OSA
Newsline -- March 29, 1999
Our recent mailing
to members failed to reproduce a flier asking for a Staff Analyst transfer-in.
If you are a Staff Analyst with computer background -- and interested
in a change -- call Yvonne at 686-1229 and we'll send you a copy of the
flier. The work site is 450 West 33rd Street, a part of FISA.
We will hold a citywide
activists meeting of our Transit Authority members at the union office
this Tuesday. A bargaining team will be selected at that meeting.
Members interested
in acting as trainers for the upcoming Staff Analyst exam training course
must return their coupons quickly. Training the trainers will begin on
April 7th. The training course will start the next evening.
OSA
Newsline -- March 22, 1999
This week's mailing
went out a bit late but is very important to those of our members desiring
to take the Staff Analyst exam.
Filing will open for
that exam on April 7th and is set to close by April 27th. All members
taking the exam should also take our union test preparation review course.
Coupons are in the mail this week.
The general membership
meeting is set for this Thursday, 6pm, at 125 Worth Street, second floor
auditorium, four blocks north of City Hall or four blocks south of Canal
Street.
Among the topics on
the agenda will be a full discussion of our bargaining strategy at the
Transit Authority. This will be our first contract at TA and we expect
a serious round of bargaining.
OSA
Newsline -- March 15, 1999
The union continues
in a state of shock and grief over the sudden loss of OSA Welfare Fund
Administrator, Barbara Kohler, 13 days ago. The family has asked that
we express their gratitude for the many kind words and thoughtful cards
sent in sympathy. A mailing is due out next week and will include some
available jobs, a change in our Welfare Fund, and news about the pending
Staff Analyst exam.
Special OSA Newsline Update
-- March 4, 1999
On Wednesday, March 3rd, Barbra
Kohler, Administrator of the OSA Welfare Fund, died suddenly at 38 years
of age. There was no warning and she had been in touch with the union
office only ten minutes earlier.
Barbara was very special to
our union. She had come to work for us when we were tiny and operating
out of an apartment. Barbara provided honest, intelligent and responsive
leadership to her section and, as a result, all of us have benefitted.
The wake will be held at Ribustello
and Sons Funeral Home, 811 Morris Park Avenue from 2 to 5pm and 7 to 9pm
this Friday. Take the 2 or 5 subway to East 180th Street, cross the street
and take the #21 bus about ten blocks north. Services will be held Saturday
at St. Dominick's Church, nearby, at 1739 Unionport Road, cross street
Morris Park Avenue, time 10AM.
She is survived by daughter
Krystal and son Johnny. She will be missed.
OSA Newsline -- March 1, 1999
A new mailing should be in
your hands and posted in the News From OSA section of this website shortly.
One topic covered, as promised,
is a return to Jay Warshofsky's sheet on the compounding of longevity
monies. When do you do and when do you don't -- and where does it show
up in your paycheck.
Also discussed is a free movie
for March 11th at the OSA office. The movie The Killing Floor is
an excellent story, a winner at the Sundance Film Festival. It was produced
by Elsa Rassbach. Eat first, but coffee and cake will be provided for
all who attend.
For sheer enjoyment, the mailing
also reviews HRA's latest code of conduct. Did you know that HRA employees
hired after March 16, 1990 have only ten days after starting work to read
and conform to Chapters 49 and 68 of the City Charter? Oops! Too late.
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