THE PEOPLE PREPARE TO BE HEARD

Drop all Charges Against Luis Anglero, Jr.!
End police brutality from Hartford to Ferguson

What: March and Rally to Drop the Charges against Luis Anglero, Jr.
When: Wed. Aug. 27 6PM
Where: The corner of Albany Ave and Main St. (Just North passed Capitol Prep 1304 Main St.) Hartford, CT

From Hartford to Ferguson to L.A. people are mobilizing and demanding an end to police violence in their communities. Less than 2 weeks after the murder of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, MO. Hartford, CT police officer Shawn Ware tased 18 year Luis Anglero, Jr. sending him to the pavement, were he hit his head and and had a violent seizure. Video and eyewitness reports clearly show there is no justification for the officers action. Luis is innocent of any crime yet he has been charged with "breach of the peace in the second" and "interfering with police".

Cornell Lewis and Rabbi Donna Berman, executive director of Charter Oak Cultural Center called a meeting Monday to organize a response. Attendees included labor organizer Steve Thornton, Rev. Damaris Whittaker, pastor of the First Church of Christ in Hartford and representatives from Occupy Hartford, the University of Hartford, the Unitarian Society, and Mobilizing to Defend Our Rights. A representative from Luis Anglero Jr.’s family was also in attendance and thanked the group for their support.

We invite you to gather Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Albany and Main streets in Hartford to demand:

- All charges against Luis Anglero, Jr. be dropped immediately.
- Place officer Shawn Ware under arrest for assaulting Luis
- Open the books on all protocol for using lethal and less lethal weapons, include a list of all weaponry used by the HPD
- Public hearings and community speak outs in every neighborhood to better understand the full scope of police brutality in Hartford.

ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE SPEAK WITH SINGLE VOICE

On August 27, 2014 100 people marched to the Hartford Police Department in protest against the tasering of Luis Anglero. The statement below was read inside HPD by Cornell Lewis, Rabbi Donna Berman, Rev. Damaris  D.Whittaker.


Manifesto for the Hartford Police Department

We, the people, citizens of Hartford, demand that the Hartford Police Department serve the community with care, respect and sensitivity to our needs, and without aggression and violence.
We, the people, demand that all charges against Luis Anglero are dismissed, immediately.
We, the people, demand that charges be brought against Detective Shawn Ware for using excessive force.

We, the people, demand full accountability and transparency from the Hartford Police Department, including:
• A comprehensive list of all weapons (lethal and less lethal, e.g. tasers, sound cannons, stun and flash grenades, rubber bullets, etc.) in police arsenal
• A comprehensive list of protocols in place for use of these weapons
• A comprehensive list of incidences of tasering in the past year, including extent of force and demographics of those tasered
• An independent investigation into the tasering of Luis Anglero.

We, the people, demand that the police attend a public forum, put together by the Hartford community, to discuss issues of strained relations with the community.
We, the people, will not tolerate any needless imposition of suffering or loss of life at the hands of the police, as in the case of Eric Gardner in New York and Michael Brown in Missouri.

WHY ATTACKS ON THE TWO MEN?

The drama at Connecticut Juvenile Training School continues in high gear. For whatever reason it seems as if unity among workers is decreasing. Just a while ago Youth Service Officers were signing petitions and forcing Joette Katz Commissioner of Department of Children and Families to meet with them. The glow of that meeting is over obviously; we now have attacks by employees on one another like the Hatfields & McCoys epic battles. Sources report how one YSO is being accused of challenging directives given by a superior. Kevin Strachen [ the source claims ] is being singled out for punishment and his peers cannot figure out why. We must consider that Strachen is a member of the hostile work environment lawsuit launched four years ago with four other people [ DCF Plantation 5 ]. Since the lawsuit was filed management has tried all manner of trickery to discipline Strachen. He has been investigated every time he had to physically restrain a resident at CJTS. Now there are rumors that management is once again filing complaints in various forms against Strachen.

The next incident concerns Ray Monteiro a dedicated YSO at CJTS. For years white management has been quietly trying to erode Ray's influence with incarcerated youth. Ray started a program called icy dreams which is designed to let residents sell flavored snow cones under supervision of employees. This business endeavor teaches youth how to manage money and interact with customers. Icy dreams was targeted by management to be shut down several times. Ray's son Barray has been and still is being targeted by management for minor infractions [ this is in order to get to Ray ]. Now all of a sudden white management is using YSOs to go after Ray. It is reported that a fellow employee recently walked up to Ray and voiced disapproval about certain things. Well why in the world is a fellow employee doing this? The same person that confronted Ray is usually  "quiet as a church mouse" people claim. Now he is confronting Ray for no good reason? Hold on readers, there are reasons this is happening now to Ray. We need look no further than white management using YSOs as attack dogs. By doing it in this manner management can claim to have clean hands. Yeah right.

RALLY TO ADDRESS EXCESSIVE POLICE FORCE

March and Rally To Drop the Charges Against Luis Anglero Jr.

Posted: August 26, 2014 in Call to Action, Fight Back, Solidarity


What: March and Rally to Drop the Charges against Luis Anglero, Jr.

When: Wed. Aug. 27 6PM
Where: The corner of Albany Ave and Main St. (Just North passed Capitol Prep 1304 Main St.) Hartford, CT

From Hartford to Ferguson to L.A. people are mobilizing and demanding an end to police violence in their communities. Less than 2 weeks after the murder of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, MO. Hartford, CT police officer Shawn Ware tasered 18 year Luis Anglero, Jr. sending him to the pavement, were he hit his head and and had a violent seizure. Video and eyewitness reports clearly show there is no justification for the officers action. Luis is innocent of any crime yet he has been charged with “breach of the peace in the second” and “interfering with police”.

Cornell Lewis and Rabbi Donna Berman, executive director of Charter Oak Cultural Center called a meeting Monday to organize a response. Attendees included labor organizer Steve Thornton, Rev. Damaris Whittaker, pastor of the First Church of Christ in Hartford and representatives from Occupy Hartford, Mobilizing to Defend Our Rights and members of the Unitarian Society. A representative from Luis Anglero Jr.’s family was also in attendance and thanked the group for their support.

We invite you to gather Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Albany and Main streets in Hartford to demand:

- All charges against Luis Anglero, Jr. be dropped immediately.
– Place officer Shawn Ware under arrest for assaulting Luis
– Open the books on all protocol for using lethal and less lethal weapons, include a list of all weaponry used by the HPD
– Public hearings and community speak outs in every neighborhood to better understand the full scope of police brutality in Hartford

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WILL THEY EVER LEARN ANYTHING?

While in Hartford recently a lawyer stopped me and inquired about my ongoing battle for racial justice as it relates to Department of Children and Families / Connecticut Juvenile Training School. I responded by saying that an arbitrator ruled against DCF's termination of me and to restore job, benefits etc. The lawyer said to me " Cornell DCF et al. do not give a damn about going to court and fighting these lawsuits or arbitration. It is public money they use therefore it does not matter to them.Those people in charge of state run agencies are only interested in winning, in the final analysis this kind of thing [ claims of racial injustice by employees of color ] continues to occur. What is really sad is that these white people running DCF / CJTS do not learn anything nor is change made."

Those words from a legal mind struck home as I reflected on all the effort that went into pointing out CJTS blatant discrimination against employees of color. All DCF publicity person did was deny all charges and claim I had no valid basis for making such allegations. Even when Freedom of Information documents from DCF proved beyond doubt that white management disciplined employees of color more severely and with greater frequency-- talking heads within the DCF Plantation stayed on message i.e. "there is nothing wrong."

Well clearly something is " rotten in Denmark" and just because the white overseers at DCF do not acknowledge wrondoing does not mean it is not valid.

Is that lawyer telling the truth will they [ DCF ] ever learn anything?

IN SUPPORT OF COMRADES FACING POLICE BRUTALITY

Dear Comrades,
Rabbi Donna Berman and I are concerned about police brutality across America. Black men in New York and Ferguson, Mo have died due to police brutality. We are meeting Monday August 25th at 3pm Charter Oak Cultural Center to plan a stronger response to police brutality. We plan a march to the HPD with reading of a manifesto statement about police brutality. The event will take place Wednesday August 27th at 6pm.

There have been several rallies in support of Ferguson, Mo in Hartford. We do not want to tire folks out. This will be different in a variety of ways, no sugar coating ... straight ahead dialogue.

More details to follow. If you wish to be part of this event come to Charter Oak Cultural Center August 25th at 3pm.

