p2pnet - rss feed: Berman/Smith FBI bill approved
p2pnet.net News:- The US House Judiciary intellectual property subcommittee, chaired by senator James Sensenbrenner Jr, has passed the “Piracy Deterrence and Education Act”.
Fronted by Hollywood stalwarts Howard Berman and Lamar Smith, it will have the FBI working for the entertainment industry against file-sharers, among others, and is, as a CNET story says here, “the result of intense lobbying from large copyright holders over the past six months”.
“Large copyright holders” is a euphemism for the major record labels and movies studios, with software and hardware manufacturers on the side.
CNET goes on to describe the PDEA as “a kind of grab-bag that combines other proposals introduced in the past but not approved.”
“Other proposals” might include Berman’s failed HR 5211 which would have allowed the entertainment industry to disable computers it suspected of containing copyright infringing material.
Copyright owners would have been exempted from criminal and civil liability for ‘disabling, interfering with, blocking, diverting, or otherwise impairing’ infringing data on a computer, as long as they had a ‘reasonable basis’ for doing so.
“This legislation is narrowly crafted, with strict bounds on acceptable behavior by the copyright owner,” Berman said when he was trying to get the bill passed.
“For instance, the legislation would not allow a copyright owner to plant a virus on a P2P user’s computer, or otherwise remove, corrupt, or alter any files or data on the P2P user’s computer.”
Berman’s top five contributors when HR 5211 was mooted were: Walt Disney Co - $32,000; AOL Time Warner - $28,800; Vivendi Universal - $27,591; Viacom Inc. - $13,000; and, News Corp. - $11,750.
Be that as it may, “One section that first surfaced last year punishes an Internet user who makes available $1,000 in copyrighted materials with prison terms of up to three years and fines of up to $250,000,” says CNET, continuing, “If the PDEA became law, prosecutors would not have to prove that $1,000 in copyrighted materials were downloaded - they would need only to show that those files had been publicly accessible in a shared folder.”
And, “One part of the PDEA that did not appear in earlier bills would require the FBI to “facilitate the sharing” of information among Internet providers, copyright holders and police.
“Other sections of the PDEA would require Ashcroft to boost the number of antipiracy cops on the Justice Department’s payroll, and order the U.S. Sentencing Commission to revisit prison term guidelines to make sure they reflect ‘the loss attributable to people broadly distributing copyrighted works over the Internet without authorization’,” CNET says, adding:
“The PDEA also combines parts of another of last year’s proposals that bans unauthorized recording in movie theaters and includes harsh penalties if pre-release movies are swapped on peer-to-peer networks.”
April 1st, 2004 at 4:42 pm
jeez, talk about draconian law….
April 2nd, 2004 at 11:53 pm
You see, this kind of shit always happens when technology advances. Any of you remember when VCRs first came out? Do you remember all of the hoopla these same jackasses made then?
We need to shut them up now like we did then. Technology is going to advance regardless, and these people are giving me a fucking headache.
May 26th, 2004 at 6:43 am
Stop Government Fraud & Abuse at Lambert-St.Louis International Airport
If the SOBs can do it to me, then they can do it to You. This story is the TRUTH
. . . . . . .MY NAME IS JOHN S. SOOS, III
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN:
…..In just over two months, I was Unconstitutionally and wrongfully discharged (fired) TWO TIMES, by the same American Building Maintenance (ABM) Supervisor, Curtis Conyears.
…..Not only fired twice by the same supervisor, I was fired TWICE for the same Unconstitutional reasons.
…..Obviously, ABM and Tanallies management figured they screwed up the first time this ABM manager FIRED me without just cause which, was a violation of the contract between SEIU local #50 and ABM-Tanallies, a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 1st Amendment, Federal, Federal labor laws, and other laws.
….JOHN S. SOOS, III WAS EMPLOYED ON JUNE 3, 2002 BY ABM-TANALLIES AT LAMBERT AIRPORT AS A CONTRACT CLEANER-JANITOR OF THE AIRPORT CONCOURSES AND RESTROOMS. I HAD 7 MONTHS PRIOR EXPERIENCE DOING THIS SAME JOB, AT THIS SAME LOCATION, WITH THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT HOLDER 2 YEARS EARLIER (MAINTENANCE UNLIMITED), REPRESENTED BY THE SAME UNION SEIU Local #50.
