UGSOA
President
James
Carney
ABANDONS
His $93,861
A Year Sinking
SHIP
3/26/10
Did Desiree
Have Something On Him?

The UGSOA D. Sullivan 
Tammy Bowie Sinking Ship

Duke Woolley
Desiree Sullivan First order of Business? Removing UGSOA Local 20 President Bill Taylor From Office.  Was Bill Taylor a Threat to Desiree Sullivan?

Word on the Street is
Local 20 May
Stop The Dues to UGSOA.
Will Wait and See!
If You Think The Wicked Witch of The West Is BAD Now  Just Wait Until She Has All The POWER!.
UGSOA Constitutional Changes We 
Think Need To Be Changed

UGSOA BREAKING NEWS
UGSOA Michael Hough has NO Confidence in UGSOA












UGSOA Vice President and Director of The FED Division
Resigns To Join A REAL SECURITY UNION, SPFPA 

Michael Hough's Thoughts about UGSOA
" I feel that the organization has Lost Focus on its Purpose".

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Resignation
Date: Thu, 29 July 2010 19:00:19 -0600
From: "Michael Hough" <MHough@ugsoa.com>
To: "Desiree Sullivan" <DSullivan@ugsoa.com>
Cc:

Desi,

Effective immediately I am resigning my position as UGSOA International Vice President and Director.  I feel that the organization has lost focus on its purpose. 

As required I will be forwarding all International property to Denver.

I have taken a position with SPFPA which is also effective immediately.  I feel that this move is the best for me, my family and ultimately those that I represent.

Michael P. Hough    

Source : UGSOA NEWS http://ugsoa.blogspot.com

  Contact Michael Hough  at : 858-401-9479
unionmike5150@gmail.com
EYE ON UGSOA   Get the REAL FACTS about this Dying organization
The UGSOA Cemetery


Duke Woolley
UGSOA LOCAL 80 Ava Ramey
The UGSOA's
Sinking Ship

Michael Hough     Ryszard Zurek
  Bill Taylor           Bernadette Floyd      Ava Ramey
Former UGSOA President
Jim Vissar
Died and NOW His Widow Receives
NO PENSION
From UGSOA
UGSOA
President
James
Carney
ABANDONS
His $93,861
A Year Sinking
SHIP
3/26/10


Ron Smith
Vice President
FIRED
BY UGSOA
Beat
Frivolous Lawsuit
Brought
Upon by
UGSOA
Ryszard Zurek
FIRED BBY UGSOA UGSOA
Tracy Keating
Office Manager
QUITS UGSOA 


Duke Woolley
International Director
FIRED BY UGSOA 

Michael Hough
Vice President
Director
Fed Division
RESIGNS
7/29/2010

JOINS
SPFPA



Organizing
Director
FIRED
by UGSOA
UGSOA Local 80 President Ava Ramey and the Entire UGSOA Local Executive Board and Stewards have Been REMOVED By UGSOA President Desiree Sullivan
UGSOA Local 80 is Now Under Trusteeship and under Investigation By The Department of Labor.

UGSOA's SHIP IS SINKING FAST



The UGSOA Could Be on The Verge of Bankruptcy !

UGSOA May 2010 LM-Reports Filed by UGSOA's President Show
UGSOA's Net Assets at Just $97,564





The LM-2 Report Also Reveals UGSOA Is Losing Members by the Thousands.
In 2009  UGSOA LM-2 Reported it had 9,150 Dues Paying Members.  In May 2010 UGSOA
reported it Now had 5,935 Dues Paying Members. A LOSS OF 3,215 Dues Paying Members.



                 
                                            






































 
                                                                                          











































UGSOA Local 80 Washington D.C. is Under Trusteeship are Signing up with the court officers union. Under This HOSTILE Saddam Like Takeover All UGSOA Local 80 Officers & Shop Stewards From Washington D.C. Have Been Removed & Striped of Their Power Just Like UGSOA Local 20 President Bill Taylor
















           























UGSOA NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY     


On June 27th 2010, UGSOA Members voted Unanimously to Dissolve UGSOA Local 201 effective July 31st, 2010.  Press Here

UGSOA Loses Texas NLRB Decision to FCGOA in Decert Election Press Here


NLRB Orders UGSOA President Desiree Sullivan to Make Good on a Settlement Agreement For Its FAILURE to Represent Julie Walker a Akal Security Officer in Florence Arizona. Case 28-CB-7026. Desiree Sullivan Writes a Check For $4904.58 and She Must Post that UGSOA Will NOT Fail and Refuse to Represent employees in Collective Bargaining Units by FAILING to Take Action!
Voices From The UGSOA Grave Yard  Press Here
UGSOA  LM-2 Reports  Reveal UGSOA Spent close to $300,000 Paid To John Tucker UGSOA's Attorney in costly litigation battles as in this case:

UGSOA vs. Ronald Smith a Former UGSOA Vice President Who Was FIRED by UGSOA which Resulted in a DISMISSAL of this Frivolous Lawsuit and a Waste of UGSOA'S Dues Members Money!