Cornell Lewis

LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN

The DCF Plantation blog recently received several reports about how white management at Connecticut Juvenile Training School treats non- people of color differently than the natives. This blog staff writer heard from reliable sources the following story. A white female was hired a year ago to work 2nd shift as Youth Services Officer at CJTS. From all accounts the young white female did not relate well with incarcerated residents and appeared weak in area of disciplinary measures. Then one day this same female ended up teaching Safe Crisis Management techniques to CJTS staff. Now SCM is designed to teach YSOs how to use proper restraint techniques on residents when situations arise for it. In other cases when YSOs do not workout as employees the management staff ends employment (usually this means folk of color terminated). However when a white person is employed and has difficulty working with residents other measures are found in keeping them on the job. Now let me be clear in saying that these words written above come from YSOs of color who feel slighted about this white female getting preferential treatment (or so it seems). There is a pattern YSOs claim of white employees getting different treatment than people of color.

In order to make their point YSOs brought the following story to my attention. Several years ago the State of Connecticut was making budget cut backs and this extended to CJTS letting go administrative staff. Well a black male and white male were slated for possibly losing their job. White administrators at CJTS tried to keep the white management person on the job while terminating the black male. The black male then sited his years in military service as reason for staying at CJTS. Clearly the white manager had less time of being employed; the CJTS hierarchy kept the black manager but created a job description for their white male buddy. In other words whites looked out for their own in this scenario and with the SCM trainer too.

It is clear that not only are white management types treating YSOs with harsher disciplinary measures but other forms of hocus pocus go on daily. In the final analysis people of color are treated differently while whites are looking out for their own.

DEMONIZING THE PERSON AND IGNORING CRITICAL ISSUES

The Department of Children and Families plus Connecticut Juvenile Training School is besieged with problems of employee racism, bias and dysfunctional leadership. Yet for several years both agencies chose to ignore these volatile and ugly issues, while focusing on activists trying to achieve justice. One person in particular seemed to be the focal point of DCF / CJTS ill will- former CJTS employee Cornell Lewis. After working at CJTS for six years Lewis was terminated July 17, 2013 on charges that can only be described as something out of the Twilight Zone. White management charged Lewis with Neglect of Duty, kept him employed for one month then placed him on paid administrative leave for one year. After all that maneuvering, then the stage was set for white management to fire him.

However before DCF / CJTS terminated Lewis they demonized aspects of his character in order to give cover to their nefarious plans. Lewis was described as trouble maker for having the nerve to point out bias or discrimination. There were several investigations launched against him that culminated in no disciplinary actions. When Lewis walked around CJTS property conducting job duties white management observed him closely: disinformation was put out about Lewis’s community activities in Greater Hartford. All of these things were done in order to lay ground work for white management to try and convince people Lewis should not be working with incarcerated CJTS males and this is why he needed to be terminated. Historically character assassination is a favorite trick of oppressors trying to stay in power: demonizing the person and ignoring critical issues confuses people and allows those in power to legitimize their claims on legal or moral grounds. In order to make such demonizing imagery authentic the white management team even brought in Negro female / male state employees to sit in at Lewis’s legal hearings ( more on this subject in another story). These smiling Negroes are well paid by their masters and do white management’s bidding without hesitation.

After spending almost two years of trying to place the onus of any disciplinary actions on Cornell Lewis an arbitrator ruled July 11, 2014 that DCF /CJTS did not have sufficient evidence to terminate Lewis, and ordered him back to work. Now other workers on the DCF Plantation are rising up to protest injustice or bias. Will management seek also to sully these employees character?

CORNELL'S FIRING WAS A NECESSITY OR NECESSARY EVIL

The scenario is well known by now to most employees of Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Youth Services Officer Cornell Lewis was fired from CJTS on July 17, 2013 supposedly for Neglect of Duty. This staff writer found out that CJTS management led the charge to get rid of Lewis for organizing workers to resist injustice at that facility. The official version by Department of Children and Families for Lewis dismissal claims Neglect of Duty [not seeing two residents fight]. For the charge of Neglect of Duty there is usually a written reprimand or several day suspension ( three days at the most). However DCF / CJTS decided to fire Cornell plus two additional workers under the guise of protecting children. The real reason for the three terminations was to get Lewis off CJTS property. For years Lewis exposed the unequal disciplinary actions white management aimed at black / Latino men through terminations or harsher disciplines. Because Lewis dared expose these things a vindictive white privileged management decided “ Cornell’s firing was a necessity or necessary evil.”
In order to maintain their aura of invincibility and apartheid type rule, white management decided to strike at a man they not only detested but feared.

White management detested Cornell for several reasons, he as a black man stood before them unafraid and proclaimed the truth. Also Cornell wrote for three black owned newspapers in Hartford and consistently indicted the DCF and CJTS hierarchy in these publications. Lastly, when being investigated by management on some phony charge, Lewis used historical, classical Greek literature, black history and Shakespearean quotes to defend himself. This did not sit well with CJTS white management many of whom cannot conjugate a verb properly. It is not strange for whites in power to try and eliminate threats to their power base within DCF/ CJTS especially if the person during the proclaiming of injustice is a black male. History records show America destroyed Paul Robeson, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Noble Drew Ali, W.E.B. Dubois, Ruben Hurricane Carter, Medgar Evers and the list goes on. All of these men mentioned plus others history has ignored or forgotten are victims of systematic pernicious racism. In other words America eliminated the so called black male threat. Ergo, CJTS followed in that old grand American tradition when they got rid of Cornell.

However on July 11, 2014 a female arbitrator wrote in a decision that Lewis was unjustly terminated from the job at CJTS. The same arbitrator ordered DCF /CJTS to reinstate Lewis with all benefits, back pay, vacation pay due to him. Well that attempt by white management to silence Lewis failed; now the man management loves to hate is given his job back. In the final analysis no matter how this scene plays out remember one thing please; Cornell’s firing was a necessity or necessary evil.


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Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

COMMUNITY PARTY NEWS REPORT

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Political Roundup: Bridgeport Cop Indicted for Civil Rights Violation / Corporatism & Tom Foley’s Fusion Paperboard Debacle

This column appears in the August  14 – 21 edition of the Hartford News… Check out our No Sellout blog for an important message from Connecticut Justice Party State Coordinator Carlos Camacho.  http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/message-from-carlos-camacho/

                                                                     Trayvon Martin Act Update
                     Bridgeport Police Officer Clive Higgins Indicted for Civil Rights Violation

Report from News 12 Connecticut   http://connecticut.news12.com/

A third Bridgeport police officer has been indicted for his role in a case where the officers beat a man in custody.
Prosecutors charged Clive Higgins with violating the civil rights of Orlando Lopez-Soto.
The two other officers involved have already pleaded guilty in the case.
Elson Morales and Joe Lawlor will be sentenced in September. They face up to a year in PRISON and could be forced to resign.

Watch video of the beating here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AO_7YGma-I

The 2013 conviction of East Haven police officers Dennis Spaulding and David Cari on FEDERAL CHARGES of racially profiling Latinos is irrefutable evidence that biased policing is happening in Connecticut. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration has gone to great lengths to protect the police, who wield considerable political influence at the State Capitol. Office of Policy and Management Under Secretary Mike Lawlor and the so-called Racial Profiling Prohibition Project have focused on an esoteric data collection process, while ignoring the conviction of the EHPD officers. Let’s see if they also try to sweep the Bridgeport case under the rug. http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/trayvon-martin-act-report-connecticut-racial-profiling-prohibition-project/  Contrary to Lawlor’s assertion that biased policing is a “perceived problem”, police containment of Black and Latino neighborhoods by racial profiling, intimidation and violence is a real issue. Right next door in New York, a medical examiner ruled that the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the NYPD was a homicide. http://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/5/new_york_police_killing_of_eric  Check out our Resources section for the Community Party’s Trayvon Martin Act bill language, testimony by Mary Sanders (who wrote CP’s Trayvon Act) and Adam Osmond at a forum on racial profiling and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement report on the extrajudicial killing of Black people by the police, SECURITY GUARDS and vigilantes.