….MY ATTENDANCE RECORD IS PERFECT, that is, NO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OR TARDYS IN OVER 1 YEAR 2 MONTH EMPLOYMENT.
….I HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN ANY WRITTEN REPRIMAND OR ANY PENALTY FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO MY WORK PERFORMANCE, QUALITY, OR QUANTITY, PRIOR TO MY BEING FIRED ON SEPT 4, 2003 BY ABM MANAGER CURTIS CONYEARS AT THE INSISTENCE OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS, LAMBERT-ST.LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MANAGER, DANIEL G. FOULK.
….JUNE 20 2003, WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS SAME CURTIS CONYEARS FIRED ME, ALSO SUPPOSEDLY AT THE INSISTENCE OF AIRPORT MANAGER DANIEL FOULK BECAUSE, I WAS ACCUSED OF TALKING ABOUT MY FATHER BEING UNCONSTITUTIONALLY and UNLAWFULLY FIRED.
….SINCE BEING HIRED ON JUN 3,2002. I USUALLY ATE MY LUNCH WITH MY FATHER AT THE LAMBERT AIRPORT BUILDING MAINTENANCE SHOP. THIS WAS OK’D BY HIS SUPERVISOR. WE HAD LUNCH SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK FOR 9 MONTHS, UNTIL HE WAS FIRED MARCH 28, 2003.
….I WAS FIRED FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON, ALL OF WHICH WERE MY LEGAL RIGHTS AND DUTY TO PURSUE.
1. According to a letter written from Airport Manager Foulk to union official SEIU local #50, “Charlie” Hatcher, PART OF THE REASON I WAS “REPLACED” was because I “SPOKE WITH LAMBERT AIRPORT DIRECTOR GRIGGS”. Later in the same letter it mentions that at about 10:30 A.M., on that same day, I went to the Airport Building Maintenance Shop and spoke with another employee about my conversation with Director Griggs. This letter also states that on the next day, at 11:00 A.M. I went to the Bldg. Maint. Shop and spoke with an employee about my conversation with Director Griggs.
…* NOTE *
I went to the Building Maintenance Shop on both of these days, (ON MY LUNCH HOUR), to REQUEST pairs of RUBBER GLOVES for cleaning restrooms because, my employer didn’t have any at the Airport.
Bldg. Maint. employees had access to rubber gloves.
The employees that I spoke with were my father’s co-workers. They would ask me how he was doing so, I would tell them. I AM NOT UNDER A MUZZLE ORDER. I have the freedom to answer questions when people ask me. ? ? ?
…Lambert Airport Manager Foulk IS NOT MY EMPLOYER, I was employed by ABM-Tanallies
…IN OVER 7 MONTHS since being FIRED???? I have NO LETTER or ANY WRITTEN explanation WHY OR IF I’m actually fired, nor any explanations from the UNION SEIU local #50.
…As far as I know, I’m still on OVERTIME because I was illegally fired, arrested, and imprisoned for 18 undeserved hours then, 20 days later charged with trespass in the 1st degree, and all this without even a written explanation. Isn’t this GREAT!!!
2. EVERY SINCE BEING EMPLOYED WITH ABM-TANALLIES, I HAD A COPY OF THE UNION CONTRACT AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE MANY VIOLATIONS OF THE MASTER CLEANING CONTRACT, (WHICH IS ALSO A CITY ORDINANCE), AND WITH SEIU LOCAL #50, WHICH RESULTED IN CHEATING EMPLOYEES FROM 1 WEEK OF VACATION AND 3 PAID HOLIDAYS. AFTER I COMPLAINED WHICH, STARTED THE BALL ROLLING , MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNTED TO EVERONE GETTING THE ENTITLED 1 EXTRA WEEK VACATION, 3 EXTRA PAID HOLIDAYS, (EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY GOT PAID FOR 2 EXTRA, I DIDN’T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL FOR THAT DAY).
3. I AND ALL TANALLIES and abm EMPLOYESS 70 EMPLOYESS RECEIVED A MEMO FROM SEIU LOCAL #50, DATED AUG 20, 2003, INFORMING ME THAT MY EMPLOYER STOPPED PAYING FOR OUR MEDICAL BENEFITS AS OF MAY 31 2003, AND TELLING US TO INFORM OUR EMPLOYER OF THIS ILLEGAL PRACTICE.
