Correctional Officer Union

The fight for progress in corrections is just as important today as it was when we started fighting 50 years ago.

Correctional officer union. Correction officers benevolent association inc. Ccpoa president don novey established the union s tradition of forming close alliances and friendships with political leaders during the 1980s. The california correctional peace officers association founded in 1957 as the california correctional officers association is the corrections officers labor union in california.

Correction officers unions essential to criminal justice reform. While there are many challenges for corrections in california including the possibility of private prisons the continued overcrowding of our existing prisons the increasing number of violent inmates particularly in the youth facilities and the need to enhance the profession through training and. This assumption is based on the belief that decarceration is a zero sum game and unions benefit from mass incarceration.

The mission of ccpoa is to fight on behalf of our members for the enhancement of wages and benefits as well as the provision of a positive work environment. 718 545 2668 2019 correction officers benevolent association inc. Ccpoa made the largest contribution to the no on 5 campaign in 2008 contributing one million dollars.

Who we are what we do. We know that there is important work to be done. 734 openings for corrections officers is unacceptable cos work mandatory overtime which costs taxpayers additional money and causes additional stress for employees the union president said.

For a moment the correctional officers union seemed poised to move in the same direction. Established in 2004 the alaska correctional officers association acoa is an independent labor organization representing alaska correctional officers state wide. For too long people have assumed that correction officers unions by their very nature must oppose justice reform.

California correctional officers would take one furlough day per month and defer raises for two years under a proposed agreement their union has negotiated with gov. Mco is a tireless advocate for corrections and forensic officers and a partner in progress on issues that affect the entire corrections community. Corrections officers at the state s largest jail are embroiled in negotiations for their first contract mich.