There was an email sent out yesterday on the COVID-19 address. The email notified employees about the new emergency paid sick leave and other options. We have attached a breakdown of the email to help members understand how this works. Each institution should have approval forms. Letter about Emergency Responders John Eckenrode Western Region Vice …
Letter to the Governor This is the letter that was sent to the Governor and several legislators in an attempt to stop inmates from being released from state prisons. Below the letter, I have attached an article that was published today. Obviously the idea is still on the table and being discussed. It does appear …
PA SERS Board approves COVID-19-related distribution provision in deferred compensation plan. Text of April 3 press release. HARRISBURG – The Board of the Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System, meeting here today, moved to allow COVID-19-related distributions from SERS Deferred Compensation Plan accounts, consistent with the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “Today’s …
3/29/20 We are still getting a lot of questions about inmate freebies and hazard pay. Most American lives have changed since this all began a few weeks ago. You are expected to stay at home as much as possible. Even though there has been some movement limited inside the jails, inmates have experienced little change. …
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state corrections officers’ union wants the state prison system to stop all transfers of inmates as a preventative measure against potential spread of the new coronavirus from one institution to another. Larry Blackwell, the president of the 11,000-member corrections officers’ union, said Tuesday that moving inmates between prisons risks unnecessarily …
Today we talked with the D.O.C. about many of the issues that members have been presenting to the Business Agents and the Main Office. The following was discussed and these are the answers that were given to us. Phones- We have asked them to stop all RHU phone calls. This is causing staffing issues that …