Patrick quietly transfers 500 managers to public employee union

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/10/18/patrick-transfers-managers-union-ties-new-governor-hands/fHKZm5mmjwlxvqCvHn56OO/story.html

By Michael Levenson | GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 18, 2014




ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Governor Deval Patrick.


As he prepares to leave office, Governor Deval Patrick is quietly transferring 500 of his managers into the state public employee union, a move that will qualify them for a series of 3 percent raises and insulate them from firing when the next governor takes over.

The change will automatically convert 15 percent of the 3,350 executive branch managers into members of the National Association of Government Employees, which has been fighting for the change for years, arguing the employees were “improperly classified” as managers.

While smaller clusters of management positions have been converted into union positions in the past, this is the largest sweep into the union in at least two decades, according to administration and union officials.

Rolling the managers into the 22,000-member union will effectively protect them from any house-cleaning that might occur when the next governor takes office in January — a particular likelihood if Republican Charlie Baker were to take over after eight years of Democratic leadership.

FULL story at link.

[sheshe2]

1. That's my Governor!

Thanks Steve!

[BlueCaliDem]

2. God forbid that another Republican steps in and becomes Governor of MA.

But this was a classy move by Governor Patrick!