"UGSOA has shown in the past and again in their complaint that they are NOT to be Trusted" Ronald Smith Former UGSOA Vice President
UGSOA DECERT NEWS

710 Dept of State Security Police Officers working for Intercon in Washington D.C, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Conn, South Carolina, California, LA, & New York DUMP UGSOA TO JOIN SPFPA. Then ugsoa's Attorney Screws up by filing an appeal LATE while FAILING to Submit its Evidence as part of its Objections. A Real Comedy Show!




11/3/09 - 101 Wackenhut Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Security Officers in New York File a Decert to Get Rid of UGSOA





10/30/09 - 420 Asset Protection Officers Decert to get rid of UGSOA @ the Florence INS  Facility  in Arizona to Join The SPFPA





10/13/09 - Over 300 UGSOA Local 21 Members in Washington D.C. File FOUR Separate DECERTIFCATION Petitions to GET RID OF THE ugsoa International Union. UGSOA DUMPS THEM!





10/5/09 - 34 Security Officers in Oklahoma City File a Decert to Dump UGSOA and to Join the SPFPA.  This Group Decertified UGSOA After the Vote.





11/10/09 SPFPA Files Unfair Labor Charge against Wackenhut for encouraging and/or Inviting UGSOA to intervene in an election and/or by collecting showing of interest cards from their employees on behalf of UGSOA @ The Liberty Bell.






NLRB Rules 230 Wackenhut officers at Salem Hope Creek Nuclear in NJ Disaffiliate from ugsoa.  This is One of ugsoa's Biggest Locals! SEE THE NLRB RULING ON SALEM HOPE CREEK NUCLEAR PRESS HERE

After 9 Months of Negotiations with Wackenhut UGSOA FAILS to Negotiate
a Contract for  81 Security Officers Workin at Callaway Nuclear Plant  Press Here

In June, more than half the guards at the Callaway Nuclear Plant  signed a petition to break away from the fledgling UGSOA UNION PRESS HERE


81 Security Professionals working for Wackenhut at Callaway Nuclear VOTE  to Decertify  UGSOA

Seabrook Nuclear Officers Votes AGAINST UGSOA and Their Acting President Desiree Sullivan PRESS HERE


                  
                               A UGSOA MEMBER LETTER  PLEASE READ



With all these ugsoa Election Loses and Decertification elections, How Can ugsoa make the claim   "Since its founding in 1992, UGSOA has become one of the fastest growing unions representing specialized security officers". ?    It Don't Look Like it to Us!

110 LOCAL 38 WACKENHUT OFFICERS IN OREGON  DUMP UGSOA !
UGSOA Received only 1 Vote!    

95 Security Professionals working at in Ohio REJECT ugsoa ... ugsoa received only 4 votes.


UGSOA LOCAL 38 / 204  OFFICERS WORKING FOR HWA FILE A DECERT TO DUMP UGSOA These Officers Work at the Following Dams : McNary Dam, UUmattilla, OR
Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Lower Monumental Dam, Snake River Dams
Ice Harbor Dam, Hydro Elec. Plants in OR & WA UGSOA Disclaims interest in this group

162 ALUTIIQ, MELE OFFICERS IN MIAMI VOTED TO DUMP UGSOA

65 SSA SECURITY INC OFFICERS IN MIAMI VOTED  TO DUMP UGSOA
UGSOA only Received  6 VOTES Out of  227  Voters.

75 Security Professionals working at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino in Reno Nevada REJECT ugsoa.


130 Members of UGSOA Local 401
Ft. Rucker Al. Voted to Disaffiliate from UGSOA and Join the SPFPA

UGSOA did not receive one vote!
______________________

UGSOA Abandons
Akal Security Officers working in Guam/Saipan
after they file an election to Join the SPFPA
_____________________

170 ugsoa members from
Puerto Rico Voted to Disaffiliate from UGSOA
_____________________

Over 300 U.S. Protect
Security Officers in CA
Vote Against UGSOA


APRIL FOOLS! UGSOA Loses Once Again! This Time 296 Deco-AKAL Security Officers working in El Paso Texas Vote AGAINST UGSOA.

UGSOA Loses Another Election in Miami 33 Alpha Protective Services vote AGAINST ugsoa

UGSOA LOCAL 246 SECURITY OFFICERS WORKING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SECURITY SERVICES INC in Northern Louisiana , Tallulah, Deridder, Leesville,
Natchitoches,Louisiana Mindin, Texas and Mt. Pleasant  FILE A DECERT  TO DUMP UGSOA

UGSOA LOCALS ARE ABANDONING SHIP 130 CSO's in Florida Dump UGSOA

170 ugsoa members from Puerto Rico Vote to Disaffiliate from UGSOA.
UGSOA Special Guest Speaker Caleb Gray-Burriss Charged with 4 Counts of Mail Fraud Press Here
U.S. Department of Labor Obtains Order Removing Washington, DC Union Executive Caleb A. Burriss as Trustee of the NASPSO Pension Fund and the NASPSO Health Plan and Trust Fund. Approximately $95,000 in withdrawals from the pension account is not accounted for!

