the fight for RESPECT.
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is the largest private hospital in Washington, D.C. A member of MedStar Health, the not-for-profit Hospital Center is licensed for 926 beds.
Steve Maritas Organizing Director for the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC) stated “that this victory signifies a new movement in the Washington DC Capitol Region that the special police officers in the region are looking for real change and as such, the word is spreading that the LEOSU-DC is the security union to join. We are receiving many calls everyday from the officers in the Washington DC Capitol Region asking how they to can become members of the LEOSU-DC Union because they know our Union, LEOSU-DC will truly fight for the members we represent, we will not back down or be intimidated by any Union or by management alike. We are here to protect the interest of our members giving these officers a real voice in the workplace as well as the RESPECT our members truly deserve”. Maritas stated.
We now welcome 143 armed Omniplex security officers working in Washington DC and Virginia to the LEOSU-DC family.
The FDIC Omniplex World Services Corporation security officers are presently represented by the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ who could not appear on the ballot. Upon certification by the National Labor Relations Board the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC) will now become the new exclusive bargaining representative for these FDIC Omniplex security officers.
During this campaign Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ ran an all out UNION BUSTING campaign visiting the work sites and homes of these officers in their attempt to have them vote NO Union. In addition to the above, SEIU Local 32BJ union thugs ran a personal smear campaign against LEOSU-DC Director Steve Maritas.
The FDIC Omniplex World Services Corporation security officers working both in Washington DC and Virginia noted for the last 3 years SEIU Local 32BJ was no where to be found, charging unprecedented high dues and forcing Omniplex security officers into SEIU Local 32BJ’s healthcare program despite having their own healthcare coverage noted the majority of Omniplex security officers working at the FDIC.
In addition these same FDIC Omniplex World Services Corporation security officers noted “the personal attacks made against Mr. Maritas only made us want to join LEOSU-DC even more”. “This was evident by the fact that we voted 70 to 1 in favor of the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC representation” stated one of SEIU Local 32BJ shop stewards.
Section 9(b)(3) of the Act prohibits the Board from certifying any labor organization “as the representative of employees in a bargaining unit of guards if such organization admits to membership, or is affiliated directly or indirectly with an organization which admits to membership, employees other than guards.” Local 32BJ is a labor organization which is affiliated directly or indirectly with an organization which admits non-guards as members, namely, Service Employees International Union. Accordingly, Local 32BJ is a mixed guard/non-guard union, and the Board is prohibited by Section 9(b)(3) from certifying Local 32BJ as the representative of a bargaining unit of guards. Further, the Board has held that mixed guard/non-guard unions are disqualified from taking advantage of the Board’s election processes, including the privilege of being placed on the ballot.’ See, University of Chicago, 272 NLRB 873, 876 (1984).
In order to be valid and counted, the returned ballots must be received by the NLRB prior to the counting of the ballots.
Eligible Voters:All employees who were employed in the bargaining unit below during the payroll period ending 06/23/2016 and on the day the voter mails the ballot to the NLRB.
Election Status: Open
Participants
Participant
Address
Phone
Petitioner
Legal Representative
Grant Lally
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions LEOSU-DC
220 Old Country Road
Mineola, NY
11501
(516)741-2666
Employer
Legal Representative
KELLY GREMS
Omniplex World Services Corporation
14151 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 300
Chantilly, VA
20151
(703)652-3260
Petitioner
Union
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC)
Washington, DC
20004
(202)595-3510
Employer
Employer
Omniplex World Services Corporation
Chantilly, VA
20151
(703)652-3100
OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation is a trusted provider of protective security services and delivers high quality background investigations and personnel security to government agencies located throughout the United States. As one of the fastest growing security enterprises in the country with a staff of over 2,500 professionals, our vision is to become the leader in delivering innovative security solutions for our customers.
Established in 1990, OMNIPLEX is committed to integrity, quality, and service in support of each customer’s unique mission. OMNIPLEX provides mission critical solutions through two lines of business. The Protective Services Group (PSG) is a leading provider of cleared, armed and unarmed Security Officers, Access Control Specialists, and Security Support Personnel to the federal government with a strong focus on the Intelligence Community and Homeland Security. The Investigative Services Group (ISG) delivers investigative solutions to federal government customers. ISG provides comprehensive background investigations, fingerprint channeling services, and personnel security support services.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU-DC) America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
RETIREMENT: Congratulations Douglas (Monty) Monteleone. In appreciation for your dedicated and outstanding service to the citizens of Fauquier County in Virginia and to the men and women of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office, we commend you. Thank you for your years of service and leadership. We wish you a wonderful retirement! —-And We Now Welcome You to the Executive Board of the Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU),and its division (LEOSU-DC) & the LEOS-PBA International Board. Corporal Monteleone’s many years of experience with the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office will not only benefit our union LEOSU, but it will benefit our members to gain the RESPECT you truly deserve. We welcome Corporal Monteleone into our family and wish him much success as we embark on building a strong and united union for all security professionals all across the country.
