OMCE Rally for a
Fair Shake, The Well of the Legislative Office Building, Albany - December
8, 2009 OMCE M/C Salary Restoration Campaign Activities
URGENT Write Governor/Legislators: Fund M/C Pay in 2010-11 Budget - Click Here ►►ACTION LINE
In November 2008, with the State facing perilous fiscal times and the Governor having already imposed severe limits on spending by agencies, as well as a hiring freeze, Governor Paterson met with leaders of the State’s major public employee labor organizations, including OMCE President Barbara Zaron, and invited the leaders as representatives collectively of the major stakeholders (i.e. State employees) to present him with their proposals for addressing the budget crunch. In response, OMCE developed and submitted proposals (View ►►OMCE Proposals for Budget Savings Measures View ►► Additional Proposals for Budget Savings Measures), which included a novel succession planning proposal (View ►►Succession Planning Incentive), and initiated an ongoing dialogue with the Administration, which continues today and is described below.
OMCE Advocacy Program - advertising and public relations campaign advocating for fair treatment of M/Cs and restoration of the M/C salary withholding
View ►►2/16/10 News Release - OMCE Testifies at Legislative Budget Hearing on 2010-11 Executive Budget
View ►►OMCE Advertisement* - published in the Labor Day issue of the Legislative Gazette
*.pdf file - requires Acrobat Reader (Get here).
View ►►Article in the The Capitol - Confidential Employees Say Paterson Has Breached Agreement, And Trust
View ►►Article in The Chief - State M/C Workers Decry Wage Stall, Urge Pay Lag
View ►►OMCE Radio Spot aired on WGDJ Talk 1300 Albany - ►Click Here to Listen / ►View Text
OMCE Rally for a
Fair Shake, The Well of the Legislative Office Building, Albany - December
8, 2009
OMCE Legislative Strategy - Meetings with the leadership; correspondence to legislators
View ►►April 9, 2010 Letter to Governor Paterson urging adoption of OMCE Pay Restoration Proposal in 2010-11 Budget
View ►►April 9, 2010 Letter to Speaker Silver urging adoption of OMCE Pay Restoration Proposal in 2010-11 Budget
View ►►April 9, 2010 Letter to Senator Sampson urging adoption of OMCE Pay Restoration Proposal in 2010-11 Budget
View ►►OMCE President Zaron's Testimony at 2/10/10 Joint Legislative Hearing on 2010-11 Executive Budget
View ►►September 2009 Advocacy letter to Senators and Assemblymembers
View ►►Legislative Leaders and Committee Chairs Contact Information
View ►►Legislative Committees Hearings: OMCE Testimony re Governor's FY 2009-2010 Deficit Reduction Plan
View ►►OMCE Message emailed to all State Legislators during their 11/10/09 session in Albany
OMCE Member Direct Mail Campaign - inform members of our efforts toward restoration of the 2009-10 M/C salary withholdings and spur them to action, putting pressure on the Governor and the Legislature.
View ►►September 2009 Letter to Senator Skelos and Speaker Silver
View ►►August 2009 Letter to OMCE Members
Get Active letters for members to edit and email to Governor and their Legislators - online, web-based advocacy campaigns (via OMCE website) enabling M/C employees to edit and send automated emails to the Governor (and their legislators) objecting to the M/C pay cuts and urging adoption of OMCE’s suggestions for alternative ways to achieve savings.
View ►►Restoration of M/C Pay Cuts - Urge Your Legislator to Intervene (Posted
8/20/09 - 4/1/2010)
View ►►Urge Governor to Adopt OMCE's M/C Pay Cut Restoration Proposals (Posted
8/20/09 - 4/1/2010)
View ►►Write Governor Objecting to his Treatment of M/Cs (Posted 6/23/09)
View ►►Write Governor Objecting to M/C Pay Cuts (Posted 4/6/09)
View ►►Reject Budget Proposals Targeting State Employees (Posted 1/22/09)
OMCE: Here are the Facts - an online posting on the website NEWS page that sets the record straight.
View ►►OMCE: Here are the Facts (Posted 4/16/09)
MCs Deserve a Fair Shake - lists a series of spending actions taken since withholding of the M/C pay raises. Simply put: "If there is money to pay everyone else, why isn't there money to pay M/Cs?
View ►►M/Cs say: We Deserve a Fair Shake!
Website NEWS page postings - updates (usually weekly) from 2/5/09 to present, describing our efforts at restoration of the M/C salary and vacation exchange withholdings.
View ►►Click Here to view the updates, starting with the 2/5/09 posting (OMCE Testifies at Legislative Budget Hearing) and scrolling up to the present.
savings4ny@gmail.com - dedicated OMCE email address established for receipt of cost savings ideas and suggestions in furtherance of our pursuit of alternatives to the M/C salary withholdings.
OMCE Correspondence with the Administration concerning the M/C salary withholding, including suggested savings alternatives.
View ►►4/29/09, to Budget Director Laura Anglin and Director of State Operations Dennis Whalen - reiterates OMCE support for a rolling pay lag as an alternative to layoffs and the M/C salary withholding and details member savings suggestions obtained via OMCE's savings4ny email solicitation.
View ►►8/3/09, to Governor Paterson - takes issue with the Governor's salary withholding action and demands equitable pay treatment for MC employees.
View ►►8/11/09, to new Budget Director Robert Megna - reiterates our alternatives savings proposals and salary restoration demands.
View ►►Enclosure with 8/11/09 letter to Mr. Megna* - chart depicting effects of M/C salary withholding by salary grade and pay status.
*.xls file - requires MS Excel (best viewed in print preview setting - displays header and footer information).
View ►►8/21/09, to new Director of State Operations Valerie Grey - follow-up to 8/13/09 meeting with Ms. Grey and her staff, thanking them for their courtesy and providing additional information.
View ►►9/4/09, to Governor Paterson - restates the need to treat M/C employees equitably and reiterates our lag pay proposal as a realistic savings alternative to the M/C salary withholding.