…THIS IS GREAT….IT’S THE UNION’S JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAL BENEFITS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, THEN THEY INFORM US TO DO THEIR JOB FOR THEM. THEY TELL US THAT OUR BENEFITS WERE GONE 3 MONTH AGO.
….I JUST HAD A MRI DONE WHICH I GOT A BILL FOR, WHEN I SHOULDN’T HAVE. MY MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE NOT BEING FILLED OR REFILLED DUE TO THE EMPLOYER and the UNION’S FAILURE TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACT WAS COMPLIED WITH AND ENFORCED.
4. ON SATURDAY , AUGUST 29,2003, I WAS CLEANING AROUND THE “B” CONCOURSE CHECKPOINT WHEN I SAW AND GREETED AIRPORT DIRECTOR GRIGGS. HE APPEARED TO RECOGNIZE ME AND ASKED HOW MY FATHER WAS DOING. I TOLD HIM MY FATHER DIDN,T WORK THERE ANYMORE. DIRECTOR GRIGGS ASKED IF HE WAS GONE BECAUSE OF THE BIG AIRPORT LAYOFF . I TOLD HIM NO, HE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY FIRED. HE SAID TO TELL MY FATHER TO CALL HIM. I KNEW THAT HE WAS LEAVING SHORTLY SO I WENT TO MY OFFICE TO WRITE MY FATHER,S NAME AND PHONE NUMBER TO GIVE TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS. ABM-TANALLIES ACTING SUPERVISOR CONSTANCE SCOTT WROTE IT FOR ME, I GAVE IT TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS BEFORE HE LEFT, I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE AND MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ILLEGALLY CUT OFF.
5. ON THE DAY I WAS FIRED ON SEPT 4 2003, SEVERAL THINGS WERE IN MOTION. BEFORE WORK STARTING TIME, I WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ABM MANAGER GARY BROWN, FAXED 2 DOCUMENTS TO MY MISSOURI STATE REPRESENTATIVE, CONNIE LAJOYCE JOHNSON. SHE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ONE I RECEIVED FROM SEIU LOCAL #50 INFORMING OF THE LOSS OF MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE (FRAUD), AND A PAGE OF THE WORK CONTRACT WHICH GUARANTEED THE HEALTH INSURANCE. I ALSO FAXED THESE DOCUMENTS TO A CITY OF ST. LOUIS DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTS.
….AT APROX 12:15 PM., I WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPORT TO THE OFFICE TO LOAD AND TAKE SUPPLIES TO THE CONCOURSE. I WAS LOADING THE CART IN THE OFFICE WHEN ABM MANAGER CURTIS CONYEARS AND AN AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER ENTERED, CLOSED THE DOOR AND SAID ” STEVE YOUR FIRED, DANIEL FOULK SAID TO FIRE YOU FOR TALKING TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS”. I NOTICED THAT CURTIS CONYEARS HAD IN HIS HAND A FAX COPY OF THE ONE THAT I HAD FAXED TO THE CITY OF ST.LOUIS DEPARTMENT RESPONIBLE FOR CONTRACTS AND ALSO TO MY STATE CONGRESSWOMAN EARLIER THAT MORNING.
I SAID “I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG, AND THAT DAN FOULK DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CONTRACT. I TOLD CURTIS CONYEARS THAT HE WAS DOING THE SAME ILLEGAL THING HE DID WHEN DAN FOULK TOLD YOU TO FIRE ME ON JUNE 20, 2003 WHEN I GOT PAID BACK THE 3 DAYS WORK THAT I MISSED WHILE BEING OFF FIRED, AND SAID, “WHY WOULD YOU PAY ME FOR NOT WORKING IF I HAD ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING WRONG.”.
THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, “DAN FOULK WANTS YOUR BADGE”, THEN,SNATCHED MY I.D. BADGE OFF MY SHIRT. HE SAID “YOU DON’T WORK HERE ANYMORE”. I SAID,”I’M A UNION CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, IF I’M FIRED I NEED PAPERWORK THAT SHOWS THAT I’M FIRED”. THE POLICEMAN SAID ” YOUR NOT GETTING ANY PAPERWORK, YOUR JUST FIRED”. I THEN SAID , “I’M GOING TO THE NEWS MEDIA AND I’M CALLING MY CONGRESSMEN”.