The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) is a full service labor organization formed to provide every labor related service from negotiations, grievance processing, legal and legislative representation.
The Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) mission is to serve as a voice for law enforcement officers and security professionals in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington DC Region and the Northeast region to their employers. Thousands of law enforcement officers and security professionals provide a fundamental protective service to federal agencies as contractors. These bargaining unit employees need to have their workplace concerns and interests represented to their employer with passion, integrity, and fairness. LEOSU delivers a comprehensive employee and labor relations program that will provide high quality service to officers by representing their interests and negotiating with the employer for results that create a better workplace. Our union is characterized by three core values: personalized service, transparency, and results.
The number one issue that LEOSU representatives address when speaking with groups interested in switching union affiliation is the quality of our negotiators, business agents and the service they provide to their local units. Calls are returned promptly. Many questions are answered on the spot, more difficult inquiries are responded to immediately after the issue is investigated.
Our partnership agreements with other 9(b)(3) Security Guard, Security Police, Law Enforcement Unions & Security Training facilities benefit from the expertise and assistance of these International Unions, National Unions, its divisions and affiliate partners within the Union’s structure makes us one of the strongest 9(b)(3) security unions in Northeast and the United States.
Law Enforcement Officers Security Unions (LEOSU) America’s Newest 9(b)3 Security Union For Law Enforcement Security Police, Special Police, Security Guards, Security Officers & Security Professionals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington DC Capitol Region and throughout the Northeast.
Union busting is a pejorative term used by media, labor organizations, and others worldwide to describe a wide range of activities undertaken by employers, their proxies, and governments, which attempt to disrupt or prevent the formation or expansion of trade unions. The term “union busting” is used in current vernacular to describe activities in labor relations that do not favor unions. Union busting tactics can range from legal to illegal and subtle to violent. Labor laws exist country to country differing greatly in level and type of regulation or protection of unions, organizing, and other aspects of labor relations. These can affect such topics as posting notices/communications, organizing inside or outside employer property, solicitations, card signing, union dues, picketing, work stoppages, striking, strikebreaking, lockouts, dismissals or termination of employment, permanent replacements, automatic recognition, derecognition, ballot elections, employer-controlled trade unions and more. Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that everyone has a right to form and/or join a trade union.
WHAT IS Union Busting?
Union-busting is a practice that is undertaken by an employer or their agents to prevent employees from joining a labor union, or to disempower, subvert, or destroy unions that already exist.
Union busting is a field populated by bullies and built on deceit. A campaign against a union is an assault on individuals and a war on truth. As such, it is a war without honor. The only way to bust a union is to lie, distort, manipulate, threaten, and always, always attack.
Martin Jay Levitt, 1993, Confessions of a Union Buster
PERSUADER RULE MOVES TO OMB: The Labor Department sent its long-delayed “persuader rule” to the Office of Management and Budget, according to several people familiar with the matter, including a senior administration official.
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A key provision in the final rule would narrow the range of union-busting activities exempt from public disclosure under the Labor Department’s “advice exception.” Management-side attorneys who don’t deal directly with workers often use this exception, citing attorney-client privilege, to keep their anti-union activities under wraps.
But the Labor Department concluded in 2011 that its “advice exception” might be overbroad, noting that “the consultant may have devised and orchestrated certain, or even all, aspects of activities with a direct or indirect object to persuade employees about their rights to organize and bargain collectively.” OMB review is a key prerequisite for finalizing the rule. In its unified agenda released last month, the Labor Department said it hoped to finalize the regulation by March.
After years in regulatory limbo, the Department of Labor’s final revisions to the so-called “persuader” rule have moved one step closer to publication. On December 7, the DOL’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) submitted the final rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which is the final step before the rule can be published in the Federal Register. Although the DOL’s regulatory agenda had estimated this rule would be published in March 2016, given the OMB’s traditional review timetable, the measure could be released even earlier in 2016. If the final rule resembles the proposal issued in 2011, it will have a significant impact on employers.
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