2002.03.19 – ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin — OCR 2002.03.19 – ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin — OCR
ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin #81
Tuesday, March 19,2002-6:30 p.m. sharp
•Location: 568 Broadway, Rm. 702A (N/R to Prince, B/D/F/Q to Broadway-Lafayette, 6 to Spring).
•Estimated length: Approximately 1 hour.
•All ALAA members welcome (only elected representatives may vote).
•Free pizza/soda.
•TO PROVIDE PROPER NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS, PLEASE SUBMIT ADDITIONAL AGENDA
ITEMS IN ADVANCE.
Proposed Agenda
1. Collective Bargaining, etc. (25 minutes).
2.1. Shared services grievance (attached). EB recommendation for support of 1199
grievance.
2.2. Comp time. Policy remains suspended; no further developments.
2. 3. 90 Church update.
2.4. Supplementallife.
2.5. LAS/Brooklyn DAs.
2. LAS Budget (10 minutes).
2.1 Campaign status.
2.2 Additional office meetings.
3. Political Action (5 minutes).
3 .1. March 23: Immigrant Detainees (attached).
3.2. March 26: Drop the Rock
4. Internal (10 minutes).
4.1. UAW convention delegates. Election of ALAA’s delegates (nominations closed as of
March 12). Nominees (uncontested):
•Delegates (2 positions). George Albro (Secy-Treas.), Charlotte Hitchcock (Rec.
Secy).
•Alten1ates (2 positions). Susan Morris (CDD-Bk).
4.2. Bylaw Revision Commission. Consideration of any new nominations for reps from
CDD-Bx, CDD-Q, Civil, JRD, Volunteer.
4.3. Next delegate elections. Discussion of process.
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1199 Shared Services Grievance
WE, the undersigned, are very concerned to hear that Shared Services, as it existed at 90 Church Street, may
be disbanded and its staff split up amongst the various divisions they serve. We fail to see how such an arrangement
could be more efficient than the consolidated services we have had for the last several years.
We recognize that, due to the World Trade Center disaster, the Shared Services workload has increased
astronomically due to the need to deliver mail and court documents to our borough offices. The Shared Services staff
has done a remarkable job dealing with this workload with no increase in their staff. Furthermore, we feel they have
fulfilled this task under less than adequate conditions, such as being placed in small rooms with no space to work
comfortably and the lack of equipment necessary to expedite the workload of our attorneys and support staff.
We believe the solution to this problem is not to create more work by splitting up Shared Services and
rendering them less efficient. Therefore, we strongly feel that Shared Services should be afforded adequate space
and equipment in one of the new buildings in which LAS Management plans to consolidate much of the former 90
Church St. staff. Only this way can Shared Services go back to providing the full range of indispensable services they
provided to our society before.
ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin 81 March 19, 2002 DC Meeting Page 3 of7
NYC Labor Solidarity
With Immigrant Detainees
Join trade unionists, immigrant, civil rights, peace, and social justice organizations to oppose the mass detention of
foreign nationals since Sept. 11. Most of the detainees are from the Mid· East and South Asia. The government has
refused to release most of the detainees’ names. Because of this secrecy, some detainees may not have access to
legal counsel. Some have suffered inhumane conditions of confinement. Virtually none have been charged with
terrorist acts. Some of these detainees are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison in Sunset
Park, Brooklyn.
Saturday, March 23, 2002
Assemble: 10:30 a.m., 9 St./5 Ave., Bklyn. (N/R to 4 Ave.; F to 9 St.)
March: 11 a.m.-Sharp
Rally: 12 Noon-Sharp, Metro Detention Ctr., 29 St./3d Ave., Bklyn. (N/R to 25 St./4 Ave.)
Sponsors
•Freedom Legal Defense & Ed. Project
•Arab-American Family Support Ctr.
•Justice For Detainees Coal.
Labor Sponsors (list in formation)
•AFSCME DC 1707
•AFSCME L.2627, DC 37
•Assn. of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW L.2325
•CWA L.1180
•Natl. Org. of Legal Services Workers/UAW L.2320
•Natl. Writers Union/UAW L.1981
•NY Taxi Workers Alliance
•NYC Labor Against the War (NY CLAW)
•Professional Staff Congress-CUNY/AFT L.2334
•SEIU NY State Council
•UAW Region 9A NYC Area CAP Council
•Amalg. Services & Allied Joint Bd., UNITE
•United Elec., Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE)
•Larry Adams, Pres., MHU L.300*
•Christine Karatnytsky, Exec. Bd., NY Public Library
Guild/AFSCME L.1930*
•Robert Lesko, V.P., AFT L.3882*
•John O’Connor, Secy.-Treas., AFM L.1 000*
•J.P. Patafio, Depot Chair, TWU L.1 00*
•Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, Chair, Delegate Assembly, NYS
Nurses Assoc.*
•Joel Schwartz, Pres., CSEA/AFSCME L.446*
•Gangbox: Construction Workers News Serv. •Global Sweatshop CoaL •Greater NY
Labor-Religion Coai.•Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Dir., Queens College Worker Ed.
