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MEMBERS' FAMILY FUN DAY
CELEBRATION
SATURDAY august 4, 2007
11:30am - 3:30PM
TURTLE CREEK PARK PAVILION #3
1522 TEXAS PARKWAY Missouri city, TX.
77489
IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!!!
CORRECTIONS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS IS HAVING IT'S
2ND ANNUAL MEMBERS' FAMILY DAY. LET'S GET
TOGETHER OF SOME GREAT COOKING, FUN, GAMES, AND
FELLOWSHIP. BRING THE FAMILY, MEET THE
BOARD, AND THE MANY MEMBERS OF THIS GROWING
ASSOCIATION.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MEET US THERE
PLEASE RSVP BY FRI., JULY 27, 2007
TO: RACHEL lEE/BRANDI JEFFERSON
281-565-2349
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The votes are in
and while the results could have been better it's a start. The silver
lining is we've learned a lot from this experience and as a result of our
educational experience next session our goal is to strive for a better grade.
Now the grades:
State employees
receive a modest bump in their paychecks. The House and the Senate
negotiators agreed to give state employees a 2 percent increase starting this
fall and anther 2 percent the following year. The $153 billion budget increases
spending by about 7 percent over current levels, although it is abut 9 percent
larger than the budget approved at this time in 2005. Budgets often grow
between legislative sessions when the federal government sends more money to
Texas than expected or, as in 2006, lawmakers come back in for a special session
and decided to spend more. The new budget "is very generous in many
areas", said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden. "in many
areas, it addresses problems that the state has needed addressed for a long
time. It's still balanced, the state can afford it and I hope people vote
for it."
Highlights of May
22 ERS Board Meeting are as follows:
NO co-payment
changes or HMO changes expected *Some rates will increase; others will decrease*
Re-enrollment in TexFlex will be automatic* Disability insurance raters remain
unchanged, but short-term benefit increases* Life and disability contract
awarded to Fort Dearborn Life
Correctional Officers Say “NO”
to New Prisons
TDCJ cannot manage the ones they
have now!!
CO press release, 4.23.07.pdf
Channel 11
press release clipPlease Click Here...
Sgt. Samuel Davis, Correctional Officer,
and President of the Correctional Association of Texas speaks after nearly 80
correctional officers visit the capitol to urge state lawmakers to stop their
plans to build new prisons. "How can you build more prisons....
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Texas is expected
to exceed its prison population by 10,000 beds in
2009. TDCJ Officials want to build new prisons, but
improving parole and probation will better ensure
our public safety.
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Posted on Monday, April
16, 2007 at 06:47PM
by
Members once again
invite employees to Austin to lobby for change
BY: Tim Williams, Backgate
Webstaff
When I met up with the organization called CAT
somewhere back around 4 years ago, no one was
sure of which direction they would be headed in
the years to come. There was talk of them being
just another organization that had no power to
change anything within TDCJ, and was not really
respected among the elite in Huntsville at the
time.
The Corrections Association Of Texas has
come along way over the years, and is now one of
the top respected TDCJ staff organizations in
Texas. Backed by the AFL-CIO, CAT ,who was
thought to just serve region 3 back then, has
extended it's reach statewide. They are taking
on new members, and are organizing at the grass
roots level to lobby for the rights of every
TDCJ employee.
Sam Davis , who is himself a long time TDCJ
employee in the Houston areas' region 3, heads
up the organization as it's current president.
"Sam takes his business seriously" said one
member of CAT. "He actually cares what happens
to TDCJ employees." Cat is now on the forefront
of Texas legislative lobbying for TDCJ
employees, helping to pass several bills that
have assisted TDCJ employees. Of those bills,
one actually put money in the employees'
pockets.
We have seen a lot of organizations that
claim to represent TDCJ employees come and go,
but CAT is the only one we have actually
followed long enough to make a conclusion. CAT
is the real deal. And we would not profile them
here if we didn't actually know that.
CAT is once again organizing a bus trip to
the Texas capitol set for April 18th 2007. They
will depart from the region 3 training academy
parking lot at 9am. Cost was not specified. For
more information, contact Sam Davis, or Rachel
Lee at: PHONE:
1-888-522-8839
CORRECTIONS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS RESPONSE TO TDCJ 2001
AUDIT REPORT
80th Legislation Bills for TDCJ
House Bill HB2670
House Bill HB3334
House Bill HB2497
House Bill HB2498
House Bill HB2499
C.A.T.'S Monthly
Member Meetings Are Here To Stay!
Thanks to your support and
positive feedback, our informative
Monthly Member Meetings are back and here to stay. We want to hear from YOU! All
of you, each and every TDCJ employee members and nonmembers are welcom and
invited to join us in our meetings! We hope you will attend what promises
to be an interesting and stimulating meting. Please, Join Us!
C.A.T invites you
to come and join us every month on the 2nd
Tuesday ONLY. Meetings
will begin promptly at 6pm. We have suspended our monthly 4th
Tuesday meeting until further notice.
Please don’t miss this
opportunity to meet the Board Members of C.A.T , catch up with existing
members or help us welcome new and future members. Let's get
together to talk about any issue that may concern you.
These meetings will give you the opportunity to share and get answers and advice on
how to handle many of those sometimes annoying issues.
Once again, meetings will
begin promptly at 6pm sharp so please arrive on time!
Location: Park Plaza
shopping center at the intersection of Kirkwood and Dulles at 4611-5 South Main
Street, Stafford Texas.
For more information
contact the office at 281-565-2349. We look forward to your attendance.
Samuel Davis
President C.A.T
CONGRATULATIONS C.A.T ! WE APPLAUD YOU, WAY TO GO!
OVERTIME PAY IS HERE! We've been petitioning and waiting and petitioning
and waiting and our wait is finally over we have put forth much effort and
worked hard and our patience and hard work has paid off. A big
congratulations is way over due to our board members who due to their patience
and persistence were key and instrumental in the fight to getting our OVERTIME
PAY approved........ WAY TO GO C.A.T. Continue in your efforts to improve
equality for all officers.
Congratulations! Bishop Floyd Smith and wife,
Co-Pastor Christine Smith who both recently bagged
doctorates in Christian Counseling. Bishop Smith
is the 2nd Vice President of the CAT.
State prison guards tough to keep
State workers may get 4.5% wage increase
Texas prisons almost full,
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