George Gresham,
The fund is threatening employees with prosecution and termination if they participate in this blog.
What ever happened to our right to speak?
Isn't that what our Union fights for?
What would our Union do if management at one of the institutions will threaten our members the same way?
George, we are all waiting to see what you say.
You need us on your side for the rallies, now we need you on our side.
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Donna Rey should be terminated also. Brandy only follows orders by Donna. Donna is the dirty and crooked one. Remember That. Donna Rey knows nothing about anything. She is a joke.
ReplyDeleteMitra you can not go after anyone who writes comments on the blog--The last time I checked this was still America--what happened to freedom speech?? I have my lawyers on the line if you dare threaten my right to free speech!! That half lebanese in your is turning you all the way crazy!! We live in a civilized society you can not control our thoughts and opinions!! I am educated and know my rights-- do not toy with my intelligence I am educated
ReplyDeleteI went to Vietnam to fight for freedom. One these freedoms was the freedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteI'll be damn if Mitra or anyone tries to stop me from speaking my mind.
I will forward this to the Obama campaign and see what they think.
THIS JOB HAS ALWAYS BEEN A JOKE..ANYBODY CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE
ReplyDeleteYo, Mitra -- tell Patrick Gaspard to let Saint Obama know how happy we all are.
ReplyDeletedonna,
ReplyDeleteyou know this wont be right until you are gone but before you do that you must explain trevon gross and johan reyes. and while youre at it why do you hide the discontent from the trustees ? you dont do anything to improve it.
thank God i left that place after giving 15+ years of my life.
hey mitre,
ReplyDeletein the words of obama
ITS TIME FOR CHANGE
Remember this Donna everything you do comes back to you. You will pay for the way you treat people. You are nothing but a low life. No one in this organization respects you or likes you. GET OUT.
ReplyDeleteI think the scandal in the fund is bigger then the Governor scandal in Illinois.
ReplyDeletedid Donna rey come from the Board of Ed? Livingston street is another effed-up bureaucracy.
ReplyDeleteRemember what goes around come around, LOL. I know every manager in the FUND are shaking in their boots. SPEAK UP MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, blow the whitsle on the whole lot of them.
ReplyDeleteFREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A RIGHT OF ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN, last that I checked we do live in AMERICA.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly Donna left the board of Ed because she was looking to over throw Joel Klein. She wanted the Chancellor's position. She did not succeed. They eventually found out what her real intentions were and released her from the BOE.
ReplyDeleteNow is that a joke or what. She is too stupid and arrogant to hold such a position.
Angela Scott needs remedial training in courtesy and professionalism.
ReplyDeleteAngela Scott & Christel Cole are best friends their attitudes mirror each other! Angela can not stand other black women who are more intelligent than she is--Why did she change 5 different jobs before becoming director of provider relations please do a background check!! Mitra you hired Dave Tokonow knowing that he had been fired from his previous job for fraudulent behavior, you hired Brandi Shiloh, and that numb nut Helena Denham-Carter whose motto is " I am not here to do work, Iam here to tell people what to do, I do not need to know the plan that's why I have supervisors and managers for!" But Denham-Carter half of the supervisors you hired Althea Stevens-Peerman and Jack Leone do not know what the hell they're doing and they pass probation!! Don't let me start on George Guz or Jeff Anderson
ReplyDeleteWHO IS VIVIAN FOX... I HEARD THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF HER PEOPLE. ANYONE EVER SEEN HER MANSION OF AN OFFICE ON 32..... ITS BETTER THAN DEBBIE KINGS WHOS FACING A BRICK WALL. THIS FUND WAS INVADED BIG TIME... THATCHER AND ASSOCIATES, LOOK OUT FOR SOME MORE MONEY......
ReplyDeletemrs rey, tell thatcher and associated and mitra what your office furniture really cost the fund and you want to remove mine from my floor... really really low of you... the same leather chair your guest sit on mine can sit on, how dare you strip me of something you still have and spent so so much money on.
ReplyDeletegeorge has sold us out along with darlene and whisky jones i mean horace anyway how come darlene will fight to keep her kids jobs but wont fight for us to get a little money
ReplyDeleteyou think you got it bad. try working on tef and ccf's salary. summer students get more than them
ReplyDeletethe bfsa has sold us down the river darlene and her lackies have created such a mess they are as bad as management. you sat there and helped to get hardworking people transferred doing even more work with no extra pay and then smile in the people face and act like you are our friends have you no shame darlene horace dolores you are all sick sellots
ReplyDeleteimpeach darlene
ReplyDeletevivian fox and debbie king got rid of all her people to bring in some of donna;s. guess the nbf cant get all, the child care has a few and also tef... will anyone ever know that.