See Department of Labor News Release Press Here
See More Information on UGSOAs Guest Speaker Press Here
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50 UGSOA Local 38/204  Security Officers Working For Longview Work Release DUMP UGSOA ! UGSOA Received Only 1 Vote

53 Security Professionals working for Nevada Security Innovations in Hawaii Vote AGAINST ugsoa. ugsoa received only 2 votes.

Good news for UGSOA Members Working For Securitas We Just Defeated UGSOA Press Here to See The Results of This UD Election!  Press Here
Here are Just a Few  more of
UGSOA's Election Losses

Securitas Security Services UGSOA Local 10 New Hill, NC
UGSOA Lost 89 -1

Pinkerton Government Services/ Securitas Springfield, VA
Raytheon Company Missile UGSOA Local 822 Tucson, AZ
Chenega Corporation - UGSOA Local 409 Anchorage, AK
Akal Security - UGSOA Local 64 San Diego, Ca
Security Consultants Group, Inc Oakridge, Tenn
Special Operations Group WV

Source NLRB and UGSOA Member Reports
James Carney ugsoa Vice President Disaffiliates from ugsoa Local 405 leaving 130 ugsoa members high and dry during negotiations
Press here to view email

Press Here for Employer Letter. What Happened to this Terminated Employee?
U.S. Department of Labor conducts audit of UGSOA Local  44 . The audit of UGSOA Local 44's 2005 records revealed the following recordkeeping violations: Officer Expenses - Canceled Checks - UGSOA Local 44 failed to retain in its records documents related to the receipt of money -  Reporting Violations - Delinquent LM Report - Failure to File Bylaws - Signature Requirement - Lost Time -  ugsoa Local 44 failed to record minutes of meetings -  Press Here to see Official Letter by The Dept of Labor
UGSOA Disclaims Interest in Group after UGSOA Local 246 Members File a Decert and Refuse to pay Dues to ugsoa. Press Here for Letter
UGSOA MEMBER RESOURSES
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Government Security Officers (UGSOA): Decertification Elections

Case ID            Date                         Case Name                                                                       Local Union
12-RD-00998  8/9/2005 First Coast Security Services, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL)                                    404
08-RD-01891  5/24/2001 Unlimited Security, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)                                                      42
18-RD-02439  12/19/2002 The Wackenhut Corporation, a Division of Group 4 Falck (Monticello, MN)0
12-RD-00976  7/30/2004 AKAL Security, Inc. (Santa Cruz, NM)                                                         131
07-RD-03336  7/30/2002 dearborn Sausage Co. (Dearborn, MI)                                                        876
25-RD-01470  9/29/2005 AKAL SECURITY INC. (SOUTH BEND, IN)                                                    113
19-RD-03688  12/22/2005 Allvest Acres Work Release, L.L.C. (Longview, WA)                                  38
21-RD-02787  7/21/2005 AKAL Security Inc. (San Diego, CA)                                                             64
12-RD-00971  4/23/2004 AKAL Security (Santa Cruz, NM)                                                                 131
08-RD-01889  5/3/2001 Unlimited Security Inc. (Cleveland, OH)                                                        42
16-RD-01485  4/29/2002 AKAL Security Incorporated (Santa Cruz, NM)                                              0


Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: First Coast Security Services, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL
8/9/2005
Case #: 12-RD-00998

Employees: 60

Description
Included: All full-time and regular part-time security officers/security guards employed by the Employer at its Jacksonville Beach, Florida office and assigned in the Jacksonville Aviation Depot, Navy Fuel Depot, and the Cicil Commerce Center. Excluded


Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: AKAL Security, Inc.
Santa Cruz, NM
7/30/2004
Case #: 12-RD-00976

Employees: 100

Description
Included: Local # 131


Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: Unlimited Security, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
5/24/2001
Case #: 08-RD-01891

Employees: 22

Description
Included: All full-time and regular part-time security officers employed by Unlimited Security, Inc., at federal building facilities located at 2 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio, 1658 West Meriat Street, Akron, Ohio, 4314 Main Street, Ashtabula, Ohio, Pie

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: The Wackenhut Corporation, a Division of Group 4 Falck
Monticello, MN
12/19/2002
Case #: 18-RD-02439

Employees: 59

Description
Included: All full-time and regularly scheduled part-time nuclear security officers, and watchpersons employed by the Employer the Monticello Nuclear Plant Excluded: temporary employees, casual employees, office clerical and supervisors as defined in the

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: dearborn Sausage Co.
Dearborn, MI
7/30/2002
Case #: 07-RD-03336

