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Below is a blog message from a member at the Department of Health and Senior Services.  It was so good, we thought it deserved it's own page.

Dear Members First,

 I have changed my mind about Carla Katz and I wonder if other employees have too.

At first I thought if man is going to give you money you should take it and Corzine is rich and if he wants to give Katz six million dollars that's his business. He's generous. Now I think she should have stepped down the first time she decided to take money. If you want to take the money, that's your business but then you shouldn't be union president. If you want to be the president don't take the money. You can't do both.

At first I thought Katz was right about the contract and that we should not pay anything for medical and I thought the new plan would be bad. Now I think that she was just covering something up and thats what the emails are about. She was trying to make some other kind of a deal with Corzine and she made a big deal about the medical plan to hide that. She used us.

At first I thought that it didn't really matter and that the union just does what it wants anyway but I have changed my mind. We should not let her do these things and the union should belong to the members. There are no meetings. We never see any body from local 1034 except when they want us to do what they say. We haven't seen a representative since the contract. They never even came back and explained the vote. Now I have found out that our union president is using our money for her election and to send her supporters on a junket to Washington D.C.! I am asking every one on my floor to sign the petition.

Thank you members first committee for keeping us informed about what is really taking place with our union and our money. I tell everyone I know to look on this site if you want to know what is going on.

Yours truly

Sara

Department of Health and Senior Services