It seemed like a good idea at the time…  Last month Tom Foley, who easily defeated Sen. John McKinney in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, traveled to the town of Sprague to hold a press conference in front of Fusion Paperboard, a paper mill that is being closed in September by OpenGate Capital, a private INVESTMENT FIRM. Foley’s plan was to use Fusion as a prop while he bashed Malloy’s economic policies. Foley ended up being embarrassed by Fusion employees and Democratic Party Sen. Cathy Osten, who is also the town’s first selectwoman. Foley was berated by Osten and the Fusion employees for exploiting the paper mill’s closure and being clueless about the factors which actually led to the company’s demise. Foley wanted to use Fusion to spread his gospel of business deregulation. His attempt flopped miserably. As Fusion workers read him the Riot Act, Foley looked like an out of touch rich guy, which is exactly what he is. Foley admitted to Osten that he never set foot in Sprague prior to July 29th, the date that Foley arrived in town to dance on Fusion Paperboard’s grave. This was a calculated ploy by a politician to use the plight of the working class for his own PERSONAL gain. To the delight of Malloy and McKinney, Foley’s slimy move blew up in his face. It would have been nice if Sen. Osten displayed the same passion on behalf of public employees. While Osten was the co-chair of the Labor and Public Employees Committee, she refused to meet with CP to discuss our Safe Work Environment Act. Based on our experience with Osten, it appears that her confrontation with Foley was at least partially motivated by the gubernatorial election. Current committee co-chair Sen. Gary Holder Winfield will introduce our workplace bullying bill in 2015.  http://senatedems.ct.gov/Holder-Winfield.php

Proof that the election is a false choice was on display during the August 3 Fox CT Capitol Report program. Working Families Party executive director Lindsay Farrell, who a couple of days earlier announced that WFP was again cross-endorsing Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, placing them on two ballot lines in the November election, and Jodi Latina, a campaign staffer for McKinney, both gloated over Foley’s debacle in Sprague. Farrell did not challenge Latina on McKinney’s plan if he is elected, which is to threaten state workers with layoffs if they don’t agree to concessions; employees have already done so twice since 2009 (I’m a state worker). WFP’s endorsement of Malloy reinforces their image as a satellite of the Democratic Party. When state workers rejected the concessions deal between union “leaders” and Malloy, he responded by issuing thousands of layoff notices. Malloy smacked teachers in the face with an anti-teacher bill that was mostly dismantled by the legislature. Malloy knew that he could count on WFP to avoid holding him accountable, no matter what he did. Malloy, Foley and McKinney are all union busters, the only difference is a matter of DEGREE.

The inconvenient fact for liberals and conservatives is that Malloy, Foley and McKinney are all corporatists. Malloy has thrown millions at big business through his First Five initiative. He attempted to give over $100 million to Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world.  Malloy, Foley and McKinney are privatizers: Malloy is a rabid proponent of the privatization of education. Foley and McKinney both support privatizing state services. Because Malloy is a Democrat, he will throw workers a bone in the form of a watered down paid sick days bill or an inadequate minimum wage boost to $10.10, so he can cite these policy positions as an example of his support of labor. Malloy would not get behind a minimum wage increase until it became an election year issue. He refused to support a minimum wage boost in 2012, even after the bill had been gutted to a measly 25 cent increase with no index for inflation. Malloy’s outright bullying of state workers and public school teachers is a true indication of his attitude toward the working class. The Democrats and Republicans both give lip service to supporting the workers, while their actual policy decisions reflect their subservience to Wall Street.

“Power of labor suppressed or eliminated. Since organized labor was seen as the one power center that could challenge the political hegemony of the ruling elite and its corporate allies, it was inevitably crushed or made powerless. The poor formed an underclass, viewed with suspicion or outright contempt. Under some regimes, being poor was considered akin to a vice.” ~ The 14 Defining Principles of Fascism by Dr. Lawrence Britt

David G. Mills’  Information Clearing House article, It’s the Corporate State, Stupid, is a must read. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7260.htm  Mills discusses the definition of corporatism by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who said, “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power”. One of the objectives of the corporate state in this country is to roll back workers’ gains in wages and benefits. Unlike Malloy and Foley, McKinney does not attempt to downplay the fact that he’s a corporatist. Connecticut Mirror health reporter Arielle Levin Becker interviewed the gubernatorial candidates about their health care policy positions. McKinney laid out his plan of attack against state workers. McKinney described their health care package as a “platinum plan”; he wanted the state employee unions to return to the negotiating table yet again to surrender more of their wages and benefits.

While McKinney demonized state workers he said nothing about closing tax loopholes for the wealthy and corporations, who are stacking more cash than state workers could ever dream of. Matthew Santacroce made recommendations as to how the state could rake in huge sums of much needed revenue in his Connecticut Voices for Children report, Reality Check: Who Pays Taxes in Connecticut. http://www.ctvoices.org/publications/reality-check-who-pays-taxes-connecticut The report found that the state’s working class and poor residents pay more in taxes than the rich. “Raise marginal income tax rates on our state’s wealthiest residents to align with those in New York State. Raising Connecticut’s rates just on income over $1 million could generate over $400 million annually. Close corporate tax loopholes that reward companies that ship profits and jobs out of state. Instituting mandatory combined reporting and the throwback rule would increase state revenues by over $100 million next year, while leveling the playing field for the small businesses that are vital to Connecticut’s economy. Report regularly on how much people at different income levels and businesses of different sizes pay in state and local taxes (tax incidence analysis), which will provide policymakers with a clear picture of taxes in Connecticut, and will help to inform complicated tax policy debates in an objective, data-driven fashion.” Like Malloy and Foley, McKinney’s economic policies are dictated by his Wall Street masters. McKinney’s populist rhetoric about standing up for the working class is directly contradicted by his ideological opposition to the recommendations in the Connecticut Voices for Children report. The Fusion Paperboard press conference was great theater but the truth is that neither Malloy, Foley or McKinney support the interests of the workers.

Malloy vs. Foley II is now an official sequel. McKinney, who spent the past several weeks explaining in vivid detail why Foley sucks, immediately vowed to do anything that Foley asks of him to make Malloy a one-term governor. Foley said, “Change is on the way!” Yeah, right… Within the next couple of weeks, we will find out if third-party candidates Jonathan Pelto and Joe Visconti will get an opportunity to steal the show.


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QUEEN OF THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

There are persistent rumors coming out of Connecticut Juvenile Training School about worker abuse of Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA). Youth Service Officers at CJTS are held to a high standard when it comes to reporting for work, being on time, using medical leave correctly and not abusing it. If YSOs are made to adhere to a strict code then should this not apply to administrators also. Take for instance the Unit Supervisor that has used FMLA to the point of excess.

Sources within CJTS report a female Unit Leader is never at work : this absence causes her workers on the Unit to go unsupervised. In addition there are 20 residents on the supervisor's Unit in need of her guidance but she is not to be found ( except on FMLA ). Staff reporters for this blog have written about this Unit Leader before i.e. describing how her time sheets clearly highlight excessive amounts of sick time leave. Hell, a few watchdog advocates even sent letters to Governor Danel Malloy and State Comptroller Kevin Lembo about possible fraud by this Unit Leader and still she continues using FMLA.

In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s stories appeared in major newspapers about black women abusing welfare payments. At this time whites were pushing to overhaul the welfare system and used the " black welfare queen" as symbols. A national outcry arose to " fix welfare." Now in the year 2014 we might have a  FMLA queen at CJTS but there is no public outcry from CJTS management or state officials. Now it is true the Unit Leader has not been charged with FMLA abuse, but damn, it does seem strange she is always out on medical leave.

In conclusion let me state she might be queen of the Family and Medical leave Act.


Learn About Family and Medical Leave Act
Family and Medical Leave: Overview
The FMLA allows workers to take time off from work to care for sick family members and it has been vital to the success of working families. This overview article has all the basic information you need to get started.

Rights and Responsibilities Under the Family and Medical Leave Act
Although the FMLA has been a boon to many employees, a worker cannot just skip work whenever he feels like it. Read on to learn about what an employee must do to get FMLA leave.

FMLA Eligibility
FMLA leave is not just for any employee who needs time off for any illness. This article explains who is eligible for leave and who is not in easy to understand language.

Qualifying Reasons for FMLA Leave
Most people access FMLA leave to welcome a new child into the house, but there are other reasons to access leave. This article explains what kinds of health conditions will trigger FMLA leave.

 - See more at: http://employment.findlaw.com/family-medical-leave/family-and-medical-leave-act.html?DCMP=GOO-EMP_FMLABroadModifier-Gen&HBX_PK=medical+leave+act#sthash.SwwuxAPN.dpuf

MESSAGE TO THE OPPRESSOR DURING A LEGAL LYNCHING

This is a statement delivered by Cornell Lewis on July 1, 2013 to members of management at Connecticut Juvenile Training School and Department of Children and Families. On this day management decided to terminate Cornell Lewis on certain dubious charges in order to silence his activism. After being on paid administrative leave for one year the leaders decided to strike. Cornell gave this speech after being fired in opposition to the farce he had just witnessed. This is the speech as it was presented, no attempts were made by this blog to correct it in any form.

STATEMENT TO DCF PRE-DISCIPLINARY HEARING
 505 HUDSON STREET HARTFORD, CT – JULY 1, 2013, 1:30PM
                                    8TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM

I WANT TO THANK THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES [AFSCME] UNION FOR BEING HERE TO REPRESENT ME. “A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.”