Employees: 58

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: AKAL SECURITY INC.
SOUTH BEND, IN
9/29/2005
Case #: 25-RD-01470

Employees: 48

Description
Included: Five Lead CSOs and 43 CSOs Excluded: None


Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: Allvest Acres Work Release, L.L.C.
Longview, WA
12/22/2005
Case #: 19-RD-03688

Employees: 13

Description
Included: All full-time, part-time, and those on-call Program Monitors employed by the Employer at its Longview, Washington facility. Excluded: Cooks, maintenance employees, casual on-call Program Monitors, office clerical employees, ma


Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings

Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: AKAL Security Inc.
San Diego, CA
7/21/2005
Case #: 21-RD-02787

Employees: 54

Description
Included: The unit is defined as all full-time and shared-time positions Federal Court Security Officers (CSO'S) and Federal Lead Court Security Officers (LCSO'S) employed by the Company in the 9th Circuit, Sourthern District of Ca.


Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: AKAL Security
Santa Cruz, NM
4/23/2004
Case #: 12-RD-00971

Employees: 100

Source: Internal Revenue Service 527 electronic form 8872 filings


Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: Unlimited Security Inc.
Cleveland, OH
5/3/2001
Case #: 08-RD-01889

Employees: 22

Description
Included: Government contracted security officers working in the Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Warren, & East Liverpool area.


Decertification Election
United Government Security Officers of America (UGSOA)

Case: AKAL Security Incorporated
Santa Cruz, NM
4/29/2002
Case #: 16-RD-01485

Employees: 36

Description
INCLUDED: All full-time and regular part/shared-time court security officers assigned to the United States Northern District of Texas Federal Courthouses which include Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, San Angelo and Wichita Falls.

Government Security Officers (UGSOA): Election Record LOSSES

Case ID          Date                               Case Name                                                   RepresentationResults
03-RC-11376 10/3/2003 Pyramid Management Group (New Hartford, NY)                                 Rejected
04-RC-20671 8/5/2003 Ballys Park Place, The Wild Wild West & Claridge at Ballys Casino             Rejected                04-RC-20676 3/12/2004 Wackenhut Corporation (Forked River, NJ)                                          Rejected
11-RC-06588 1/10/2005 Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. (New Hill, NC)                           Rejected
12-RC-08906 4/14/2003 Diamond Detective Agency (Tampa, FL)                                              Rejected
12-RC-08706 11/1/2001 Dunbar Armored Inc. (Miami, FL)                                                         Rejected
14-RC-12479 2/13/2004 The Wackenhut Corporation (Fulton, MO)                                            Rejected
15-RC-08622 8/1/2005 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Gulfport, MS)                                     Rejected
16-RC-10294 5/23/2001 Cornell Companies Inc. (Big Spring, TX)                                              Rejected
17-RC-12311 2/4/2005 Pinkerton Government Services, Inc. (Tulsa, OK)                                  Rejected
18-RC-16902 1/4/2002 Nation Wide Services, Inc., d/b/a American Security and Protection, Inc.    Rejected
18-RC-17183 10/31/2003 Security Consultants Group, Inc. (Bismarck, ND)                                 Rejected
19-RC-14368 8/1/2003 Aacres Landing, Inc. (Tacoma, WA)                                                       Rejected
19-RC-14726 6/10/2005 Chenega Integrated Systems, LLC (Anchorage, AK)                             Rejected
28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM)                                               Rejected
28-RC-06199 9/25/2003 Brink's Incorporated (Albuquerque, NM)                                               Rejected
28-RC-06263 6/29/2004 Raytheon Missile Systems (Tucson, AZ)                                                        Rejected                36-RC-06228 12/17/2003 RAMS Specialized Security Service, Inc. (Portland, OR)                    Rejected

UGSOA Unfair Labor Practices

The National Labor Relations Board investigates instances of union violations of the National Labor Relations Act and other labor laws. Unfair Labor Practices include instances of bad faith bargaining, excessive dues, violence, threats and many other violations.


Alleged Charge Allegations Filed AGAINST UGSOA

Duty of Fair Representation  46 
Other Allegations  23
Union Security Related (including Beck)  16 
Union Security Related  9 
Harassment  5 
Coercive Statements  4 
Refusal to Bargain (Initial Contract)  3 
Refusal to Furnish Information  3 
Repudiation/Modification of Contract  2 
Disparagement of Employee  2 
Threatening Statements  1
Actions of Picketers  1 



The National Labor Relations Board investigates instances of union violations of the National Labor Relations Act and other labor laws. Unfair Labor Practices include instances of bad faith bargaining, excessive dues, violence, threats and many other violations.


Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 80  Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 20 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 12 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 132  Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 201 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 219 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 403 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 113 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 139 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) Local 236 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) — Local 203 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) — Local 137 Press Here

Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) — Local 15  Press Here


Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) — Local 57 Press Here


Unfair Labor Practices
Government Security Officers (UGSOA) — Local 63


Source: National Labor Relations Board's Case Activity Tracking (CATS) database since 2000 - Union Facts Website
Disclaimer :This website is intended to inform the members of UGSOA of their rights and on what's really happening behind the scenes at UGSOA. as reported by ugsoa members, former members of ugsoa and other sources.This website  is not intended to defame ugsoa, its officers or staff . Our mission is only to provide the TRUTH. The stories found here have been found on the Internet , Indy Media, NLRB, Department of Labor and other sources.
UGSOA and Desiree Sullivan Continue to Spread Lies
by Ronald A. Mikell A Former Officer of UGSOA 38
Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 at 8:37 AM



Ladies and Gentlemen,

I do hope you have received the flawed letter from Ms Sullivan and her anonymous enclosed color hand out with all the writing highlighted in yellow. Ms Sullivan and her minions probably spent two bucks plus a full 44 cents to mail you hopeless propaganda. Let me deal with the letter and it's attack on me and Mr Guy James. The NLRB in region 16 in a case UGSOA is losing and should be announced soon merely found that FCGOA is a new Union. That was an admission made in front of the Board. Guy James and the FCGOA have won elections and are filing and fighting on these issues daily.

Guy left a broader Labor movement to start a new 9(b)(3) International Union after twenty years of organizing and negotiating. He rose in prominence and responsibility over that time. There are too many shady guard unions, some even worse than the UGSOA. A true Labor professional is what this game has needed for a long time, the paradigm has shifted with Guy James on the scene.

The offices of FCGOA are contracted out as standby offices in modern buildings all in centers of power and equipped with videoconferencing and the latest technology to reach people. The DC office is about two blocks from the White House. I could schedule a meeting at our DC office with minimal waiting time, the office is on standby. Unlike Ms Sullivan's organization stuffed into a strip mall on an outskirt of Denver Colorado, any of our meetings would be in a professional setting across from a Metro Stop.

I hope your letter had an attachment showing that I was removed for cause from the UGSOA mine didn't but I am happy to share the tale of the Evil Ron Mikell so pull up your rocking chair,

Once upon a time in Portland Oregon a fellow came to work as a GSA Guard for a company called Gabriel Security, it was in late November of 1998. The folks there were starting a Union but no one told me and they had a meeting on 12/18/1998 and established Local 38 UGSOA. The fellow who came to town was Ron Mikell.

The first three guys running the Union were Gary Eaton,President, Bryce Davis VP and Shawn Coverdell, Secretary Treasurer. The first thing that happened with this new Union is all the officers got fired because when the Christmas check came it bounced like a "super ball". The Union officers complained to the Government's Contracting Officer who felt like that shouldn't happen, whining employees bothering the government person. Gabriel violated the law when they fired the three officers for "breaking the chain of command." The International said go to NLRB, they provided no help directly to the Union Officers. The Board issued a complaint(essentially a Labor indictment) and took Gabriel in front of an ALJ that ruled in favor of Eaton et al and ordered reinstatement, back-pay and interest.

Gabriel was a small start-up run by a naturalized Nigerian that always seemed to be in Nigeria and unavailable when we needed coats that were suitable for something other than a South Florida winter.. He bounced checks again and the second complaint Eaton,Davis and Coverdell made went to the Comptroller of the currency and the President of a Miami bank that had said the error was a bank error.

The checks were made good and the Miami area Bank Vice-President who claimed it was a bank error was fired. I saw the letter from the Bank. Gabriel Security was replaced by Seattle Security, the evil Ron Mikell replaced Shawn Coverdell and Coverdell went on to replace Bryce Davis as VP. Seattle Security did sign a CBA but then faxed a letter in on the day it went into effect November 1,2000 saying they could not afford it so they were backing out. We picketed the Portland federal Building and handed out literature to employees, Seattle Security rethought their position. Seattle Security bailed on Super Bowl weekend January 2001 and were replaced by Argus Security. There was never any UGSOA International help in any of this.

We began negotiations with Sheila Leslie of Argus Security after we settled charges against her and Argus. Argus took the position that they were an emergency temporary company and that they would talk to the Union "in a few months" but would "not discuss wages". That was the first meeting with them, I filed CA charges with the NLRB the next day. The International Union provided no help.

A big fight developed between me and Gary Eaton who had begun to think of the presidency as his forever. He forced my hand so I forced a Trusteeship which was ended with new elections for shorter terms and an expanded board with new by-laws. I was elected President in 2001 and again in 2003. The International ran the trusteeship or rather a fellow named Jerry Smith a night guard at the Seattle Court ran it for the International.

Sheila Leslie came to town and the E-Board of Local 38 and James Carney met at the Silver cloud Inn at the Portland Airport. We came to agreement signed everything and said goodbye, Sheila caught a plane and we had lunch with James. We paid for that as I recall along with the conference room. UGSOA bought Carney's ticket to Portland

Sheila Leslie calls Carney after we finished and says that the unit is too big ,some south Oregon guards object and she will not go through with the CBA if he doesn't agree to slice off the southern half of the Unit about half of the State of Oregon. Vissar and Carney do not even call us, Carney agrees and signs a modification. Because of that modification we had to conduct a long campaign, elections to include post-election hearing and briefs and because the whole thing started before and finished just 9/11, I had to endure being called unpatriotic because I insisted on our rights.

