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The President of the Public Employees Federation (PEF) writes to the Vice President regarding testimony given at a legislative budget hearing. The President explains that only those designated by him are authorized to give official testimony on behalf of PEF. However, at the hearing the Vice President joined the registered speakers at the front table and began answering questions without prior discussion or briefing. The President states this violated the process and risks confusing legislators. He reiterates that as President, he is the sole spokesperson for PEF and the Vice President is not authorized to represent or testify for the union without his approval.
The President of the Public Employees Federation (PEF) writes to the Vice President regarding testimony given at a legislative budget hearing. The President explains that only those designated by him are authorized to give official testimony on behalf of PEF. However, at the hearing the Vice President joined the registered speakers at the front table and began answering questions without prior discussion or briefing. The President states this violated the process and risks confusing legislators. He reiterates that as President, he is the sole spokesperson for PEF and the Vice President is not authorized to represent or testify for the union without his approval.
The President of the Public Employees Federation (PEF) writes to the Vice President regarding testimony given at a legislative budget hearing. The President explains that only those designated by him are authorized to give official testimony on behalf of PEF. However, at the hearing the Vice President joined the registered speakers at the front table and began answering questions without prior discussion or briefing. The President states this violated the process and risks confusing legislators. He reiterates that as President, he is the sole spokesperson for PEF and the Vice President is not authorized to represent or testify for the union without his approval.
To: Brate, Nikki Cc: PEF EBoard Subject: How many Presidents do we have?
Vice-President Brate,
As many have explained numerous times PEF must be
cohesive and move forward during these difficult times. We have tried over and over to work with you as part of the leadership of PEF, but you have chosen your own path. I do not wish to remunerate the issues we have had, however, I must address actions which you just took which once again risk our union and violate our Constitution. I am also copying the Executive Board as it is of significant importance.
It comes down to a simple question: Does PEF have one
President or multiple Presidents?
That question can be taken to be the same whether for
instance, does PEF one L/M chair or multiple L/M chairs at each agency? Do we have a council leader or multiple council leaders for each Division? The answer is no, because there is a chain of command and an accountability and responsibility for the position. Yesterday, PEF gave testimony at the Workforce Development Joint Legislative Budget hearing. Testimony was prepared, which I approved, and I designated Greg Amorosi to give the actual testimony. This testimony was worked on by many people within PEF. Many hours were spent in getting the right message across. The testimony was prioritized and prepared to address our members issues. Greg, along with Scott Lorey from the Legislative office, registered as the designated PEF speakers prior to the hearing and then waited to be called to testify. Once called they proceeded to the tables at the front of the room, when all of a sudden you rose from a seat in the audience and joined them at the front table. This caused a moment of confusion as the Legislators only had the two registered names from PEF. Greg gave PEFs testimony and then began to answer questions from the Legislators. Without any advanced briefing or discussions with Greg, you then began answering questions and giving testimony. I never discussed PEFs testimony with you, I never assigned you to attend this or any budget hearing. There are processes in PEF and in the State Legislature which must be followed. Official PEF testimony can only be given by those persons assigned by the President, with testimony that is approved. The PEF Constitution is clear that the President is the chief spokesperson of PEF. On the Legislature side, speakers need to be registered in advance so the Legislators know who is testifying. If you think about it if you had a scheduled L/M meeting and all of a sudden someone not on the committee, who wasnt briefed or attended a pre-meeting sits down at the table and starts talking to Management, its a disaster waiting to happen. That is what happened yesterday when you decided unilaterally to testify for PEF at the hearing. What if all the officers decided to unilaterally testify, all the regional coordinators and all our executive board members and council leaders showed up and did what you did? They all have issues which are very important to them and their members? So we need to be clear. Nobody, except those people I designate, are to represent themselves as officially speaking for PEF at Legislative budget hearings or similar events. As such, your are not to represent PEF nor give any testimony at Budget Hearings. I want to again, point out that despite the dysfunction that you are continually creating, we have gotten great wins and recognition in the last 16 months. I will not allow PEF to be distracted from its mission, but I will also not allow you to risk and jeopardize the future of our members.
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