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ASKED ME TO COME HERE TODAY FOR A REASON. THE STATED REASON IS TO ADDRESS NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGES AGAINST THREE YOUTH SERVICE OFFICERS FOR NOT SEEING TWO RESIDENTS GET INTO A FIGHT.

 FAIR ENOUGH.

I THINK HOWEVER THE REAL MOTIVE FOR ME BEING HERE IS OLD AS AMERICA AND BITTER AS WORMWOOD.

DCF/CJTS WANT TO SILENCE A BLACK MAN FOR HAVING THE UNMITIGATED GALL TO POINT OUT PERCEIVED BIASES OR INJUSTICES TOWARDS EMPLOYEES OF COLOR. DCF  DATA DESCRIBES 66% OF ALL DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS ARE AIMED AT EMPLOYEES OF COLOR; WHILE PEOPLE OF COLOR MAKE UP 45-47 % OF THE WORKFORCE.

WHAT CANNOT BE FATHOMED IS HOW DCF/CJTS ARE POISED TO USE POWER TO CRUSH THE LIVELY HOOD AND FAMILIES OF TWO INNOCENT EMPLOYEES, AND THEN FINALLY GET RID OF THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE- THE BAD NEGRO. THIS PROCEEDING IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LEGAL LYNCHING OF A BLACK MAN. AND LYNCHING OF PROBLEMATIC BLACK MEN –USING POLICY AND PROCEDURE IS SOMETHING DCF HAS CRAFTED INTO A FINE ART FORM.

IN CLOSING PLEASE DO NOT THINK THIS STATEMENT IS OUT OF ANGER TOWARDS YOU.  I UNDERSTAND THAT DCF/CJTS HIERARCHY REPRESENTS A TYPE OF UNBRIDLED POWER THAT IS ABLE / WILLING TO HANDLE PROBLEMATIC BLACK MEN IN THAT TIME HONORED TRADITION – SILENCE THEM.

 I DO NOT UTTER THESE WORDS HATEFULLY.

MY INTENTION IS TO PENETRATE, ILLUMINATE, AND LACERATE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOME, WHO PREVARICATE FROM THE TRUTH.

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16-year-old Black transgender teen Jane Doe has been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic since April 8, by order of  Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz. Jane Doe faces no criminal charges; DCF imprisoned this Black child in an adult prison for allegedly assaulting DCF staff members. http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/8/after_abuse_under_state_supervision_transgender

Cornell Lewis and I are collaborating on the Jane Doe Act, which is legislation that would prohibit DCF from sending one of their clients to a correctional institution. The statute which allows DCF to incarcerate their clients has only been used twice, counting Jane Doe. CT Gen. Stat. 17a-12: “When, in the opinion of the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, a person fourteen years of age or older is dangerous to himself or herself or others or cannot be safely held at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, if a male, or at any other facility within the state available to the Commissioner of Children and Families, the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, may request an immediate hearing before the Superior Court on the docket for juvenile matters where such person was originally committed to determine whether such person shall be transferred to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, if a male, or the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, if a female.”

If DCF has a client whom they feel they can’t handle, that youth should be sent to a treatment facility, where their behavior issues can be addressed clinically. We’re also discussing an outreach campaign to raise awareness about Jane Doe and the criminalization of Black and Latino youths. Stay tuned for updates. Check out Cornell’s DCF Plantation blog. http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/

David Samuels

Founder

Community Party

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ONCE AGAIN HE IS IN THE POSITION OF VICTIMIZATION

The definition of victim is “ one who suffers from an action or event” and all over the DCF Plantation people suffer from injustice daily. This staff writer received information from reliable sources about another incident involving Barray Monteiro at CJTS. For readers who don’t know Barray is a Youth Services Officer at Connecticut Juvenile Training School and recently beat an investigation that seemed specifically aimed at him [ read the earlier stories posted on this blog ].

On August 1, 2014 Barray came to CJTS for an overtime position on Unit 2B around 5:30am. He consulted with other YSOs on the Unit 2B then took members of the football team up for practice on the field. He did not think anything was wrong and continued doing what coaches do when instructing young men in the art of football i.e. block, tackle, and finish the play. It is reported that while on the field Barray was paged over the radio YSOs carry but did not hear the summons due to youth hollering, whistles blowing and noise in general. At this point something strange occurred and needs explanation. Barray supposedly received verbal chastisement from management for not being on his Unit 2B; management informed Barray that there were call outs from the job and someone [ Barray ] had to fill in the vacant position. Since Barray worked overtime the alternative was to place him in the unfilled position.  Then sources report the language implied maybe Barray committed insubordination by not being at Unit 2B. Well as the story unfolds other higher management types looked into the situation and found ( are you surprised?) there was no need to cover a vacant position- lo and behold a mistake had been made. Black holes may exist in the vastness of space but at CJTS no scheduling hole could be found.

Barray did not have to leave the football field, someone made a mistake. Now this staff writer does not want to engage in conspiracy theories: two weeks or so after Barray’s Spanish Inquisition is called off without discipline another incident materializes. For years employees at CJTS talked about Workplace Bullying; management using policy or procedure to intimidate, harass, discipline or terminate people. What do we call this latest escapade involving Barray.

In conclusion someone has to look at what is going on at CJTS and conclude it ain’t right

HEY, HEY, STILL AFTER BARRAY

The DCF Plantation staff received emails that read Barray Monteiro is under scrutiny again at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. At this juncture all the facts are not known about this latest ordeal from management toward Barray. If you remember there were several articles posted on this blog about Barray and how CJTS management might have investigated him in order to really strike at his father Ray.

Well Barray beat the last investigation without receiving any discipline, but now it is rumored management again is seeking possibly to investigate Barray. All we can say is what the hell is going on??

COALITION AGAINST ORGANIZATIONAL DISCRIMINATION PART 2

COALITION AGAINST ORGANIZATIONAL DISCRIMINATION
                                 
The group of people gathered on July 29, 2014 outside the Post Office at Unity Plaza in Hartford’s Northend. They decided to discuss being employees of state run agencies and facing discrimination / bias. In attendance were employees of color representing the Department of Corrections that filed a class action lawsuit [ 2013] alleging Organizational Discrimination. Eric Hundley author of the book The Dark Side of Child Protection Services (2014) opened up the event by explaining what OD is and the pernicious effect it has in the workplace. Eric announced the formation of Coalition Against Organizational Discrimination in order to bring issues to public attention.

Atiya K.Sample Attorney at Law spoke next on behalf of Dept. of Correction employees in attendance and part of the lawsuit. Her comments described how people of color are affected by OD, making workplace environments toxic and how this needs to be changed. Ebony Murphy-Root and Jonathan Pelto are candidates for political office ( the former for Lieutenant Governor, the latter Governor ) they both said that discrimination in the workplace is problematic in Connecticut and needs to be publicly analyzed in order to properly eliminate it. At the end of the announcement I spoke about how people fight OD individually often losing against agencies with power and money. I then explained how it is necessary for people to unite behind an entity like C.A.O.D. in order to achieve success.

Here is the thesis statement of C.A.O.D. given by Eric Hundley:

Organizational discrimination has a ubiquitous presence within the work climates of virtually all state agencies.  This brand of discrimination has discernible patterns and evident impacts upon afflicted populations.  To date initiatives to address organizational discrimination have been grossly in effective, as they have fallen short of addressing the systemic components which support the incessant presence of organizational discrimination.

As agents for change, we are dedicated to empowering those impacted by organizational discrimination; such victims also tend to belong to populations historically marginalized.  In the spirit of advocacy, through the approach of social responsibility, the prevalence of organizational discrimination will be challenged, no longer requiring vulnerable employees to shoulder this collective burden in silence and solitude.

http://www.caodct.org/
 

COALITION AGAINST ORGANIZATIONAL DISCRIMINATION

For years people have suffered organizational discrimination while working within state agencies in Connecticut. The vast majority of those being disciplined unfairly are males of African and Hispanic descent. On July 29, 2014 the Coalition Against Organizational Discrimination held a press conference in Hartford. More details about C.A.O.D. will be published in a follow up blog article soon, along with pictures of those at the press conference.

This is the thesis statement of C.A.O.D.
Organizational discrimination has a ubiquitous presence within the work climates of virtually all state agencies.  This brand of discrimination has discernible patterns and evident impacts upon afflicted populations.  To date initiatives to address organizational discrimination have been grossly in effective, as they have fallen short of addressing the systemic components which support the incessant presence of organizational discrimination.

As agents for change, we are dedicated to empowering those impacted by organizational discrimination; such victims also tend to belong to populations historically marginalized.  In the spirit of advocacy, through the approach of social responsibility, the prevalence of organizational discrimination will be challenged, no longer requiring vulnerable employees to shoulder this collective burden in silence and solitude.