THE POLICEMAN SAID, “YOU,RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH THAT TONE, YOU ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND YOU’RE UNDER ARREST”.
….AFTER BEING PHYSICALLY and VERBALLY ABUSED BY SEVERAL AIRPORT POLICEMAN, I WAS ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IMPRISONED FOR OVER 18 HOURS IN THE COUNTY LOCKUP.
…..After going home to freshen up, my father and I visited the Lambert Airport law office at EARTH CITY in an attempt to INFORM DIRECTOR GRIGGS of what was going on at the Airport WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. My father and I wanted to speak with Director Griggs, who wasn’t available, so, we left 2 documents which explained what had been happening.
…..Several days after this, my father received a letter from his lawyer which included an enclosed copy of a fax that, had been sent by a City of St. Louis attorney in the City Councellors’ Office, (Carl W. Yates, III). This fax stated that he was going to get a restraining order/order of protection if my father and I continued to attempt “any further contact with anyone from the City of St. Louis, Lambert Airport, and any other city offices including calls, letters, emails, etc.”
…* NOTE *
I HAVE A 1st Amendment Right to petition my government.
…..20 days later, I received a subpoena to appear in county court…I was charged with TRESPASS in the 1st Degree.
…..I’m on the job, after lunch, performing their work, and I’m arrested, locked up for 18 hours, then 20 days later charged with trespass. Is this justice or harassment ?
MY PHOTO AND MY FATHERS’ WERE POSTED FOR OVER A HALF YEAR AT:
ST. LOUIS CITY HALL..CARNAHAN COURTHOUSE…and other CITY OF ST. LOUIS BUILDINGS…
…MY FATHER AND I WERE “ESCORTED” by either the CITY MARSHALLs or the CITY SHERIFFs DEPUTIES every time we enter these building to do our LEGAL BUSINESS…
….THIS WAS ALL HARASSMENT…WE NEVER, EVER, MADE ANY THREATS OF VIOLENCE…NEVER…
MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
DAVID L. REYNOLDS 77TH DISTRICT
WAS MY DAD,S BROTHER WAS MY UNCLE HE DIED
JAN. 9,2003
seeks punitive damages $2.2 million
FROM LAMBERT AIRPORT,ABM,CITY OF ST.LOUIS,LOCAL#50
PERJURY,FRAUD,CONSPIRACY,
ABM-TANALLIES AND SEIU LOCAL #50, and other ENTITIES ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY OF ST.LOUIS ORDINANCE NO.62124 (WAGE DETERMINATION NO: 1994-2309)
Janitors 94-2309 MO,ST. LOUIS 06/11/02
***FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY BY FEDERAL AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN MOU WITH DOL WASHINGTON D.C. 20210
Wage Determination No.: 1994-2309
William W.Gross Division of Revision No.: 26
Director
Wage Determinations
Date Of Last Revision: 06/06/2002
18.69
General Services and Support Occupations
Cleaner, Vehicles 8.59
Elevator Operator 9.60
Gardener 13.11
House Keeping Aid I 7.89
House Keeping Aid II 9.60
Janitor
10.50
Laborer, Grounds Maintenance 10.27
Maid or Houseman 7.89
Pest Controller
ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
HEALTH & WELFARE: $2.15 an hour or $86.00 a week or $372.67 a month
VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3
weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span
of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with
the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal
facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)
HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King
Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for
any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated
to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)
THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE PARENTHESES AFTER THEM RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS (as
numbered):
1 unlisted classifications and the classifications
listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the
monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined. Such conforming
process shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by
such unlisted class(es) of employees. The conformed classification, wage rate, and/or
fringe benefits shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract. {See Section
4.6 (C)(vi)} When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF
1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be
conformed.
The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:
1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation)
and computes a proposed rate).
2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order proposed
classification title), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed
classification), job description), and rationale for proposed wage rate), including
information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the
employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees
themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30
days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.
3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the
action, together with the agency’s recommendations and pertinent information including the
position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, Employment
Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for review. (See section 4.6(b)(2) of
Regulations 29 CFR Part 4).
4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves
the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting
officer that additional time will be required to process the request.
5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.
6) The contractor informs the affected employees.
Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF 1444 or bond paper.
When preparing a conformance request, the “Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations”
(the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to insure that duties requested
are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember,
it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included
in an established wage determination. Conformances may not be used to artificially split,
combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.
Janitor $ 10.50
Laborer, Grounds Maintenance $ 10.27
Maid or Houseman $ 7.89
Pest Controller $ 13.71
Refuse Collector $ 10.31
Tractor Operator $ 12.29
Window Cleaner
ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
HEALTH & WELFARE: $2.15 an hour or $86.00 a week or $372.67 a month
VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)
HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)
(See CFR 4.156)
THIS SITE IS IN PROGRESS………….April 10, 2004
http://ourworld.cs.com/stopgovfraud/myhomepage/business.html
STOPGOVFRAUD@CS.COM
LINKS TO THE TRUTH ABOUT GOVERNMENT FRAUDS
http://hometown.aol.com/AmendmentXII/myhomepage/profile.html
FRAUD and FAILURE TO REPRESENT AT SEIU Local #50 UNION AFL-CIO,CLC
Subpart 3.9- Whistleblower Protections for Contractor Employees
3.900 Scope of subpart.
MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
DAVID L. REYNOLDS 77TH DISTRICT
WAS MY DAD,S BROTHER WAS MY UNCLE HE DIED
JAN. 9,2003
LINKS TO the TRUTH about Government Frauds
Fraud & Abuse at Lambert Airport CHECK THIS SITE
FRAUD LOCAL#50 AND LAMBERT AIRPORT ABM
missouri house of representatives state representative DAVID L. REYNOLDS 77 th
August 23rd, 2004 at 2:49 am
Stop Government Fraud & Abuse at Lambert-St.Louis International Airport
If the SOBs can do it to me, then they can do it to You. This story is the TRUTH
. . . . . . .MY NAME IS JOHN S. SOOS, III
TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN:
…..In just over two months, I was Unconstitutionally and wrongfully discharged (fired) TWO TIMES, by the same American Building Maintenance (ABM) Supervisor, Curtis Conyears.
…..Not only fired twice by the same supervisor, I was fired TWICE for the same Unconstitutional reasons.
…..Obviously, ABM and Tanallies management figured they screwed up the first time this ABM manager FIRED me without just cause which, was a violation of the contract between SEIU local #50 and ABM-Tanallies, a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s 1st Amendment, Federal, Federal labor laws, and other laws.
….JOHN S. SOOS, III WAS EMPLOYED ON JUNE 3, 2002 BY ABM-TANALLIES AT LAMBERT AIRPORT AS A CONTRACT CLEANER-JANITOR OF THE AIRPORT CONCOURSES AND RESTROOMS. I HAD 7 MONTHS PRIOR EXPERIENCE DOING THIS SAME JOB, AT THIS SAME LOCATION, WITH THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT HOLDER 2 YEARS EARLIER (MAINTENANCE UNLIMITED), REPRESENTED BY THE SAME UNION SEIU Local #50.
….MY ATTENDANCE RECORD IS PERFECT, that is, NO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OR TARDYS IN OVER 1 YEAR 2 MONTH EMPLOYMENT.
….I HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN ANY WRITTEN REPRIMAND OR ANY PENALTY FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO MY WORK PERFORMANCE, QUALITY, OR QUANTITY, PRIOR TO MY BEING FIRED ON SEPT 4, 2003 BY ABM MANAGER CURTIS CONYEARS AT THE INSISTENCE OF CITY OF ST. LOUIS, LAMBERT-ST.LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MANAGER, DANIEL G. FOULK.
….JUNE 20 2003, WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS SAME CURTIS CONYEARS FIRED ME, ALSO SUPPOSEDLY AT THE INSISTENCE OF AIRPORT MANAGER DANIEL FOULK BECAUSE, I WAS ACCUSED OF TALKING ABOUT MY FATHER BEING UNCONSTITUTIONALLY and UNLAWFULLY FIRED.
….SINCE BEING HIRED ON JUN 3,2002. I USUALLY ATE MY LUNCH WITH MY FATHER AT THE LAMBERT AIRPORT BUILDING MAINTENANCE SHOP. THIS WAS OK’D BY HIS SUPERVISOR. WE HAD LUNCH SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK FOR 9 MONTHS, UNTIL HE WAS FIRED MARCH 28, 2003.