Extension Ctr. (FIPO); PSG-CUNY/AFT L.2334 & NWU/UAW L.1981*•1ndustrial
Workers of the World (NYC)•Labor at the Crossroads TV•Natl. Employment Law
Project•Natl. Lawyers Guild/NYC Chap., Labor & EmploymentCttee. •New Caucus
of PSC/CUNY
Cosponsors (list in formation)
•American Assn. of Jurists•American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cttee.•American
Friends Serv. Cttee. •Another World is Possible (AWIP)•Asian American Legal Defense
& Ed. Fund•Asian Americans for Equality•Biack Radical Congress•Brooklyn
Bridges•Brooklyn Heights Peace Action•Brooklyn Parents for Peace•Brooklyn Society
for Ethical Culture, Ethical Action Cttee. •Chhaya CDC•Dennis Brutus, S. African poet
& activist•Ctr. for Anti-Violence Ed. •Ctr. for Constitutional Rights (CCR)•Central
Brooklyn Independent Democrats•CoaL for the Human Rights of lmmigrants•Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)•CUNY Is Our Future•Desis Rising Up & Moving
(DRUM)•Faith Health NY •Fiatbush PeaceAction•Green Party: Kings Co. & Park Slope
chapters•Help & Hope•Jews for Racial & Econ. Justice (JFREJ)•IntL Action Ctr.
(IAC)•Intl. A.N.S.W.E.R.•IntL Socialist Org (ISO)•Make the Road by
Walking•Metropolitan Council on Housing•NatL Korean American Serv. & Ed.
Consortium (NAKASEC)•NatL Lawyers Guild•NatL Lawyers Guild-NYC Chap.•NJ
lndependentAIIiance•NY CoaL for Peace & Justice•NY Immigration CoaL•NYC AIDS
Housing Network•Northwest Bronx Support Cttee. For the Homeless•Lesbian Herstory
Archives•Nicaragua Solidarity Network•Pakistan League of America•Prison Moratorium
Proj. •Prospect Lefferts Voices for Peace & Justice•Student Cttee. Against Labor
Exploitation•Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory•VEER Grassroots
Services-Clarence Fitch Chap. of Vietnam Veterans Againstthe War (VVAW) •War Is
Not the Answer•War Resisters League•Women for Afghan Women•Women’s Inti.
League For Peace & Freedom, NY Metro Branch•Workers Democracy
Network•Working Families Party, Brooklyn Waterfront Club•World Peace 911•Rev.
Paul Smith, First Presbyterian Church•Rev. Elizabeth Alexander, Church of
Gethsemane•Rev. Elizabeth Braddon, Park Slope United MethodistChurch•Rev. Peter
Laarman, Sr. Minister, Judson Memorial Church, Greenwich Village•City
Councilmember Margarita Lopez
“Position shown for ID only; no organizational endorsement implied.
Info: 212.343.0708, alaa@alaa.org
Union labor donated (March 18, 2002(1))
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Minutes of ALAA Delegate Council: January 24, 2002
Legend: Black=Present; Gray=Absent; Lowercase=Alternate
Counsel
Danny Engelstein
Executive Board
President: LETWIN
Secretary-Treasurer: ALBRO
Recording Secretary: HITCHCOCK
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1. LAS FUNDING/BUDGET AND CDD COMP
DAYS
Adopted:
1. Legal Action. Table further legal action on
CDD comp day change until Management makes
concrete response to ALAA grievance and related
negotiations, at which point a special DC will be
promptly convened (Bomba)–Passed (hand vote): 16-
15. [NB: The Executive Board will meet next week
with legal counsel concerning implementation of the
above.]
2. Membership Action. Accompany ALAA
grievance on CDD comp time by encouraging members
to file individual grievances that detail personal impact,
to file reguests to use comp days, and to otherwise put
pressure on Management (Letwin!Baker )–Passed (voice
vote): Unanimous.
3. Next DC. Hold the next DC meeting on the
irrevocable date ofF ebruary 21, except that an earlier
DC meeting is held (Gross/Baker)–Passed (voice vote).
4. Negotiation. Include as many CDD VPs as
possible, but at least one, in any negotiations with
Management on change in CDD comp time (Gross)-Passed
(voice vote): Unanimous.