SIMILAR INCIDENTS BUT DIFFERENT RESULTS ON THE PLANTATION

The case of Youth Service Officer Barray Monterio has been written about and posted by DCF Plantation blog. Barray was accused of being inattentive after working a double shift. This allegation led to him being investigated but not disciplined. Let me juxtapose Barray with another YSO’s incident.

Reliable sources report the following story. During the month of January 24-30, 2014 a male YSO was assigned overtime at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. The YSO in question went to Middlesex Hospital with a male resident during late [ 3rd shift ] hours. While on duty the YSO was caught sleeping while supposedly watching this youth; hospital administrator walked in and caught the YSO. And according to the chatter this employee slept for 3 hours. Now the main point of this story is that someone called CJTS to report this sleeping infraction. However for some mysterious reason no investigation was ever undertaken. How did this non investigation get misplaced or perhaps ignored?

It has long been established that management plays favorites with certain employees. Let me be clear. If management likes a certain YSO then that employee gets overlooked when discipline is handed out. Now back to Barray being inattentive during work. This employee [ Barray ] admitted closing his eyes momentarily after wording overtime. And management launched some type of investigation worthy of the Spanish Inquisition against Barray. Only after public attention was focused on Barray and the investigation did management start to backpedal or Moon Walk like Michael Jackson—in order to get out of the situation. Yet here is another case of someone sleeping for hours and being reported by hospital administrators to CJTS. However in the case of this sleeping YSO [ 3 hours plus ] his friends[?] might have swept the complaint under the rug.
In the final analysis the YSO caught sleeping at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown got away with another infraction because he is liked. Perhaps the three hour sleeping YSO is singing that song by Garth Brooks “I got friends in low places.”

JUSTICE & RALLY FOR JANE DOE

We print this article in solidarity with comrades from the gay-- LGBT community.
 furbirdsqueerly

Jane Doe is a transgender youth, born male, and identifies as female.


Wednesday, July 30 @ 5:30 PM
DCF Headquarters - 505 Hudson St., Hartford, CT

CT DCF's torment of Jane Doe is far from over. On July 13, DCF ordered
that Jane be moved to the CT Juvenile Training School, a locked
facility for delinquent boys. DCF claims this happened as a result of
an altercation with other girls at the Pueblo unit (the girls'
facility Jane was transferred to when released from prison), but all
the girls were involved in the fight to the same degree - yet only
Jane was punished by being transferred to a boys' facility. DCF is
responding to Jane's status as an outspoken survivor of abuse at their
hands and using her gender identity to punish her. The transfer
occurred without her lawyers being notified, in the middle of the
night. It occurred in spite of the original placement ruling by a
judge, who articulated explicitly that Jane is NOT to go to CJTS. Jane
feels unsafe and miserable, and her mental health is deteriorating.

We urge all of Jane's supporters to converge on DCF headquarters and
demand real #JusticeForJane. We are demanding that Jane be released
from CJTS immediately, and that DCF Commissioner Katz - who has proven
time and again to only care about her own reputation and not the basic
dignity and safety of the most vulnerable kids in her care - be FIRED.
We are continuing to demand the repeal of statute 17a-12, which
allowed for Jane's imprisonment and likely her illegal transfer to
CJTS.

Join us! Car pools can be arranged; communicate on this page if you
want to take part in that.

Check out the Justice for Jane Site. https://www.facebook.com/justice4janeCT

Do check out this report from the Child Advocate concerning Jane and
her treatment by DCF.
Yes we have been telling the truth on this for some time now.

http://furbirdsqueerly.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/all-weve-been-saying-justice-for-jane-doe-dcf-guilty-as-charged/

COMMUNITY PARTY REPORT

Please forward widely! Pick up the Hartford News at these locations.  http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/hartford-news-locations/ Check out the archive of Community Party Hartford News columns at our No Sellout blog.   http://hendu39.wordpress.com/

David Samuels
Founder
Community Party
                       



                                                                   DCF Plantation Report      

This column appears in the July 24 - 31 edition of the Hartford News... Community Update: WFSB Face the State host / corporate shill Dennis House aired another infomercial on the Hartford stadium plan. Mayor Pedro Segarra's communications director Maribel La Luz was a guest; she talked about the stadium in terms of the facility being an anchor for high-end stores. La Luz did not mention the proposed North Hartford supermarket once. The focus of the program was how a stadium / retail complex could attract suburban whites into the city. There were no North End residents on the panel. On Monday Cornell Lewis led a protest against the stadium plan. Cornell told Fox CT that signatures were being collected to force a referendum on the stadium. 1400 signatures are needed to place this issue on the ballot...

Kennard Ray was quietly hired as the Deputy Registrar of Voters for the City of Hartford. Last year Segarra hired Ray as his Deputy Chief of Staff. Ray withdrew from the position after sensationalized corporate media reports about his legal history led to Segarra throwing Ray under the bus. Segarra said that Ray messed up because he didn't discuss his legal history during the job interview. The city's Ban the Box ordinance stipulates that an applicant does not have to talk about past legal issues during an interview. Segarra said that Ray had to be held to a "higher standard". A subsequent review by the Hartford Internal Audit Commission found that Segarra had hired several employees in his office who did not undergo a security background check; some had not even filled out a job application.

ICYMI Activist Marcia Morris wrote an essay on Cornell’s victory over the Department of Children and Families. http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/2014/07/victory-for-us-all.html  Cornell was fired by DCF July 17, 2013 in retaliation for his activism against structural racism at that agency. On July 11 an arbitrator ruled that DCF must reinstate Cornell and reimburse him fully for lost wages and benefits. Below is my reaction to Marcia's piece.                                  



                                                                    Reaction to Cornell Lewis’ Victory Against DCF


Cultural Dictionary

He who laughs last, laughs best definition

You may laugh now, thinking you have won, but you may not prevail in the end.
             

Marcia graciously tried to give DCF management the benefit of the doubt in her essay. I cannot be so forgiving. Data and internal management emails that Cornell, Adam Osmond, my Connecticut Valley Hospital co-worker John Hollis and I have obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and the results of CVH’s own workplace bullying survey, which they tried to suppress, say otherwise (see Resources). The racist disparity in terminations and suspensions at DCF and CVH is reprehensible.  When Cornell confronted DCF management with these facts, they lynched him, just like whites lynched Blacks back in the day who didn’t stay in their place. These murderers would bring their children to witness the event. After the lynching was completed, whites would cut off pieces of the Black person’s corpse and keep them as souvenirs. DCF management behaved in a similar fashion.

Unsatisfied with just taking his job, DCF attempted to figuratively dismember Cornell by employing legal tactics to prevent him from working with children. They vigorously fought Cornell’s effort to get his job back. The response of DCF and CVH management to allegations of racism, despite the overwhelming statistical evidence, is to deny, deny, deny. Internal CVH management emails show that they have been constantly monitoring my social media activity and attempting to manufacture excuses to target me for termination and / or legal action. John, who is white, has been subjected to ruthless intimidation tactics. 50 years ago, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were both white, were murdered along with Black activist James Chaney near Philadelphia, Mississippi. They were participating in a campaign to register Blacks to vote.

DCF and CVH management are fully conscious of their racist policies; they use Policy and Procedure to target employees, especially Blacks. My position is supported by the data we have obtained from both facilities. The pattern of racial bias is clearly systemic. Since John and I publicized the results of the CVH survey and the racist disciplinary data, the hostile behavior by supervisors and managers has continued; in grievance hearings they continue to give nonsensical excuses when we confront them with irrefutable email evidence of workplace mobbing on their part. This is an obvious indication that their superiors support and encourage their sociopathic behavior. The objective is clear; to maintain total obedience by the workers. Although racism is a key component, classism is also a major factor as employees of all colors are being oppressed. The CVH survey results are proof.

Cornell was buried alive by DCF management. He has clawed his way through the dirt, wiped off his shirt, and emerged victorious. Other victims of workplace bullying have met a different end. A 2008 study found that 15% of total adult suicides are related to workplace bullying. The CVH managers who are stalking me online will read that statistic, go to bed tonight, sleep like babies, and resume their bullying tactics when they return to work tomorrow morning. This is the criminal element that workers around the world, some who are already battling mental illness, must face every day. The Department of Health and Human Services states that workplace bullying is the equivalent of domestic violence.  http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hhs-workplace-bullying-domestic-violence_764508.html

In 2015 Sen. Gary Holder-Winfield will introduce the Community Party’s Safe Work Environment Act. http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/coming-in-2015-safe-work-environment-act/  The AFSCME Local 318 Safe Workplace Committee (which includes John and I as members) will call for a change to the employee grievance process. We want workplace bullying language added to the contract. Last year SEIU in California was successful in getting a Dignity Clause inserted into their agreement. We also want an independent arbitrator to hear grievances. The current process is a joke, as the employer hears worker complaints. The manager who hears the grievance at Step 1 defends the employer at Step 3. John has submitted an FOI request to obtain the outcome of state worker grievances for the last three years.