….I WAS FIRED FOR MORE THAN ONE REASON, ALL OF WHICH WERE MY LEGAL RIGHTS AND DUTY TO PURSUE.
1. According to a letter written from Airport Manager Foulk to union official SEIU local #50, “Charlie” Hatcher, PART OF THE REASON I WAS “REPLACED” was because I “SPOKE WITH LAMBERT AIRPORT DIRECTOR GRIGGS”. Later in the same letter it mentions that at about 10:30 A.M ., on that same day, I went to the Airport Building Maintenance Shop and spoke with another employee about my conversation with Director Griggs. This letter also states that on the next day, at 11:00 A.M. I went to the Bldg. Maint. Shop and spoke with an employee about my conversation with Director Griggs.
…* NOTE *
I went to the Building Maintenance Shop on both of these days, (ON MY LUNCH HOUR), to REQUEST pairs of RUBBER GLOVES for cleaning restrooms because, my employer didn’t have any at the Airport.
Bldg. Maint. employees had access to rubber gloves.
The employees that I spoke with were my father’s co-workers. They would ask me how he was doing so, I would tell them. I AM NOT UNDER A MUZZLE ORDER. I have the freedom to answer questions when people ask me. ? ? ?
…Lambert Airport Manager Foulk IS NOT MY EMPLOYER, I was employed by ABM-Tanallies
…IN OVER 7 MONTHS since being FIRED???? I have NO LETTER or ANY WRITTEN explanation WHY OR IF I’m actually fired, nor any explanations from the UNION SEIU local #50.
…As far as I know, I’m still on OVERTIME because I was illegally fired, arrested, and imprisoned for 18 undeserved hours then, 20 days later charged with trespass in the 1st degree, and all this without even a written explanation. Isn’t this GREAT!!!
2. EVERY SINCE BEING EMPLOYED WITH ABM-TANALLIES, I HAD A COPY OF THE UNION CONTRACT AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE MANY VIOLATIONS OF THE MASTER CLEANING CONTRACT, (WHICH IS ALSO A CITY ORDINANCE), AND WITH SEIU LOCAL #50, WHICH RESULTED IN CHEATING EMPLOYEES FROM 1 WEEK OF VACATION AND 3 PAID HOLIDAYS. AFTER I COMPLAINED WHICH, STARTED THE BALL ROLLING , MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNTED TO EVERONE GETTING THE ENTITLED 1 EXTRA WEEK VACATION, 3 EXTRA PAID HOLIDAYS, (EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY GOT PAID FOR 2 EXTRA, I DIDN’T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL FOR THAT DAY).
3. I AND ALL TANALLIES and abm EMPLOYESS 70 EMPLOYESS RECEIVED A MEMO FROM SEIU LOCAL #50, DATED AUG 20, 2003, INFORMING ME THAT MY EMPLOYER STOPPED PAYING FOR OUR MEDICAL BENEFITS AS OF MAY 31 2003, AND TELLING US TO INFORM OUR EMPLOYER OF THIS ILLEGAL PRACTICE.
…THIS IS GREAT….IT’S THE UNION’S JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAL BENEFITS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, THEN THEY INFORM US TO DO THEIR JOB FOR THEM. THEY TELL US THAT OUR BENEFITS WERE GONE 3 MONTH AGO.
….I JUST HAD A MRI DONE WHICH I GOT A BILL FOR, WHEN I SHOULDN’T HAVE. MY MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE NOT BEING FILLED OR REFILLED DUE TO THE EMPLOYER and the UNION’S FAILURE TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACT WAS COMPLIED WITH AND ENFORCED.
4. ON SATURDAY , AUGUST 29,2003, I WAS CLEANING AROUND THE “B” CONCOURSE CHECKPOINT WHEN I SAW AND GREETED AIRPORT DIRECTOR GRIGGS. HE APPEARED TO RECOGNIZE ME AND ASKED HOW MY FATHER WAS DOING. I TOLD HIM MY FATHER DIDN,T WORK THERE ANYMORE. DIRECTOR GRIGGS ASKED IF HE WAS GONE BECAUSE OF THE BIG AIRPORT LAYOFF . I TOLD HIM NO, HE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY FIRED. HE SAID TO TELL MY FATHER TO CALL HIM. I KNEW THAT HE WAS LEAVING SHORTLY SO I WENT TO MY OFFICE TO WRITE MY FATHER,S NAME AND PHONE NUMBER TO GIVE TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS. ABM-TANALLIES ACTING SUPERVISOR CONSTANCE SCOTT WROTE IT FOR ME, I GAVE IT TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS BEFORE HE LEFT, I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE AND MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ILLEGALLY CUT OFF.