ReplyDeleteAnd another one that dated Richard became a Manager...
ReplyDeleteYou have not seen Ghetto until you visit the 19th floor. LOL
ReplyDeleteBrandi worked at Workmen's Circle before she came to the fund
ReplyDeletewho is stupider darlene coor or troy riley thank god he dint become president he would have done us even more damage than darlene is doing now
ReplyDeleteFIRE THE BFSA THEY HAVE DESTROYED OUR UNION NO OVERTIME NO RAISES MORE WRITE UPS MORE TERMINATIONS THAT DARLENE IS OVERSEEING AND MOVING WITH HR ON IT WE NEED OUR OWN UNION NOT THE LEADERSHIP OF A DRUG ADDICT A ALCOHOLIC AND A BUNCH OF LACKIES
ReplyDelete19 cant be as ghetto as 5
ReplyDeleteLETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THAT THIEF SANDRA BAILEY
ReplyDeleteHave you checked out management on 19? Poster Children for Ghetto Manangement.
ReplyDeleteWOW YOU 19 IS GHETTO I HEARD 5 HAS THE CROWN
ReplyDeleteI HEAR THE 5th FLOOR IS COMPLETLY GHETTO
ReplyDeleteWELL I KNOW ONE COLD IS HAPPY THAT HER ASS AINT BEEN LABELED GHETTO SHE IS JUST MORE OF A SELLOUT WHO HOLDS BACK PEOPLE
ReplyDeletewow the truth has come out that jigaboo rodney parker is about to get his
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS BETTER THAN SRS AND ORACLE.. RAVEN WE HOPE YOUR ON TOP OF ALL THIS... IF NOT, YOUR GOING TO ESCALATE JUST LIKE YOUR WEIGHT TO CATAGORY 310 POUNDS THAT IS. AND BE REPORTED TO THE HEAD HONCHOS.
ReplyDeleteof course the fund is ghetto. why do you think the union is reluctant to invite them to the christmas party ? by people saying the place is ghetto why do you then question why management is getting rid of folks. 90 % of the folks couldnt get a job in the real world. i miss the 520 days
ReplyDeletethen someone should get rid of management because most of the ghetto employees are their friends and hangout buddies.
ReplyDeleteexactly
ReplyDeleteOH NOES!!!! Look at me, Im participating on this blog...whatever shall I do!?
ReplyDeleteWE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE MANAGEMENT ALONG WITH DARLENE AND HER LACKIES ARE WORKING AGAINST US
ReplyDeletemaria morales is a racist who has personnal problems with black men in general why does wanda cole have a person like this on her staff then again wanda doesnt like black people so it makes sense
ReplyDeleteMEDICAL CLAIMS IS THE WORST DEPARTMENT IN THE WORLD ITS VERY VERY VERY GHETTO. PLEASE IF YOU DONT WORK IN CLAIMS DONT EVER APPLY TO COME THERE THE UNLIMITED STAFF IS GHETTO AND THEY RUN A COMPLETLY GHETTO OPERATION. WHICH ENTAILS A GHETTO ENVIORMENT
ReplyDeleteShe will not let these Managers go because she can get them to do her dirty work. This should not be a suprise.
ReplyDeleteMitra's email this morning telling staff not to post here was stupid. What is she going to do? Send out an email like that every day? She could at least pretend to ignore this blog but instead today's email sounds more hysterical than yesterday's.
ReplyDeletelol
ReplyDeleteMitra sent a email telling staff not to post comments on the blog?!!?!? Who is she Saddam LMAO
ReplyDelete^^how did that person get a job at the fund ? coo cooooo
ReplyDeleteThree things you don't know about the NBF Finance Department.
ReplyDelete1- we operates without a procedure manual.
2- We don't file anything.(our files drawers are 95% empty.)
3- One of the highest paid persons in finance(Cynthia Vaugn) is rumored not to have an accounting degree.
i work on the floor also and can truly say that they constantly lose peperwork and blame other people. there is no leadership on this floor. cynthia and my sister go to the same church, so i know she is personal friends with donna rey. also the phat non godly pastor trevon is brandy youth minister. hes working on the building fund...making enough money to make the church rise off of 1199 members money.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, George Guz came in from another pension fund and swore he knew everything on 1199. He also came in making more money than the rest of the staff that was in the position he was hired for. He would ask for help and then tell everyone they were wrong. When in fact he was. His work was very sloppy and he felt the need to "write up" everything. The good old days of the pension fund was the best. The morale of that department has dropped dramatically. Also can someone please explain why it is taking over a year to fill one position left by a very good worker? That one position was broken down to 3, first for temps then for permanent worker (who none stayed) and again for temps? Can't find noone that good anymore, that knew their work like that person did???