Congratulations to Cornell for winning his battle against DCF. The global war against workplace bullying continues. This week we'll share posts from Cornell's DCF Plantation blog.   http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/

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                                      VOICE OF DISCONTENT AT HAMILTON STREET PLANTATION


The voice displayed only a mild tremor when discussing working conditions at Department of Children and Families office on Hamilton Street in Hartford, Connecticut. He [wishes to remain anonymous] talked for almost one hour about how a white led management is using various techniques to squeeze every ounce of work from all employees. For example if a clinical worker does not keep at least an 85% case load rating then that person gets a failing grade from DCF. When pressed for more details, the worker replied how management wants a full case load of at least 25 people for DCF workers. This means maintaining 90% or higher rating and working non stop. You do not have a personal life outside of DCF, for time is directed toward not making mistakes that drop your case load rating. The person explained how putting together treatment plans for clients can be dangerous [if not approved]. Such an error automatically drops that case worker to lower status levels. In addition it was reported to this blog how at staff meetings performance ratings are placed on a large screen for all to see [causing added stress for people named as failing].

Then the case worker reported how disproportionate disciplinary actions are aimed toward black men at DCF Hamilton Street plantation (see Resources). It is hard to work with families of color in the community providing services when there is a paucity of black men. This – the case worker states - tends to diminish black men, especially in the impressionable eyes of children. It also reinforces stereotypes of black men not being productive in workplace settings. According to the case worker in this story mostly females visit homes in service delivery, and most of these are white. In addition black men are not in the process for promotion at Hamilton Street plantation. Most of the Program Managers are women and one black man recently had his application for promotion rejected.

This staff writer felt the conversation was winding down and asked if there were any more details needed for the story. The case worker at Hamilton Street decided the conversation needed to end. We promptly ended our dialogue.

In conclusion there are one million stories on the DCF plantation. You have just read one of them.

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized.
* it is ridiculed
* It is opposed
* It is regarded as self evident
--attributed to German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer ( 1788-1860)

                                             WHO ADDRESSES BASIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES

Employees at Connecticut Juvenile Training School fall under the old paradigm of representatives advocating for certain things. When a meeting was held at CJTS June 24th with Department of Children & Families Commissioner Joette Katz, a proper protocol of questioning ensued. Employees at CJTS were steered toward asking questions that did not cause controversy or ruffle feathers. The one black female who raised one racial question (“why Commissioner Katz do people of color receive harsher discipline than other ethnic groups?”) had it disregarded. There are few Union Stewards or Youth Service Officers willing to broach basic social issues before management on the DCF Plantation.

Issues concerning social issues need illuminating before CJTS management; employee’s recent existential angst, petition / letter to Katz are derived from earlier incidents around bias and discrimination. Now the hierarchy at DCF will dispute that claim and say “CJTS is in turmoil because certain YSOs love controversy” but the real reasons seem more profound--- complex. Until Key Stone Cops management develops courage to discuss basic social justice issues, problems at that facility will continue. Also it is the time for YSOS to demand social justice issues get pushed to the front of their agenda. Do not think any management people will decide in favor of unveiling race as a topic of discussion: America is still not comfortable talking about slavery or racism in some broader context. The only way race gets air time in America is when the people force it out in the open; after Trayvon Martin’s shooting death race became this hot topic. When basic social justice issues do not have the necessary public forum society suffers. At CJTS all those problems manifesting themselves in various forms have beginning points with suppression of not discussing social justice concerns.

If people peruse history correctly please notice how social upheavals always result when issues are stuffed down then not allowed public forums for dialogue.

                                                                 ANONYMOUS COMMENT FROM READER

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "WHO ADDRESSES BASIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES":

DCF can't and won't address any prevalent issues;
Race
Political motivation
Poor leadership
Because they're focus is not for the protection or aide of Families or youth. The facility operates under Capitialistic dogma. Each child is a number, that gets an amount of financial backing that DCF benefits from. This is new age slavery. Its operated with no bias. Also If DCF can make it increasingly more of a stressed work environment, or more unsafe, they save more money by making it difficult to retire.

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Resources

DCF / CVH disciplinary data, obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests:

http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/2012/11/dcf-disciplinary-2011-harsher-penalties.html?spref=tw

https://twitter.com/CTLotteryWatch/status/412319176674799616/photo/1  

Community Party Hartford News columns on structural racism at CVH. Includes CVH workplace bullying survey results and data / internal CVH management emails obtained through FOI requests:

http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/workplace-bullying-report-structural-racism-at-connecticut-valley-hospital/

http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/connecticut-valley-hospital-plantation/  

Special Report: Racism and Homophobia at Connecticut Valley Hospital:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/david-samuels/special-report-racism-homophobia-at-connecticut-valley-hospital/10151418650215432

Bullying Caused Women’s Suicide, Inquiry Told. The Sidney Morning Herald. Suicide, When Related to Workplace Bullying. by ABC
This column appears on the ABC-Anti-Bullying Crusader’s Weblog:

http://antibullyingcrusador.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/bullying-caused-womens-suicide-inquiry-told-the-sidney-morning-herald-suicide-when-related-to-workplace-bullying-by-abc/

Workplace Bullying Report  - A Survivor’s Story:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/david-samuels/workplace-bullying-report-a-survivors-story/10151447046360432

Cornell Lewis Legal Defense Fund:

http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/2013/07/help-with-legal-fund.html  
Proposed Nevada workplace bullying bill:

http://abusergoestowork.com/nys-proposed-healthy-wkpl-bill/


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HERE IS THE REPORT OF BARRAY MONTEIRO

Click here to read the report.

BARRAY MONTEIRO INVESTIGATION REPORT

The investigation of Youth Service Officer Barray Monteiro is now complete. Barray works at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. This staff writer obtained a copy of the Human Resources investigation through Freedom of Information Act requests. The entire report will be posted soon on DCF Plantation blog.

REACTION TO CORNELL LEWIS' VICTORY AGAINST DCF

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David Samuels
Founder
Community Party


                                       Reaction to Cornell Lewis’ Victory Against DCF

Activist Marcia Morris wrote an essay on Cornell Lewis’ victory over the Department of Children and Families. Cornell was fired by DCF July 17, 2013 in retaliation for his activism against structural racism at that agency. On Friday an arbitrator ruled that DCF must reinstate Cornell and reimburse him fully for lost wages and benefits. My reaction follows Marcia’s essay.

David Samuels



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                                                                VICTORY FOR US ALL

It is with some great joy that I have heard the news this week of the arbitrator’s ruling in favor of Cornell Lewis’ reinstatement in his job at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, with full compensation for missed time, full pay and benefits. This is a victory of reasoned justice and common sense.

At this juncture, I pause to take note, with admiration and respect, that it is also a victory of one man’s “radical integrity”… his unyielding insistence, in the face of a great deal of pressure and temptation otherwise, on being treated with fairness and respect.  The good news for all those who have stood by him throughout this long ordeal is that what he has demanded for himself, is also won for his fellow colleagues and all others who are struggling to be heard.

We can only hope that this will be an opportunity for DCF to take a time out, to re-evaluate their response to some of the criticisms that have been leveled by Cornell Lewis and others, and to try to more fully understand the basis for some of the accusations of unfairness toward employees of color at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, rather than fight to defend themselves reflexively against  charges of bias and discrimination they do not seem to understand.

I suspect management at CJTS is mystified by Cornell Lewis’ arguments.  I can imagine that it is terribly difficult for people who have devoted their careers to the “helping professions” to begin to see their world through his eyes.  But his perspective is of importance to their work, and if they would cease defending and begin instead to listen and reflect on some of his challenging statements, positive change might be possible.

I have no doubt that DCF officials are appalled by the accusation that there is in any way an instructive analogy between the way the agency operates towards its employees and the “plantation system” of slavery that is the unavoidable legacy of our nation.  I am sure they find this suggestion offensive.  It flies in the face of their self perception as people devoted to bettering the lives of the underprivileged and impoverished.

However, it behooves us all to take a hard look at the ways in which insidious institutionalized racism performs the function of reproducing hierachies of power that have plagued our democracy for generations.  There is merit in acknowledging that we have more hard work to do before we can truly say that people of color have achieved an equal place at the table and that we have empowered them to become fully independent agents of their our destiny – even in their own communities.

As long as management retains a sense of being a privileged elite, and workers perceive themselves as submissive underlings, we cannot say that we have achieved racial or economic equality.  As long as upper level management is disproportionately white, and rank and file employees are people of color, the power disparity within the bureaucracy will create festering wounds amongst even the most talented.

