Pittsburgh Post-Gazette State, corrections union investigate health at prisons by coal sites The union representing state corrections officers will conduct a health survey of present and former members working at SCI Fayette and three other prisons built near coal ash disposal or coal mining operations. The Pennsylvania State Correctional Officers Association announced it will do …
Thank you to all participants in this year’s event! You helped raise funds that will be used to directly benefit fellow H-1 officers! Click here to view team photos from this year. Further updates that will be posted on the Bobby Wilt Foundation Page.
The contract negotiations are now in executive sessions between the arbitration panel members. The next session is August 22nd. You will be updated as soon as we have anything new to report.
Pennsylvania’s state prison system is up against the wall financially and has instituted a hiring freeze to save money, despite its prisons being staffed at 2008 levels – that could spell danger both inside and outside the prison walls, according to the union representing corrections officers. According to an internal memo obtained by The Patriot-News/PennLive, …
Click to read the letter from the Secretary of Corrections dated May 27th, 2014 regarding the hiring freeze. This freeze “..will last at least until July 1, 2014.” Read the Letter
POINT OF ORDER: ‘Savings’ from latest ‘pension reform’ proposal based on questionable assumptions. POINT OF ORDER A Capitolwire Column By Chris Comisac Bureau Chief Capitolwire HARRISBURG (June 2) – In an effort to save state lawmakers time that could be better spent on addressing how to develop a balanced state budget for the coming fiscal …