ReplyDeleteAlso whatever happened to quality of the work over quantity??? That is why there is such a backlog of work in pension checks going out because unintelligent supervisors (except for one) are pushing for quantity over quality. So for retiring members don't be surprised if it takes almost a year before you get your pension check.
ReplyDeleteMitra,
ReplyDeleteYou were deceitful to us in your email on 12/10. It’s a shame we believed in you. We didn’t think you were like this so shady and dishonest. You sat back and watched as people were getting treated unfairly, terminated and pushed out for no reason at all and did nothing! Donna Rey terminated individuals just for not liking them and Brandy Shiloh would tamper with documents and you were privy to all this. What kind of a person are you? You are spurious to allow this behavior to occur while you did nothing but smile in our faces like all is well. Anything you say now we will have a hard time believing. Can any of you speak any truth at all? This is time for a change maybe you need to step down. You are destroying all your credibility within this organization. Everything that is stated in this statement is 100% TRUE and can be backed up with evidence!
We may not be the most erudite and refined organization but we do have our morals and integrity and we will no longer tolerate this kind of treatment from upper management at 1199SEIU Family of Funds. We are standing firm on this. We are united.
You reap what you sew. I'm finally glad they've been exposed. How can they even show their faces? No one will ever take them seriously. The party is over. Throw in the towel Mitra, Donna and Brandy. You are all a mockery to this fund. I hope the NY Post (better yet I'll make sure) gets wind of this. Yes, there is a God, my prayers have been answered.
ReplyDeleteHow will they hide the expenses for Brandy's "good-by" party in the budget? Another "consulting" fee?
ReplyDeleteWhat's really behind the redeployment? Some of them aren't even working or their working for other co-workers as if they were their supervisors. Help me understand why didn't Mitre mention this doing our time at the Sheraton instead of playing games. She knew it was coming why not tell us about it?
ReplyDeleteRedeployment, Hay Compensation Study, Evaluations, E-Learning, Career Counseling, Degree and experience to get promoted, computer training during your time--all are a joke!!! The bottom line is, it's who you know, who you are sleeping with, and who you kiss ass to. Those are the qualifications needed to get a job or be promoted in the Fund, period!!
ReplyDeleteThe truth is the redeployment was a help to all of us. No one had to find a new job. If you just take the positive in the action, you can make everything else positive also. You get what you put in at 1199 there are many opporunities available. It is unforunate that we have some "rotten apples" but who among us is pure without fault. Yes, the situations mentioned by everyone shouldn't have occurred, but what will this site do for us. Will it help us move forward or backwards? I think it's awesome if used wisely. Stop posting about things which aren't important. Together we Stand Divided we shall Fall. The previous statement should be deleted it makes no sense.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about the redeployment helping many of us remain employed. As far as many opportunities in the Fund, have you ever posted? do you know they test you and the passing score is always arbitrary, in other words contigent solely upon what the hiring department decides. Lets say, you get a 65, if you are not the person they want, they will tell you the passing score is a 68. On the other hand, for many positions, if someone is brought (recommended) from the outside, they would not even be tested. So do you understand? sometimes regardless of what you put in, in 1199 you seldom get what you righly deserve. Ask anyone in IT, HR, Accounting, Elegibility, Pension or even Facilities.
ReplyDeleteYour 100 percent right whats next??? Where do we start???? We relly need to get the BFSA out of here as well as upper management. CALLING ALL OUT SIDE UNIONS WE (STAFF MEMBERS) HERE AT 1199NFB ARE REQUESTING YOUR ATTENTION TO US LOOKING FOR A NEW UNION OUR CONTRACT IS UP SOON AND WE REALLY NEED NEW QUALIFIED REPRESENTATION TO NEGOIATE A FAIR SENSIABLE REASONABLE AND DECENT CONTRACT FOR US. I WILL BE CONTACTING A FEW OUTSIDE UNIONS TO SEE HOW TO GO ABOUT RE ELECTING A NEW UNION SO WITH THAT SAID...LOOK OUT FOR MORE INFO ON THIS AND SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONIG TO GET UPPER MANAGEMENT OUT WHILE WE SEARCH FOR NEW REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP????? LETS STICK TOGETHER ON THIS. REAL TALK Y'ALL
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad to hear that 1199, the most powerful Union I have ever known is doing the same thing the owners of these nursing homes and hospitals are depicting on their employees. My heart went out to that Nursing Home in the Bronx, name Kingsbridge, and now my heart goes out to my fellow co-workers in the Benefit Fund. I never understood why you guys acted funny to the Union staff but now I understand. What you guys are going through is absolutely embarrassing. Our ancestors died, bleed, and cried for stuff like this to end and it's still going on, right in our camp. My prayer is that George forgets about his favorite baseball team and that hot dog and does something about this. I am a proud Union employee that still believes in protecting the rights of the working class and I hope that we put our mission statement into action, right at home.