5. ON THE DAY I WAS FIRED ON SEPT 4 2003, SEVERAL THINGS WERE IN MOTION. BEFORE WORK STARTING TIME, I WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ABM MANAGER GARY BROWN, FAXED 2 DOCUMENTS TO MY MISSOURI STATE REPRESENTATIVE, CONNIE LAJOYCE JOHNSON. SHE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ONE I RECEIVED FROM SEIU LOCAL #50 INFORMING OF THE LOSS OF MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE (FRAUD), AND A PAGE OF THE WORK CONTRACT WHICH GUARANTEED THE HEALTH INSURANCE. I ALSO FAXED THESE DOCUMENTS TO A CITY OF ST. LOUIS DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACTS.
….AT APROX 12:15 PM., I WAS INSTRUCTED TO REPORT TO THE OFFICE TO LOAD AND TAKE SUPPLIES TO THE CONCOURSE. I WAS LOADING THE CART IN THE OFFICE WHEN ABM MANAGER CURTIS CONYEARS AND AN AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER ENTERED, CLOSED THE DOOR AND SAID ” STEVE YOUR FIRED, DANIEL FOULK SAID TO FIRE YOU FOR TALKING TO DIRECTOR GRIGGS”. I NOTICED THAT CURTIS CONYEARS HAD IN HIS HAND A FAX COPY OF THE ONE THAT I HAD FAXED TO THE CITY OF ST.LOUIS DEPARTMENT RESPONIBLE FOR CONTRACTS AND ALSO TO MY STATE CONGRESSWOMAN EARLIER THAT MORNING.
I SAID “I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG, AND THAT DAN FOULK DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CONTRACT. I TOLD CURTIS CONYEARS THAT HE WAS DOING THE SAME ILLEGAL THING HE DID WHEN DAN FOULK TOLD YOU TO FIRE ME ON JUNE 20, 2003 WHEN I GOT PAID BACK THE 3 DAYS WORK THAT I MISSED WHILE BEING OFF FIRED, AND SAID, “WHY WOULD YOU PAY ME FOR NOT WORKING IF I HAD ACTUALLY DONE SOMETHING WRONG.”.
THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, “DAN FOULK WANTS YOUR BADGE”, THEN,SNATCHED MY I.D . BADGE OFF MY SHIRT. HE SAID “YOU DON’T WORK HERE ANYMORE”. I SAID,”I’M A UNION CONTRACT EMPLOYEE, IF I’M FIRED I NEED PAPERWORK THAT SHOWS THAT I’M FIRED”. THE POLICEMAN SAID ” YOUR NOT GETTING ANY PAPERWORK, YOUR JUST FIRED”. I THEN SAID , “I’M GOING TO THE NEWS MEDIA AND I’M CALLING MY CONGRESSMEN”.
THE POLICEMAN SAID, “YOU,RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH THAT TONE, YOU ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE, AND YOU’RE UNDER ARREST”.
….AFTER BEING PHYSICALLY and VERBALLY ABUSED BY SEVERAL AIRPORT POLICEMAN, I WAS ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IMPRISONED FOR OVER 18 HOURS IN THE COUNTY LOCKUP.
…..After going home to freshen up, my father and I visited the Lambert Airport law office at EARTH CITY in an attempt to INFORM DIRECTOR GRIGGS of what was going on at the Airport WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. My father and I wanted to speak with Director Griggs, who wasn’t available, so, we left 2 documents which explained what had been happening.
…..Several days after this, my father received a letter from his lawyer which included an enclosed copy of a fax that, had been sent by a City of St. Louis attorney in the City Councellors’ Office, (Carl W. Yates, III). This fax stated that he was going to get a restraining order/order of protection if my father and I continued to attempt “any further contact with anyone from the City of St. Louis, Lambert Airport, and any other city offices including calls, letters, emails, etc.”
