RIGHT TO WORK LAWS JUST WHAT UNIONS NEED?
With Wisconsin becoming the 25th state to enact right to work legislation, we have to ask if unions and their relevance are in a decline. Right to work laws can be the death of organized labor. Right to work is a bill or a constitutional provision that prohibits the use of union membership as a...
March 19, 2015
WIDOWS AND CHILDREN FUND MOTOWN TRIBUTE CONCERT
Come out and support a great cause for the Windows and Children Fund. Click here to download the below flyer.Raffle Fundraiser to benefit NCS COBA Widow’s & Children's Fund4 Day, 3 Night Vacation PackageTo the Reef at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas includes Airfare...
March 6, 2015
COBA RETIREMENT PARTY & JOURNAL
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Correction Officers Benevolent Association will be putting together a Journal for this year’s Retirement Party to honor those that are retiring for their years of Service. Family, Friends and Co-workers of COBA Retirees can place an Ad in the Journal....
January 16, 2015
TO ALL BROTHER AND SISTER COBA MEMBERS
The holiday season is traditionally a joyous time of the year when we gather together with our family and friends, toast and celebrate our accomplishments over the past year, and quietly reflect and give thanks for our blessings. Unfortunately, due to the recent tragic events over the...
December 24, 2014
OFFICERS RALLY FOR REMOVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SPECIALIST
The officers say Andreaus Guilty has been publishing racist, derogatory and anti-law enforcement comments on Facebook. (12/15/14)EAST MEADOW - More than 100 Nassau County corrections officers rallied today to call for the removal of the county jail’s affirmative action specialist. Andreaus...
December 18, 2014
OFFICERS PROTEST FACEBOOK POSTINGS BY NASSAU JAIL OFFICIAL
More than 100 Nassau correction officers protested outside the county jail in East Meadow on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, calling for the removal of the jail's head affirmative action officer over Facebook postings in which he referred to police as "crackers" who "got bullied in high...
December 16, 2014
NASSAU CRITICIZED FOR RAP VIDEO FILMED AT JAIL
In August, Nassau County rented an unused section of the jail to Brooklyn rapper Uncle Murda. (12/9/14)Click here to watch the above videoWOODBURY - Nassau County is facing criticism for renting out a part of the county jail for a rap video.In August, the county rented an unused section of the jail...
December 10, 2014
FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT FILED OVER POSTINGS BY NASSAU JAIL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER
December 8, 2014 by CELESTE HADRICK, Newsday Nassau's corrections union has filed a federal discrimination complaint against the county's head affirmative action officer at the East Meadow jail, contending his public Facebook postings are racist, derogatory and incite violence against its...
December 9, 2014
NASSAU CORRECTIONS UNION PRESIDENT CRITICIZES COUNTY FILM COMMISSION OVER MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT
By Laura Figueroa, NewsdayOn Monday, as Nassau's film commission hosted a tour of local landmarks for various production companies, the president of the county's correctional officers union took aim at county leaders for allowing a trio of rappers who have rapped about killing cops to...
December 9, 2014
LONG ISLAND JAIL RENTS OUT FACILITY TO ANTI-COP RAPPER UNCLE MURDA FOR MUSIC VIDEO
New York Daily News / Monday December 8, 2014The Brooklyn-based musician rented an abandoned part of Nassau County jail for a one-day shoot in August. Murda's recent 'Hands Up' video slams police brutality, featuring the image of him and another rapper holding guns to a white officer...
December 8, 2014