ReplyDeleteMy only suggestion to all those in the benefit fund are to stick to the issues and the facts. I know you guys are angry and this is your avenue to vent but the goal is to get a response for CHANGE. I, like Obama, believe that change is coming but follow his example, use wisdom and stick to the facts. In order to beat “McCain”, you must stay focused.
This is from another very concerned employee. I have worked for one of the Funds for over 20 years and I hold a high management position with access to Accounting, Executive and HR files. During that time, I have not seen so much disorganization, corruption and deceit, favoritism, and discrimination. I have seen the abuse and ignorance from top management staff first hand.
ReplyDeleteI strongly believe in change. As a matter of fact, I am an advocate to change. But when someone abuses the system to get her way and imposes fear among her staff to get respect; then the credibility and premeditated good purpose for that change goes out the window. All odds are against it.
The Website has been forwarded to the EEO, other equal right opportunity sources, members and providers. It is only a matter of time before any other concerned high ranking official or group of important individuals get involved. It appears we have to go beyond the Union, Trustees and 57th Street Hospital League because it looks as if they do not care about ours and our members concerns for any of these allegations.
I’m requesting the following facts should be and must be investigated.
1. If punches are being fixed for Bradley or any other HR staff; then the same punishment should be applied to those who break the rule just as many others have been terminated for these actions. Disciplinary actions up to termination should be sought. All you have to do is question the AA and HR reps. I’m sure they would rather tell the truth than lose their jobs.
2. If criminal actions were committed by Brandy in the past; then the same punishment should be applied to her just as she terminated many others for having a past criminal record. Termination should be sought. I cannot wait to see those wrongfully terminated sue 1199 for having another criminal terminate them. I am certain the media would love to get a piece of this action.
3. If favoritism is in place; then it must be stopped, and those who apply it must be punished. Brandy, Donna and Johan must be punished according to their same rules and regulations. No more favorites; no more preferential treatment; no more abuse; no more FEAR.
4. If hiring preference is being insisted for employees/consultants from the Auburn Technical Services Group; then it must be investigated. Why would Johan (especially him) and Donna prefer these consultants be hired over other consulting agencies and more qualified candidates no questions asked? Is there some type of personal connection? “Just do it is their motto” Ask the HR reps and they would rather tell the truth than lose their jobs.
5. How do you justify Johan Reyes’ salary? $120K??? He possesses a bachelor’s degree in computers, and has no more than three years of experience in; I guess computer stuff to be leading a new department at the Fund. He acts as if he is another Chief of the Fund. Where is the experience to back it up? Where is the respect for those who are educated and have more seniority like Leo Cole, Kwok Wu, Diana Rodriguez, James Mele and Michelle Agard for example, to lead the way?
One more thing I would like to mention in regards to salaries is the $20K increase Brandy Shiloh received recently after allegedly using a scare tactic against Donna Rey threatening to leave. Now that we know they are friends, the question is, was it a personal favor or a way to keep her mouth shut? One can only wonder…
6. Finally, if Mitra is aware or involved to any of the above; she must be immediately removed from her position. If George is aware or involved to any of the above, he must also be immediately removed from his position. The way I see, if the allegations set forth are true, both of them should be immediately removed from their position.
My concerns have been raised, and I am very certain that someone out there will listen and will do something about it.
1199 SEIU Benefit and Pension Fund Executive Management.
Welcome to the strugle my fellow co-worker.
ReplyDeleteWe encourage management staff like yourself with top level access to speak up.
We have all been victims of the injustice perpetrated by the people mentioned above in some way, either directly or inderectly.
An investigation is in order and let the weight of justice fall on those who have done wrong.
Feel free to email us.
To all that have been unfairly treated, pushed out, wrongfully terminated and discriminated against. Please get in touch with the EEOC @ http://www.eeoc.gov/ and state your case to them. Alone we cannot fight this, Together we can overcome and defeat this unlawful and atrocious behavior.
