Last night was a good and productive meeting. It was good to see lots of familiar faces, reconnect, share good news, and unite along a common goal of advocating for ourselves.
First, the good news: New jobs (Cerissa, Lori, Kathy); promotions (Heather); babies (Jo Jo, Chesa); a graduation (Patricia) and; a new home (Marcel). As always, we'd love to hear from others. Post here or email me at peoplecallmebryner@yahoo.com.
We also spoke at length about severance and annual leave. The consensus: we are dissatisfied with the lack of communication and effort on the part of the College to resolve the issue. We are clear in our desire to have the Department Labor take a more active role in advocating on our behalf, and we are committed to working together to bringing about a timely and equitable resolution. We will pursue all avenues available to us.
I am in the process of drafting a letter to the Department of Labor. If you wish to sign on to it, please contact me.
We've also decided that we should meet again soon. I propose a pre-Thanksgiving potluck, sometime in mid-November. More details to come.
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After the last layoff, who is still employed at SJC?
I believe only Jim Sharpe, David Dobler, Debbie Puckett and Christiana Gilenwater are left.
Also Dan and James are still at the hatchery.
chris,
I am in the Arctic and wish to sign on, you have my support. I return on Sunday.
Thanks for all your efforts.
andylee
Didn’t Christina have the least seniority of any employee at SJC? How come she is still there and not someone with more seniority?
Some professions come with an assumed responsibility of trust. For instance if your house is on fire you’re going to call a fire fighter because you trust that person is going to know how to put the fire out. If you call an EMT you assume that person is going to give you a higher standard of care than would be expected by any old person off the street. To me it is the same with a pastor. When someone puts Reverend in front of their name you should be able to assume that person will be truthful, compassionate, open to hearing what you have to say, and in general a spiritual leader.
I think the majority of us who had anything to do with SJ from students to staff, to faculty, to volunteers, all know that there were two distinctly different reverends on the SJ campus. One was the salt of the earth type of person you would expect to be a pastor and you would trust him if you needed spiritual guidance. The other showed a hubris that would not normally be associated with a man of the cloth. One did everything he could to help SJ thrive, while the other sure looked to me to be doing everything he could to make SJ fail.
If you agree with me as I know many of you do from what you tell me. Then please help make that person accountable for his actions by writing the Northwest Presbyterian Synod. Please e-mail Reverend, Joyce Emery, Transitional Synod Executive at: jemery@synodnw.org.
If you knew of a police officer, firefighter, doctor, or any other person with an assumed responsibility or a person who has taken a vow and doesn’t live up to it, then it should be your responsibility to let those in authority know. Please send your e-mail soon and let Reverend Emery know that you know of a reverend that has not lived up to his vows.
Thanks.
I just sent an email and I hope others will do the same!
Jon Corcoran
after doing some research, my understanding is that DOL (Department of Labor) does not legally enforce the protection of benefits such as Severance pay, as they are not federally mandated benefits. The only way to resolve issues of Severance is through federal court, as a violation of contract. Problem with this is going to be that while contracts specified that Severance would be due for layoffs given without 30 days notice, I haven't seen anything in the contract about a legal obligation for timely payout (for instance, within 30/60/90/etc days of job termination)
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/
severancepay.htm
admittedly, I am not a lawyer, but the DOL website is pretty black and white on the subject, and the wording of the contract is very generic and grey.
Hi Chris,
Let me echo many of the previous compliments concerning all the hard work you are doing. Please add my name to the list concerning the Dept. of Labor. Thanks! Tom
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