The International never helped, in fact they reimbursed no costs for something Carney was the prime author of. Local 38 got a contract with Argus and then sought another Unit when the attacks of 9/11 led to security officers on the dams of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Argus had that work so we went to them and their managers Chad Withrow and Craig Schweigert said there would never be a Union on the Dams. We promptly organized one, stretching from Portland Oregon to Idaho. We finally got a CBA with no help from the International. We added guards at Longview and Vancouver Washington and Tacoma Washington. By 2003 we had six units under contract and were still growing Local 38, it was the best run local in the UGSOA and unit leaders like Paul Bond,Randy Martz, Dave Alpaugh and Joe Whitely were better than any of the Presidents in the UGSOA system.

It was apparent to me by this time that the UGSOA International Union is not much more than a sponge soaking up their per capita tax of one hour of pay per month. They had given us nothing and when Wackenhut replaced Argus in 2002 we did not even let them come to negotiations. I had been made a deputy regional director in early 2001 and I went with the fellow I trained ,Dave Coon of Eugene Oregon, to San Diego to help a particularly inept Chapter President named Mike Hough. Mike had only himself as a member so he made himself President. The international bought me a plane ticket and eventually Local 38 loaned local 52 (Hough's Local) 2000 dollars for postage and such. Mike Hough is now in charge of the FED Division of the UGSOA, I hope they have budgeted someone to tie his shoes. Dave Coon came to DC to help with Local 43 in DC which was always in trouble.

Local 52 (San Diego) did pay the 2000 dollars back and it was listed on our LM report. I wrote many articles for the infrequently published UGSOA newsletter but they were always rejected by Vissar. I represented the International union as Lead Counsel in cases in Seattle and Detroit facing off against some pretty weighty opponents. The International paid my airfare and my food and hotel bill. I got 50 dollars a day for two days in Detroit. I got mileage for a trip to Seattle.

I was made an international Director and seated on the Big board with a six month probation that expired in the fall of 2003. I sought out other members of the International board including Ava Ramey of DC just removed this summer as President of Local 80. There being a requirement that the Board meet every six months, I asked what happened at the last meeting. Ava Ramey told me in 2003 that she had been on the Board six years and there had been no meetings. I forced a meeting that was held by phone in 2003 on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I got through three points as motions over the objections of Vissar and Carney. The first was for an in-person meeting of the big Board. The second was for a special convention to pass a realignment to a more regional basis for the organization. The last was most important, Vissar had implemented a policy to stick locals with half of the arbitration cost. My motion passed 6-3 making all costs of Arbitration an International expenses.

The next week I got a letter thanking me for my service on the International Board and dismissing me from the Board. My dismissal from the International Board was followed by a letter from Vissar saying "I am the Captain of the Ship" and I veto the actions of the International Executive Board. I pointed out and continued to point out that the Board had to meet every six months, they had the power to remove the President and that there were no veto authorities in the Constitution passed by the 2000 convention. My Local was placed in trusteeship when I continued to protest the unlawful actions of the International President.

There was at the time a very serious case against The Wackenhut Corporation in arbitration, the case was Poage,Febus and Wetzel and it started on 9/3/2003 when three guys were removed by the government and fired without just cause. Three others were disciplined but my investigation found one guilty and his punishment light. It took five years to complete that case and win big money for Poage , Febus and Wetzel. Ron Miley was on the case and he got a days pay with five years worth of 9 per cent interest. I saw him last month and I still have Mike Wetzel's email address. I can give you Miley's work number in Portland.. This case was vital to the cause and it was even cited in the arbitrator's judgement in Jenkins (Local 44) V WSI.

I told Carney I would drop my complaint if local 38 was restored from what over the years came to be called Trusteeship I. This "trusteeship" had no hearing and closed in less than three weeks. There were NLRB charges filed against the Local for violation of the duty of fair representation during the trusteeship but rather than defend against them, the International fostered them. The International wanted changes to by-laws in Local 38 that were not in the opinion of the Board in the best interests of the members.

At the next meeting of the local union held at the Operating Engineers Local hall off of I-205 in Milwaukie Oregon, the body authorized the Executive Board to seek a new International. I consulted with the other units in meetings held in the Columbia plateau and up and down I-5. The group in Portland wanted to dump the UGSOA. Everyone else knew nothing of the International Union which had given us no help only trouble. To the guys in the hinterland, me and the guys I trained were the Union. The local 38 board authorized me a trip to meet with the SPFPA E-Board which was meeting in Las Vegas and affiliate with SPFPA. When we were accepted, I returned to Portland and faxed our change to Denver.