ReplyDeleteProtect this Union we have many enimies wihtin the ranks. To not protect Local 1199SEIU would be an act of contempt towards God.
ReplyDeleteWhat is happaning in Helth systems 2 you cant see any of the people that work for the union Gerry & Steve you should check & see if Iola & others are doing they work, Bishop Henry B Hucles Episcopal Nursing Home Workers are been sold out & you hardly see iola Miles & she is always on the management side helpppppppppppppp
ReplyDeleteBlogging as whistle-blogging: Fracas at 1199 Family of Funds
ReplyDeleteBy Susan Merniton December 21, 2008 5:39 PM
In New York City, a concerned employee of the 1199 Family of Funds has created an anonymous blog entitled What's Happening at 1199SEIU Family of Funds? that calls out two staffers as people who engage in nepotism, practice discrimination, and create an unfair culture. In response to this blog, according to my source, the organization has blocked access to outside email (and is screening mail), has called a meeting to deny the allegations, and is (understandably) trying to figure out who the author is.
Meanwhile, employees are deeply engaging with the site, posting responses to posts that inquire about age discrimination, questionable and possibly illegal practices, and their right to exercise their free speech with this blog ("The fund is threatening employees with prosecution and termination if they participate in this blog. What ever happened to our right to speak? Isn't that what our Union fights for? What would our Union do if management at one of the institutions will threaten our members the same way?")
Interestingly enough, if you assume that the 1,800 employees of the 1199 Family of Funds are all aware of this blog--and perhaps 70 of them are posting on it--a picture emerges where some disgruntled employees--whistleblowers?--are using social media to a) air their grievances and b) try to create positive change (which doesn't really seem to be working, does it?)
If I was a New York based journalist, or the journalism prof at a local J school, I'd jump all over this story, both to better understand what is actually going on at the 1199 Family of Funds and to see if anyone is accountable, and to understand and document how blogging--on blogspot, no less!--is being used as an organizing tool in a non-technical setting.
Social media, anyone? Wow.
Susan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking a look at our blog and diffusing information about our struggle.
First of all, allow me to say that every accusation on this blog is based on true facts.
Contrary to everything the Fund stands for, this new administration is using their position of authority to step all over workers rights. Taking advantage of our current economic times, they threaten employees with termination if they even attempt to be part of this blog. As a long term employee of the Fund, I have been witness to many changes, but I never thought that an organization known for "fighting for workers rights" could engage in implementing such a string of unfair practices and pretend everything is just accusations of one or two disgruntled employees.
As much as the Fund would like us to terminate the blog, this will not stop. We will continue to keep the blog alive and fight for our fellow employee's rights.
Feel free to email me.
Blogs are good for folks to voice their feelings, frustrations, etc. Freedom of speech!!
ReplyDeleteI use to work at 1199 many years ago and witnessed a lot of stuff that is found in every workplace in the world. Nothing surprising. What was always ugly were the folks who all they did was come to work and start fires. Complain about everything. I observed that these folks were:
a. Slackers/greedy people. They want to not work a full day and just gossip around, meanwhile they demand things for nothing. Always acting as if the world and management owes them something.
b. Those that are given a position as a representative (i.e., Darlene and Horace) and immediately they think they can rule the floor and attend every meeting and not be at their desk doing the job they were hired to do. They feel like they have a right to just take advantage of everything.
c. These folks are the ones with the negative attitudes that folks are always "out to get them" paranoid freaks.
d. These folks are the ones who are always getting into trouble with their supervisors because they don't do their work right or are always absent.
c. These same folks are the ones who don't pass the tests to move into a higher position because they don't know the job, study for the test or they are just plain illiterate. I use to review and score these tests, and they were easy multiple choice questions, and many of them had poor grammar or just couldn't read. So management kept changing the questions to make it easier, but they still didn't get it. Like that one blogger wrote that "these folks would not find a job outside of 1199". I'd like to see them try. Maybe McDonalds would take them.
In all, these folks are just a whole bunch of sour folks that have one hand sticking out always saying "gimme gimme gimme" and don't give anything in return--like performing the jobs they were hired to do! these are the folks that are always getting into trouble and have a lot of personal problems. Then when their supervisor says something to them, oh, it is on.
Yes, there are bad apples in management too, but these workers and union reps are just as shady and they are not helping the employees out at all. Just making it worse for them.
One last thing, be grateful that you have a job that pays well, a job that provides you with free health benefits, and a great pension plan (free prescription!). You won't get that anywhere else.