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OFFICE OF BORDER PATROL (OBP) WATCH
Last Updated :
July 25-07
New NBPC Local 1613 flyer of Chief Aguilar
on a Mexican Peso. 07-25-07
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In response to the orders to remove the Local 1613 Notices and the
NBPC press release related to the vote of "NO CONFIDENCE" in Chief Aguilar,
Local 1613 created some new flyers and handouts to be distributed at stations
throughout San Diego Sector. Here are the flyers that will be
distributed starting this week. If you did not receive a copy at your
station, please
contact your Lead
Union representative.
07-11-07
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NBPC Local 1613 flyer pertaining to the vote of "no confidence" and management's
attempt to prevent contractually obligated communications between the union and
the membership:
Chief Aguilar and his followers can try to claim that the rank and file do not
support the vote of "No Confidence" against him, but we have data that proves
otherwise. Local 1613 conducted a random sampling of over 100 Border
Patrol Agents assigned to the San Diego Sector and the results are in:
07-11-07
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Do you agree
with the unanimous vote of the delegates who
attended the NBPC Convention on February 28, 2007?
In other words, do you agree with a vote of "No
Confidence" in Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar?
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Read the
National Border Patrol Council's official press release
04-23-07
Union representatives at the Campo and Brownfield station were also ordered to
remove the
official Union notice
from the official Union bulletin boards within each of these stations.
These orders came after Chief Aguilar's visit to San Diego. These
violations will be addressed in subsequent grievances or Unfair Labor Practices.
Read the response to the
Union-initiated grievance filed by San Clemente Border Patrol Station Lead Union
Representative T. Shigg.
05-15-07
Local 1613 Lead Union Representatives at Imperial Beach Station and San Clemente
Station were ordered to remove an
official Union notice
from an official Union bulletin board located within each of the stations.
The
official Union notice
notified bargaining unit members of the vote of "No Confidence", included an
official picture of Chief Aguilar, and provided a brief synopsis of the vote.
Yesterday, at the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station, the Patrol Agent In Charge
(PAIC) took it upon himself to remove the official Union notice from the
bulletin board and then later informed the Lead Station Representative of his
actions. Then, the PAIC went back to the Union bulletin board a day later and
removed the National Border Patrol Council's official press release on the vote
of "No Confidence". Ironically, Chief Aguilar is coming to San Diego
Sector on Friday and Saturday and will be appearing at musters at both the
Imperial Beach and Chula Vista Border Patrol Stations. Grievances were
filed regarding two of the incidents and the Union is currently contemplating
filing an Unfair Labor Practice for the third violation (Grievance copies:
San Clemente BPS and
Imperial Beach BPS).
NOTE: From what we have recently learned, these recent violations were at the
direction of the Labor Employee Relations (LER) division. This should be
of no surprise to anyone who has dealt with the LER kingdom since they are
responsible for repeatedly providing bad advice to management. Instead of being
concerned with improving relations, they are purposely destroying any relations
that did exist between management and the Union just so they can justify their
existence and build another bureaucratic kingdom paralleling all the other new
kingdoms within Homeland INSecurity. Since LER has instructed management not to
enter into any discussions with the Union because they have the funds to fight
the Union in arbitration, I guess it is time to take a look at where exactly
they are using all of the taxpayer's money. I believe the taxpayers
deserve to know why CBP has allocated so much money to fight the frontline
agents instead of providing the agents with better equipment to perform their
jobs.
05-10-07
Local 1613 conducted a random survey of more than 100 Border Patrol Agents in the San
Diego Sector on the following issues and the results are just as shocking as the
results to the "No Confidence" poll question
07-11-07:
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Retired Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Harold Beasley recently wrote
a letter on behalf of Border Patrol Agents regarding the "clean shift" policy
implemented by Chief Aguilar. Thank you Mr. B!
Read the letter.
06-07
News Bulletin for Chief Aguilar:
click here
09-27-06
The NBPC filed a demand to bargain over
this issue
(09-29-06). San Diego Sector
notified the Union yesterday of an agreement which was signed by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of Border
Patrol, which will result in all Immigration and Enforcement
Agents being pulled out of our detention facilities by tomorrow,
September 1, 2006. Therefore, effective tomorrow, the U.S.
Border Patrol will no longer have anyone to handle the detention
and transportation of persons apprehended by Border Patrol
Agents. So, while Chief Aguilar tells Congress and the
Press how many Border Patrol Agents are working the border
thanks to the National Guard, Border Patrol Agents will be
pulled off the border again to work detention facilities and
transport detainees. The National Border Patrol Council
and Local 1613 are currently reviewing the matter to determine a
course of action.
08-29-06
The National
Border Patrol Council filed a
demand to bargain
and a
grievance
over the
standardized shifts
(09-16-06).
Once again, Chief Aguilar shows his lack of concern
for low morale and the safety of agents by
ordering all Border Patrol stations to operate with
the same shift nationwide.
08-19-06
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