…* NOTE *
I HAVE A 1st Amendment Right to petition my government.
…..20 days later, I received a subpoena to appear in county court…I was charged with TRESPASS in the 1st Degree.
…..I’m on the job, after lunch, performing their work, and I’m arrested, locked up for 18 hours, then 20 days later charged with trespass. Is this justice or harassment ?
MY PHOTO AND MY FATHERS’ WERE POSTED FOR OVER A HALF YEAR AT:
ST. LOUIS CITY HALL..CARNAHAN COURTHOUSE…and other CITY OF ST. LOUIS BUILDINGS…
…MY FATHER AND I WERE “ESCORTED” by either the CITY MARSHALLs or the CITY SHERIFFs DEPUTIES every time we enter these building to do our LEGAL BUSINESS…
….THIS WAS ALL HARASSMENT…WE NEVER, EVER, MADE ANY THREATS OF VIOLENCE…NEVER…
MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
DAVID L. REYNOLDS 77TH DISTRICT
WAS MY DAD,S BROTHER WAS MY UNCLE HE DIED
JAN. 9,2003
seeks punitive damages $2.2 million
FROM LAMBERT AIRPORT,ABM,CITY OF ST.LOUIS,LOCAL#50
PERJURY,FRAUD,CONSPIRACY,
ABM-TANALLIES AND SEIU LOCAL #50, and other ENTITIES ARE IN VIOLATION OF CITY OF ST.LOUIS ORDINANCE NO.62124 (WAGE DETERMINATION NO: 1994-2309)
Janitors 94-2309 MO,ST. LOUIS 06/11/02
***FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY BY FEDERAL AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN MOU WITH DOL WASHINGTON D.C. 20210
Wage Determination No.: 1994-2309
William W.Gross Division of Revision No.: 26
Director
Wage Determinations
Date Of Last Revision: 06/06/2002
18.69
General Services and Support Occupations
Cleaner, Vehicles 8.59
Elevator Operator 9.60
Gardener 13.11
House Keeping Aid I 7.89
House Keeping Aid II 9.60
Janitor
10.50
Laborer, Grounds Maintenance 10.27
Maid or Houseman 7.89
Pest Controller
ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
HEALTH & WELFARE: $2.15 an hour or $86.00 a week or $372.67 a month
VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3
weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span
of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with
the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal
facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)
HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King
Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for
any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated
to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)
THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE PARENTHESES AFTER THEM RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS (as
numbered):
1 unlisted classifications and the classifications
listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the
monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined. Such conforming
process shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by
such unlisted class(es) of employees. The conformed classification, wage rate, and/or
fringe benefits shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract. {See Section
4.6 (C)(vi)} When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract, a separate SF
1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be
conformed.
The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:
1) When preparing the bid, the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation)
and computes a proposed rate).
2) After contract award, the contractor prepares a written report listing in order proposed
classification title), a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed
classification), job description), and rationale for proposed wage rate), including
information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the
employees involved, or where there is no authorized representative, the employees
themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30
days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.
3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the
action, together with the agency’s recommendations and pertinent information including the
position of the contractor and the employees, to the Wage and Hour Division, Employment
Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, for review. (See section 4.6(b)(2) of
Regulations 29 CFR Part 4).
4) Within 30 days of receipt, the Wage and Hour Division approves, modifies, or disapproves
the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer, or notifies the contracting
officer that additional time will be required to process the request.
5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.
6) The contractor informs the affected employees.
Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF 1444 or bond paper.
When preparing a conformance request, the “Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations”
(the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to insure that duties requested
are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember,
it is not the job title, but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included
in an established wage determination. Conformances may not be used to artificially split,
combine, or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.
Janitor $ 10.50
Laborer, Grounds Maintenance $ 10.27
Maid or Houseman $ 7.89
Pest Controller $ 13.71
Refuse Collector $ 10.31
Tractor Operator $ 12.29
Window Cleaner
ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:
HEALTH & WELFARE: $2.15 an hour or $86.00 a week or $372.67 a month
VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor; 3 weeks after 8 years, and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor, wherever employed, and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)
HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)
(See CFR 4.156)
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MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
DAVID L. REYNOLDS 77TH DISTRICT
WAS MY DAD,S BROTHER WAS MY UNCLE HE DIED
JAN. 9,2003
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