GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ON 3/19/13

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

Please make a note that our next General Membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 2315 NW 107 Avenue, Doral, 33172 in Conference Room 2M 8-10 at 4:30pm.  Please make every effort to attend.

Fraternally,

Joe Cortese

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FRS Decision

The Florida Supreme Court has sided with the Legislature in upholding a Law requiring government employees to contribute 3% of their pay towards their retirement plans.

The 4-3 decision allows lawmakers to collect up to $2 billion by June 30, 2013; the end of the State’s Fiscal year.

DCSMEC disagreed with this ruling as we believe that using middle class workers in this State to balance the budget is wrong.  However, as a nation of laws we respect the Court’s decision.

We hope the Lawmakers in this State do not forget that the savings “come from the backs of hard working middle class Americans” who are active members of FRS.

To get full details on court ruling visit http://www.miamiherald.com /2012/01/17/3187217/florida-supreme-court-upholds.html

Rolando Sardinas

Business Agent

 

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UPCOMING GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Please be reminded that our next General Membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 4:30pm at the DCSMEC location, 2315 NW 107 Avenue, Doral, FL 33172 in Conference Room 2M 8-10.

Look forward to seeing you then.

Fraternally,

Joe Cortese

 

 

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Insurance representative schedule and forms.

Brothers and Sisters,

Information regarding representative schedule and forms are on the right sidebar of this website.

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2012-2015 DCSMEC Contract

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

I am delighted to inform you that the DCSMEC bargaining unit has ratified the 2012-2015 contract by a margin of 76% in favor of, and 24% against. The actual vote count was 344 in favor of and 108 against.
Our thanks to all those who assisted in todays vote and a special thank you to everyone who cast a vote letting their voice be heard.
Fraternally,

Joe Cortese
Business Representative, DCSMEC,

 

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2013 DCSMEC Member Benefit Options

Dear Members,
DCSMEC is again offering a package of alternative insurance benefits to our members “ONLY”.  The District offers similar products so please compare our benefits against theirs before you make your choice and see which option is best for you and your family.
See the ‘2013 Benefit Options‘ page above.
Joe Cortese

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Update about salary increases.

Dear Members,

“Yes” I have seen the paper and the Union Officers and I have had a flurry
of very excited calls from our members. Many of the members who have
called have not actually read the paper and are hearing rumors. If you read
the paper you will see that the very first sentence reads “Miami-Dade school
administrators have more earning potential under revamped salary schedule.”
That does not mean that 1300 administrators received a 10 to 30% raise.
The fact is that those 1300 administrators have not received anything. The
only people who have received a salary increase is 3 Managerial Exempt
administrators who got promotions. Even unions believe that people should get
raises when they get promotions.

With all the calls the Officers and I have received I put a formal request into the
Labor/Relations department to go over and explain what this article means in
the event I was reading it wrong.

The response is attached.

Click here to read the response.

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