Not adopted:
1. De Leon Presentation. Dispense with Theresa
DeLeon’s scheduled report to the Delegate Council, and
proceed immediately to discussion of ALAA’ s response
to change in CDD comp day policy (Wright)–Failed:
14-18-2 (hand vote, with results confirmed by roll-call
vote (Aftler))[For: Wright, Rogers, Baker, Bell, Daley,
Nevins, Gross, Mitchell, Vasquez, Collins, Mulligan,
Seeley, Aftler, Zablocki. Against: Albro, Hitchcock,
Blum, Zuss, Holder, Hochberg, Harpaz, Hopkirk,
Martin, Zelermyer, Gurwitch, Ashworth, Morris, Pratt,
Soto, Kelleher, Lundgren, Carlisimo ). Abstain: Bomba,
Wasserman, S.]
2. Arbitration. Conduct arbitration of change in
CDD comp time, if necessary by attorney other than
ALAA counsel (Aftler/Velasquez)–Tabled (see above).
2. 90 CHURCH STREET
Adopted:
1. Reports. ALAA HQ to disseminate bi-weekly
written ALAA health and safety updates
(Kelleher/Gross)–Passed (voice vote).
2. Outreach. ALAA HQ to consult with other
unions and with NY COSH concerning appropriate steps
concerning air guality in Lower Manhattan (Kelleher)-Passed
(voice vote): Unanimous.
3. Testing. Pursue ongoing tests of material
transferred from 90 Church St. to other LAS offices
(Newton!Holder)–Passed (voice vote): Unanimous.
NB: The balance of the agenda was tabled.
ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin 81 March 19, 2002 DC Meeting Page 6 ~f7
Minutes of ALAA Delegate Council: February 21,2002
Legend: Black=Present; Gray=Absent; Lowercase=Alternate
Counsel
Danny Engelstein
Executive Board
President: LETWIN
Secretary-Treasurer: ALBRO
Recording Secretary: HITCHCOCK
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ALAA Delegate Council Bulletin 81 March 19, 2002 DC Meeting Page 7 of7
1. CDD COMP TIME GRIEVANCE
Adopted:
1. Expedited Negotiation/ Arbitration. Ratify the
expedited negotiation/arbitration comp day proposal
previously presented by the Executive Board to
management (see February 12 ALAA Union Bulletin),
i.e., to: (1) Clearly define the new policy; (2) Schedule
expedited, “last-best-offer” arbitration to be held within
a brief time-frame (e.g., 4-6 weeks) to resolve the
limited issue of the new policy; (3) Pending arbitration,
seek a negotiated resolution of the dispute; ( 4) Pending
a negotiated or arbitrated resolution, suspend the new
policy’s implementation; (5) Incorporate the results of
negotiation or arbitration into the contract effective
October 1, 2002 (Affler/Blum, P.)–Passed: 15-0-4
(hand vote).
2. 90 CHURCH STREET
Adopted:
1. Table. Move Hitchcock’s 90 Church St. report
to the end of agenda (Zablocki/Torres)–Passed (hand
vote); table to next written Hitchcock report–Passed
(voice vote).
3. INTERNAL BUSINESS
Adopted:
1. UAW Convention Delegates. Adopt Albro’s
proposal to select ALAA’ s delegates to the International
UA W tri-annual convention in June [details
forthcoming] (Blum, P ./Hochberg)–Passed:
Unanimously (voice vote).
2. Meeting Schedule. Adopt Executive Board’s
proposed 2002 meeting schedule for the Delegate
Council and Executive Board [previously
distributed](Hochberg/Daley)–Passed: Unanimously
(voice vote).
3. Bylaw Revision Commission. Elect by
acclamation the following unopposed nominees to the
new Bylaw revision commission: Susan Morris
(CDD-Bk), JessicaBotticelli (CDD-Manh.), Peter Blum
(CAB/Capital/FDD )–Passed: Unanimously (voice vote).
4. ACLA Representative. Elect Monica Dula
(CDD-Bx) to fill vacant ACLA (Attorneys of Color of
Legal Aid) position on the Executive Board–Passed:
Unanimously (voice vote).
4. PROPOSED ALAA STATEMENT IN
DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES
Adopted:
1. Main Motion. Adopt Executive Board’s
proposed statement in defense of civil liberties
[previously distributed](Blum, P./Hochberg)–Passed:
19-1-1 (hand vote).
Not Adopted:
1. Table. Table proposed civil liberties statement
(Zablocki/Botticelli)–Failed (overwhelming hand vote).
2. Unfriendly Amendment. Do not release ALAA
civil liberties statement in conjunction with any
statement by NYC Labor Against the War
(Daley)–Failed: 4-16-1 (hand vote).
3. Unfriendly Amendment. Disseminate civil
liberties statement via special Union committee, and
direct ALAA HQ instead to address issues of greater
concern to the Union, e.g., CDD comp time
(Zablocki)–Failed: 3-18-1 (hand vote).