The next day I received a fax from Denver saying we were in trusteeship again in what I now refer to as Trusteeship II. We made a move to resist this trusteeship and an attempt was made to say I had absconded with money when the Local 38 board authorized me to deposit 7500 dollars with our lawyer Giles Gibson for arbitration costs and in case we needed to fight the international UGSOA. The International Union tried to bring some former officers back to their resigned positions to say that the authorizing chapter officers were just my yes men.

The gamble was that the International would let us go, we were unhappy and wanted a clean exit. That did not prove to be the case, they had Jerry Smith come to town and take our 30,000 dollar nest egg using it eventually to hire lawyers to sue me and the rest of the Board in US District Court. They launched their lawsuit even after we had surrendered. Our consultation with the lawyer led us to believe that our fight against trusteeship was hopeless. The more important thing was that the Poage Febus and Wetzel case had to go forward no matter what happened to us .

UGSOA had us served the summons and complaint at the Trusteeship Hearing presided over by Ron Smith, a guy serving as VP in a job I had turned down a year before. Ron Smith was later sued by UGSOA and in that summons and complaint in the court of Colorado, the UGSOA mentions that same 7500 dollars which Giles Gibson remitted as a check off of his trust account. They seem to sound as if they believe in the Colorado filing that Smith and I ran off with the money.

The lawsuit against me languished in the US District Court in Oregon, I defended and paid for all three of us. There was me, Dave Libbrecht and David Alpaugh. Alpaugh was dropped. I was offered a way out of the lawsuit if I testified that SPFPA had fostered our rebellion. It was not true so I told them to go to hell when they repeated their suggestion. They sued SPFPA on the same issue but dropped it. The stupid lawsuit rocked along and we bandied back and forth on settling the suit. I agreed to resign as a member, President and a member of the International Executive Board stay out of a UGSOA Local until July 2010. I agreed to take no position in a 9(b)(3) union for two years I agreed to pay back to the Local the funds authorized by the Local 38 Board to make the trip to Vegas and give up my Beck rights as an Objector. I agreed to say that the local was placed in trusteeship because of actions I took. I became the evil Ron Mikell as far as the UGSOA was concerned

It was more important to take care of members Poage, Febus and Wetzel than to worry how UGSOA would spin things and UGSOA was trying to avoid their responsibility for this grievance and they did eventually tire of funding it. The attorney finished on a contingency basis after UGSOA stopped funding it.
The UGSOA stalled all through 2004 and early 2005. I told them to settle the lawsuit against me or I would attend the 2005 convention seek the Presidency of the UGSOA International and the removal of the whole Board of UGSOA and force a vote on the revocation of the trusteeship. The settlement was done in a week.

I stayed out of the Union stuff doing readings and monitoring the web-sites of UGSOA and SPFPA over the years. My wife took a job in the NCR so I got a job as a JPSO. Ernie Standiford at MVM knew me when he was the ATF ASAC in Savannah and I was a narcotics officer in South Georgia. Ask Ernie about Michael Oscar Morrison DOB 03/15/57 my premier Federal narcotics case..

I was invited to attend a Local 44 meeting in June 2007 where I explained that according to the UGSOA I was the evil Ron Mikell and although I could not be a member I would pay my fees equivalent to full dues and ask for no accounting. I explained I felt everyone should support the collective effort with their dues. I did say that I would pay my dues quarterly and in advance, that was refused by Harsley and in a vote that died for the lack of a second.

I decided to pay nothing although I did offer advice for the improvement of the 2004-2007 CBA in the 2007-2010 edition. It really has some crappy provisions especially as it comes to job security issues. A year went by and Harsley said the International President James Carney said I could be in the Local just not serve as an officer. I joined , paid dues and offered my help to redraw the flawed Local by-laws.

I did this for several months working with Keith Albury and members of the ICE unit in meetings held at my apartment complex. I asked for certain information and Harsley threw me out of Local 44 and got Carney to throw me out of the International,again. I think I have the distinction of being the only guy thrown out of the UGSOA on both coasts. It is a rare honor.

I have burdened you with this long letter because of Ms Sullivan's epistle where I am alleged to be "incapable of making sound and/or right decisions on your behalf." Ms Sullivan is making what are referred to as ad hominem arguments when she attacks me and Guy James rather than arguing in favor of the retention of the Incumbent.

I won't do that, instead Guy and I will take her and Mr Harsley to school on Labor 101 at the hearings in front of the NLRB next week. The "achievements" Ms Sullivan publishes in her letter typed 7/72010,postmarked 7/15/2010 and which arrived at my home 7/17/2010 are pretty questionable.

The Local Union launched by Scott Moody and a few other founding fathers achieved the entire JPSO pay scale up from Guard II without the UGSOA Local or the International. That was luck and perseverance by Scott Moody and others. That alone almost doubled the pay when the folks were sworn as SDUSM.,The rest of her 81.5 per cent bumps are annual increases on successive contracts.