The really hard truth is that well intentioned people in government have unwittingly created a large, profitable industry of the “helping professions” including DCF, with high barriers to entry at the upper levels of management including expensive advanced degrees from elite universities which tend to “self select out” many talented people of color.  These jobs pay high salaries to privileged white people, and some people of color who find it possible to work within the present system – to “go along to get along”.  For better or worse, Cornell Lewis will never be one of these people.

Finally, and most  importantly,  I also happen to believe that this week’s victory for Cornell Lewis is also a victory for the students at the CJTS.   I suspect these young people stand to benefit greatly from his capacity to understand their lives, their struggles and their challenges in a way that other more privileged, educated members of the elite simply could never do.    In addition to his professional training and experience, Cornell Lewis has the lived experience which is an essential component of helping young people overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to turning around their lives.

Marcia Morris Activist
New Hampshire
July 13, 2014

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Cultural Dictionary

He who laughs last, laughs best definition

You may laugh now, thinking you have won, but you may not prevail in the end.
               

Marcia graciously tried to give DCF management the benefit of the doubt in her essay. I cannot be so forgiving. Data and internal management emails that Cornell, Adam Osmond, my Connecticut Valley Hospital co-worker John Hollis and I have obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and the results of CVH’s own workplace bullying survey, which they tried to suppress, say otherwise (see Resources). The racist disparity in terminations and suspensions at DCF and CVH is reprehensible.  When Cornell confronted DCF management with these facts, they lynched him, just like whites lynched Blacks back in the day who didn’t stay in their place. These murderers would bring their children to witness the event. After the lynching was completed, whites would cut off pieces of the Black person’s corpse and keep them as souvenirs. DCF management behaved in a similar fashion.

Unsatisfied with just taking his job, DCF attempted to figuratively dismember Cornell by employing legal tactics to prevent him from working with children. They vigorously fought Cornell’s effort to get his job back. The response of DCF and CVH management to allegations of racism, despite the overwhelming statistical evidence, is to deny, deny, deny. Internal CVH management emails show that they have been constantly monitoring my social media activity and attempting to manufacture excuses to target me for termination and / or legal action. John, who is white, has been subjected to ruthless intimidation tactics. 50 years ago, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner , who were both white, were murdered along with Black activist James Chaney near Philadelphia, Mississippi. They were participating in a campaign to register Blacks to vote.  

DCF and CVH management are fully conscious of their racist policies; they use Policy and Procedure to target employees, especially Blacks. My position is supported by the data we have obtained from both facilities. The pattern of racial bias is clearly systemic. Since John and I publicized the results of  the CVH survey and the racist disciplinary  data, the hostile behavior by supervisors and managers has continued; in grievance hearings they continue to give nonsensical excuses when we confront them with irrefutable email evidence of workplace mobbing on their part. This is an obvious indication that their superiors continue to support and encourage their sociopathic behavior. The objective is clear; to maintain total obedience by the workers. Although racism is a key component, classism is also a major factor as employees of all colors are being oppressed. The CVH survey results are proof.

Cornell was buried alive by DCF management. He has clawed his way through the dirt, wiped off his shirt, and emerged victorious. Other victims of workplace bullying have met a different end. A 2008 study found that 15% of total adult suicides are related to workplace bullying. The  CVH managers who are stalking me online will read that statistic, go to bed tonight, sleep like babies, and resume their bullying tactics when they return to work tomorrow morning. This is the criminal element that workers around the world, some who are already battling mental illness, must face every day.

In 2015 Sen. Gary Holder-Winfield will introduce the Community Party’s Safe Work Environment Act. The AFSCME Local 318 Safe Workplace Committee (which includes John and I as members) will call for a change to the employee grievance process. We want workplace bullying language added to the contract. Last year SEIU in California was successful in getting a Dignity Clause added to their contract. We also want an independent arbitrator to hear grievances. The current process is a joke, as the employer hears worker complaints. The manager who hears the grievance at Step 1 defends the employer at Step 3. John has submitted an FOI request to obtain the outcome of state worker grievances for the last three years.

Congratulations to Cornell for winning his battle against DCF. The global war against workplace bullying continues.


Resources

DCF / CVH disciplinary data, obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests:

http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/2012/11/dcf-disciplinary-2011-harsher-penalties.html?spref=tw

https://twitter.com/CTLotteryWatch/status/412319176674799616/photo/1  

Community Party Hartford News columns on structural racism at CVH. Includes CVH workplace bullying survey results and data / internal CVH management emails obtained through FOI requests:

http://hendu39.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/workplace-bullying-report-structural-racism-at-connecticut-valley-hospital/

ANONYMOUS COMMENT FROM READER

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "WHO ADDRESSES BASIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES":

DCF can't and won't address any prevalent issues;
Race
Political motivation
Poor leadership
Because they're focus is not for the protection or aide of Families or youth. The facility operates under Capitialistic dogma. Each child is a number, that gets an amount of financial backing that DCF benefits from. This is new age slavery. Its operated with no bias. Also If DCF can make it increasingly more of a stressed work environment, or more unsafe, they save more money by making it difficult to retire.

MEMBERS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY ARE ALLIES IN THIS FIGHT

Victory for Cornell Lewis!!
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Posted: July 13, 2014 in *Celebration*, For your information, Victory!!, we dig it.
Great news in today from the Reverend Cornell Lewis. We reprint the letter by Marcia Morris which we received in the mail today from Rev. Lewis.

This article was written by Marcia Morris. She studied political science at MIT and organized anti-violence / drug campaigns in Hartford, CT with Cornell Lewis.

It is with some great joy that I have heard the news this week of the arbitrator’s ruling in favor of Cornell Lewis’ reinstatement in his job at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, with full compensation for missed time, full pay and benefits. This is a victory of reasoned justice and common sense.

At this juncture, I pause to take note, with admiration and respect, that it is also a victory of one man’s “radical integrity”… his unyielding insistence, in the face of a great deal of pressure and temptation otherwise, on being treated with fairness and respect.  The good news for all those who have stood by him throughout this long ordeal is that what he has demanded for himself, is also won for his fellow colleagues and all others who are struggling to be heard.

We can only hope that this will be an opportunity for DCF to take a time out, to re-evaluate their response to some of the criticisms that have been leveled by Cornell Lewis and others, and to try to more fully understand the basis for some of the accusations of unfairness toward employees of color at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, rather than fight to defend themselves reflexively against  charges of bias and discrimination they do not seem to understand.

I suspect management at CJTS is mystified by Cornell Lewis’ arguments.  I can imagine that it is terribly difficult for people who have devoted their careers to the “helping professions” to begin to see their world through his eyes.  But his perspective is of importance to their work, and if they would cease defending and begin instead to listen and reflect on some of his challenging statements, positive change might be possible.

I have no doubt that DCF officials are appalled by the accusation that there is in any way an instructive analogy between the way the agency operates towards its employees and the “plantation system” of slavery that is the unavoidable legacy of our nation.  I am sure they find this suggestion offensive.  It flies in the face of their self perception as people devoted to bettering the lives of the underprivileged and impoverished.

However, it behooves us all to take a hard look at the ways in which insidious institutionalized racism performs the function of reproducing hierachies of power that have plagued our democracy for generations.  There is merit in acknowledging that we have more hard work to do before we can truly say that people of color have achieved an equal place at the table and that we have empowered them to become fully independent agents of their our destiny – even in their own communities.

As long as management retains a sense of being a privileged elite, and workers perceive themselves as submissive underlings, we cannot say that we have achieved racial or economic equality.  As long as upper level management is disproportionately white, and rank and file employees are people of color, the power disparity within the bureaucracy will create festering wounds amongst even the most talented.

The really hard truth is that well intentioned people in government have unwittingly created a large, profitable industry of the “helping professions” including DCF, with high barriers to entry at the upper levels of management including expensive advanced degrees from elite universities which tend to “self select out” many talented people of color.  These jobs pay high salaries to privileged white people, and some people of color who find it possible to work within the present system – to “go along to get along”.  For better or worse, Cornell Lewis will never be one of these people.

Finally, and most  importantly,  I also happen to believe that this week’s victory for Cornell Lewis is also a victory for the students at the CJTS.   I suspect these young people stand to benefit greatly from his capacity to understand their lives, their struggles and their challenges in a way that other more privileged, educated members of the elite simply could never do.    In addition to his professional training and experience, Cornell Lewis has the lived experience which is an essential component of helping young people overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to turning around their lives.