I don't call inauguration day every four years an extra holiday. Desiree has never tried to get around DC on Inauguration Day. I am happy there is a shift differential, but I would prefer a break on parking or a transit benefit that helps everyone rather than just the guys that get to park free(night shift officers). The RC election gives us the right to bargain collectively as does 29 USC 157. The Grievance Procedure is crap and after three years, I have yet to see anything resembling fair and equal treatment in the workplace.

Letters attacking me don't matter I have had real enemies and lightweight dilettantes in hollowed out hovels in Denver concern me almost as much as a fellow that runs around whispering at corners like Mr Harsley describing me and my exploits. I am not trying to make decisions on your behalf like Ms Sullivan alleges. No, your committee has worked very hard to give you a choice in the upcoming election. The decision has always been and always should be yours. For way too long, decisions have been imposed upon you


I have included the UGSOA International LM-2 report filed late this year. That was probably necessary when long time leader James Carney bailed just before the May convention to become a company labor consultant.

If you want to see Local 44 reports their DOL # is 540-805.

Local 44 has routinely filed late under the Harsley regime. I looked for certain policies when I was on the By-laws committee.I found no 'Loss time policy" for payments made to Harsley or Lewis. I never did find. the policy where the body had authorized them to rebate dues to Local officers. I am certain that they remain in violation for many of the things cited in their last OLMS audit for which they were sanctioned. That doesn't mean they are crooked merely sloppy.

For the Committee,
Ronald A. Mikell

Is UGSOA President  SELLING OFF ITS MEMBERS ?  
Was UGSOA President Paid-Off To Disclaim Interest From a Unit Consisting of Over 300 Dues Paying Members In Washington D.C.???
As Reported on This Blog Site:  UGSOA NEWS







UGSOA Files MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Which IS HEREBY DENIED !
Press Here

Why Did UGSOA Refuse to Reveal These Subpoenaed Documents?  What are They Hiding? Press Here

UGSOA Members Want Answers Now!

Contact UGSOA's President @ 303-842-9866
and Ask Her To Tell The Truth
and Disclose These Documents.



Contact the Department of Labor @  (202) 693-0123
And Demand They Investigate This Matter
UGSOA Local 80 President Ava Ramey and the Entire UGSOA Local Executive Board and Stewards have Been REMOVED By UGSOA's President.  UGSOA Local 80 is Now Under Trusteeship and under Investigation By The Department of Labor.  UGSOA Local  80 Website

UGSOA's Presidents First order of Business? Removing UGSOA Local 20 President Bill Taylor From Office.  Was Bill Taylor a Threat to her?
Bernadette Floyd. She was terminated on or before March 23, 2010. According to reports Ms. Floyd a Administrative Assistant was Terminated because she Did Not Provide Ms. Sullivan with a "Supply Inventory."

Source: Email Sent to Eye on UGSOA  By Someone Working At UGSOA in Denver?

It Has Been Reported Desiree Sister  Has Now Taken Bernadette Floyd's Position.
UGSOA DESIREE SULLIVAN
Letter By Michael Hough
On Why
He Left UGSOA
Letter of Support to DUMP UGSOA and its Local UGSOA Local 44 at The DOJ Press Here and  INS Faci;ity Washington D.C. Here
Breaking News
UGSOA Loses 34O Members
in Two Seperate Decertifcation Elections at The DOJ and ICE Headquarters in Wash DC


UGSOA FLAGSHIP LOCAL 52 NOW HAS FILED A DECERTIFICATION ELECTION TO GET RID OF UGSOA TO JOIN SPFPA
After UGSOA FAILED to Negotiate Their Contract

WASHINGTON D.C. NEWS

UGSOA Loses Close to 800 Members in A Matter of Months
Over 340 UGSOA Officers Working at The DOJ and ICE Facilites in Washington D.C.  Vote to LEAVE UGSOA  to join another security union. UGSOA only Received 23 Votes out of 240 at the DOJ - 9/7/2010.
Over 300 UGSOA Local 21 Members  in Washington DC Filed a Decert to Dump UGSOA - Result UGSOA Disclaims Interest in the Group After Selling Off These Members for CASH.

On June 27th 2010, UGSOA Members Voted Unanimously to Dissolve Local 201 Effective July 31st, 2010 to FORM THEIR OWN Independent UNION resulting in another 100 Plus Members Leaving UGSOA.

Brownsville Texas 50 Plus UGSOA Members working for FJC Services are still waiting for 8 challenged ballots to be opened to conclude this decertification election. UGSOA is Refusing to allow these ballots from being open due to the fact it would give that union a clear victory in this election.

150 UGSOA Security Officers at Fort Rucker are Voting 9/22/2010 and 9/23/2010 In a Decertification Election.  This UGSOA Local 401 has been under Trusteeship by the UGSOA International for some time now and has Failed to File Their LM-2 Reports for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. What's Going on Here???