Marcia Morris Activist
New Hampshire

For reference and the history of this case please look over our blog postings that are found under the postings as, Spoke Out, Got Fired, Interview with Cornell Lewis, video with Johnny Mason,  a great piece, News From The DCF Plantation: I Fought Long, I Fought Hard, I Fought Often,  Department of Children and Families, Trouble is Not Knew Here, Written Works By Comrade Rev. Cornell Lewis,  in response to DCF and the handling of Jane Doe, All well worth reading to re-familiarize ourselves about this case or for new readers just coming on board.

A wealth of information can be found on Rev. Lewis’s blog, DCF Plantation. Check it out for many other enlightening articles. This blog has remained in full support of our comrade Rev. Cornell Lewis and the idea of happy can not convey our feelings for him. Our comrade has always stood by our queer community and we by him.

VICTORY FOR US ALL

This article was written by Marcia Morris. She studied political science at MIT and organized anti-violence / drug campaigns in Hartford, CT with Cornell Lewis.


It is with some great joy that I have heard the news this week of the arbitrator's ruling in favor of Cornell Lewis' reinstatement in his job at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, with full compensation for missed time, full pay and benefits. This is a victory of reasoned justice and common sense.

At this juncture, I pause to take note, with admiration and respect, that it is also a victory of one man's “radical integrity”... his unyielding insistence, in the face of a great deal of pressure and temptation otherwise, on being treated with fairness and respect.  The good news for all those who have stood by him throughout this long ordeal is that what he has demanded for himself, is also won for his fellow colleagues and all others who are struggling to be heard.

We can only hope that this will be an opportunity for DCF to take a time out, to re-evaluate their response to some of the criticisms that have been leveled by Cornell Lewis and others, and to try to more fully understand the basis for some of the accusations of unfairness toward employees of color at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, rather than fight to defend themselves reflexively against  charges of bias and discrimination they do not seem to understand.

I suspect management at CJTS is mystified by Cornell Lewis' arguments.  I can imagine that it is terribly difficult for people who have devoted their careers to the “helping professions” to begin to see their world through his eyes.  But his perspective is of importance to their work, and if they would cease defending and begin instead to listen and reflect on some of his challenging statements, positive change might be possible.

I have no doubt that DCF officials are appalled by the accusation that there is in any way an instructive analogy between the way the agency operates towards its employees and the “plantation system” of slavery that is the unavoidable legacy of our nation.  I am sure they find this suggestion offensive.  It flies in the face of their self perception as people devoted to bettering the lives of the underprivileged and impoverished.

However, it behooves us all to take a hard look at the ways in which insidious institutionalized racism performs the function of reproducing hierachies of power that have plagued our democracy for generations.  There is merit in acknowledging that we have more hard work to do before we can truly say that people of color have achieved an equal place at the table and that we have empowered them to become fully independent agents of their our destiny – even in their own communities.

As long as management retains a sense of being a privileged elite, and workers perceive themselves as submissive underlings, we cannot say that we have achieved racial or economic equality.  As long as upper level management is disproportionately white, and rank and file employees are people of color, the power disparity within the bureaucracy will create festering wounds amongst even the most talented.

The really hard truth is that well intentioned people in government have unwittingly created a large, profitable industry of the “helping professions” including DCF, with high barriers to entry at the upper levels of management including expensive advanced degrees from elite universities which tend to “self select out” many talented people of color.  These jobs pay high salaries to privileged white people, and some people of color who find it possible to work within the present system – to “go along to get along”.  For better or worse, Cornell Lewis will never be one of these people.

Finally, and most  importantly,  I also happen to believe that this week's victory for Cornell Lewis is also a victory for the students at the CJTS.   I suspect these young people stand to benefit greatly from his capacity to understand their lives, their struggles and their challenges in a way that other more privileged, educated members of the elite simply could never do.    In addition to his professional training and experience, Cornell Lewis has the lived experience which is an essential component of helping young people overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to turning around their lives.

 Marcia Morris Activist
New Hampshire

CORNELL LEWIS DEFEATS DCF !!!

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David Samuels
Founder
Community Party


Cornell Lewis, who was fired by the Department of Children and Families in retaliation for his activism against that agency's racist policies, won his arbitration case yesterday. The victory came almost a year to the day of his termination; Cornell was fired July 17, 2013.  http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/07/11/dcf-ordered-to-rehire-fired-worker/  Check out Cornell's DCF Plantation blog.
http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/  Cornell Lewis Legal Defense Fund:  http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/2013/07/help-with-legal-fund.html



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DCF ORDERED TO REHIRE AGENCY CRITIC

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By SUSAN HAIGH
Published: 47 minutes ago
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - An arbitrator says the Department of Children and Families did not have just cause when it fired a youth services officer who has been an outspoken critic of the child welfare agency.

Arbitrator Susan Brown directed the agency to reinstate Cornell Lewis to his position at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown. She said in Friday's ruling DCF must also compensate him for lost wages.

Lewis was fired a year ago for allegedly failing to supervise youth under his care in 2012. The agency also put his name on an abuse and neglect registry.

Lewis, who is black, has criticized DCF for having what he calls a racist attitude toward black employees.

A DCF spokesman said it is reviewing the decision. The agency can appeal the ruling in court.

FIRED EMPLOYEE OF DCF REINSTATED BY ARBITRATOR

Cornell Lewis arbitration decision as reported by DCF plantation blog staff writer.

I feel vindicated after reading that an arbitrator has decided in favor of overturning my dismissal from Connecticut Juvenile Training School over one year ago. It is my hope to return to work soon.

WHO ADDRESSES BASIC SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES

Employees at Connecticut Juvenile Training School fall under the old paradigm of representatives advocating for certain things. When a meeting was held at CJTS June 24th with Department of Children & Families Commissioner Joette Katz a proper protocol of questioning ensued. Employees at CJTS were steered toward asking questions that did not cause controversy or ruffle feathers. The one black female who raised one racial question (“why Commissioner Katz do people of color receive harsher discipline than other ethnic groups?”) had it disregarded. There are few Union Stewards or Youth Service Officers willing to broach basic social issues before management on the DCF Plantation.

Issues concerning social issues need illuminating before CJTS management; employee’s recent existential angst, petition / letter to Katz are derived from earlier incidents around bias and discrimination. Now the hierarchy at DCF will dispute that claim and say “CJTS is in turmoil because certain YSOs love controversy” but the real reasons seem more profound--- complex. Until Key Stone Cops management develops courage to discuss basic social justice issues problems at that facility will continue. Also it is the time for YSOS to demand social justice issues get pushed to the front of their agenda. Do not think any management people will decide in favor of unveiling race as a topic of discussion: America is still not comfortable talking about slavery or racism in some broader context. The only way race gets air time in America is when the people force it out in the open; after Trayvon Martin’s shooting death race became this hot topic. When basic social justice issues do not have the necessary public forum society suffers. At CJTS all those problems manifesting themselves in various forms have beginning points with suppression of not discussing social justice concerns.

If people peruse history correctly please notice how social upheavals always result when issues are stuffed down then not allowed public forums for dialogue.

SAY IT AIN'T SO, A PROBLEM AT GIRLS FACILITY, MAYBE JANE DOE?

The DCF Plantation blog was informed that the new girls facility in Middletown  might have a problem. Sources report that a Youth Service Officer has been removed from the girl's facility and might be under investigation. There is speculation the problem associated with the YSOs transfer back to Connecticut Juvenile Training School is linked with transgender youth named Jane Doe. There are no further details at this juncture.

Again, this is news from anonymous sources and nothing is confirmed, as usual DCF management will not talk to staff writers from this blog.

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16-year-old Black transgender teen Jane Doe has been incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic since April 8, by order of  Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz. Jane Doe faces no criminal charges; DCF imprisoned this Black child in an adult prison for allegedly assaulting DCF staff members.http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/8/after_abuse_under_state_supervision_transgender
Cornell Lewis and I are collaborating on the Jane Doe Act, which is legislation that would prohibit DCF from sending one of their clients to a correctional institution. The statute which allows DCF to incarcerate their clients has only been used twice, counting Jane Doe. CT Gen. Stat. 17a-12: “When, in the opinion of the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, a person fourteen years of age or older is dangerous to himself or herself or others or cannot be safely held at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, if a male, or at any other facility within the state available to the Commissioner of Children and Families, the commissioner, or the commissioner’s designee, may request an immediate hearing before the Superior Court on the docket for juvenile matters where such person was originally committed to determine whether such person shall be transferred to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, if a male, or the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, if a female.”
If DCF has a client whom they feel they can’t handle, that youth should be sent to a treatment facility, where their behavior issues can be addressed clinically. We’re also discussing an outreach campaign to raise awareness about Jane Doe and the criminalization of Black and Latino youths. Stay tuned for updates. Check out Cornell’s DCF Plantation blog.http://dcfplantation.blogspot.com/
David Samuels
Founder
Community Party
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