Katz ousted from union leadership post

So Carla Katz "misappropriated funds and violated federal labor laws" and was removed from her leadership position. I want to know when she'll be arrested! She needs to join the conga line of corruption. I hear Sharpe James and Wayne Bryant are holding a cell for her.

Three hots and a cot for Carla!

"I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is.”
- Johnny Ramone

....she is a ho and a crook.  The big question is, does she flip and turn rat on Corzine's dealings.....

"Katz is an unpaid columnist for PolitickerNJ.com." I bet she asks for pay now, unless the Gov gives her some more money. Seriously though, isn't misappropriating funds to support her own reelection the same as stealing? If so, why is she not arrested?

Carla Katz was removed “in order to protect members’ dues, ensure compliance with federal and state law, the Union’s Constitution and the Local's Bylaws and restore union democracy.” Are we talking about unions or political parties? I do not get it. Even more "The CWA national executive board has determined that it has no choice but to take this action to protect the rights and resources of the members of Local 1034." Are these guys a joke or what? Carla Katz has done what: "including misappropriating funds to support her own reelection, authorizing over $700,000 in political donations, threatening and retaliating against union members who were critical of her, and failing to maintain time records to detail what she’s done as president." Really, these guys should remove themselves as well. Now let me get it straight, unions equals democracy? Do we live in the USA or what? We are in NJ, stupid.

Prior to her opposition to the state worker union contract Katz was given free reign and complete control of the CWA political apparatus in New Jersey. CWA leadership gladly let her do what she wanted and encouraged her to push the CWA agenda because she was without a doubt the most effective political operative in CWA.

But that all ended when she opposed the contract and worked against the CWA leadership and the other CWANJ Presidents.

They have been gunning for her ever since.

Vice President Chris Shelton, Political Director Bob Masters , and CWA 1040 President Carolyn Wade vowed to pay her back for her opposition.

Katz made some mistakes along the way and gave these people an opening. They waited until after the CWA National Convention to pull this " coup" .

They used their power to remove her but there is no justification for her removal. All of the things they said she did they either knew of or approved.

This is all about petty jealousy and control of an organization that is completely losing its power and influence in New Jersey politics.

CWA has become a dysfunctional , second rate union that needs to hide behind other unions like the NJEA. Its leadership is filled with " little people " who are only concerned with their own well being and have little concern about the 55,000 members it represents.

Katz is no angel but she is not a crook. She is a tough, hard working union leader who sometimes rubs peple the wrong way.

She is getting set up. That is the truth. The public is getting a rare inside look at the " dirty " part of Unions.

...and to those who truly believe in the need for Unions that is a real tragedy.

There will be no " judge" in this internal case. By ousting her now the CWA will be able to have an internal " court" . Katz will have no say as to the composition of that court. The fix is in, that is why it is being done now.
The other reeason this has happened now is because of the infamous e-mails. In December of 2006 Corzine requested that the CWA strike a deal on the contract, that was not up until July 2007, before his budget address in late February 2007. CWA agreed and made a deal four months before the deadline . Katz was against that early deal. During the negotiations she had e-mail contact with Corzine , which will show that she opposed a settlement at that time. Those e-mails will be highly embarrassing , not necessarily to Corzine and Katz, but to the CWA leadership who had told their membership that they were fighting hard and negotiating hard for a new contract. That contract contained huge givebacks on both Health and pension benefits that allowed Corzine to state in his budget address that he was " holding the line" with stateworker unions. There definitely was no " hard fought" negotiations taking place four full months before the contract was up!

Even more than Corzine the CWA leadership team does not want those e-mails released. With Katz gone the whole argument of a Corzine Katz union leader/employer relationship is also gone. So it is hoped that those e-mails will never see the light of day, of it they do then the CWA leadership will simply say that they were initaited by a " corrupt" union official.

This is all about " inside" union political survival.

The unfortunate thing is that state workers , by law, have to pay dues to this banana republic union.

What "Apologies" Do You Refer To?

new posted by Nick Lento

I condemn corruption and maleficent ineptitude across the board.

The problem is the SYSTEM! It's the way campaigns are financed that is at the heart of most of this.

100% public financing would reduce the power of the corporate/business sector and of the unions too!

Vis a vis the allegations against Katz, I say if they are true; then we have CRIMINAL violations of federal statutes!

If the national CWA is so sure of them selves they should present their evidence to Christie and he should go for a conviction!

The fact that they didn't go that route (and if they did; they should have let us all know in their press release, eh?) makes this smell like an inside political hit job designed to overthrow and discredit Katz.

Then again, if you construct a "frame" with enough people willing to perjure themselves and false documentation....you just might be able to put an innocent in prison......but if the frame fails, then the who business blows up and leaves the framers vulnerable to prosecutions.

So far, this is nothing but accusations, allegation and assertions answered by complete denials.

The fact that the union used it's "blunt instrument" of raw power to can the whole of Katz's team make sit seem all the more political. Were they all co-conspirators in a criminal enterprise?

The union could have simply said they didn't like the job she was doing and fired her. They didn't do that; they made allegations that, if true, could land Ms Katz in jail....and that takes this to a whole other level.

No doubt Katz is consulting with attorneys and advisors at this point....I hope that, if she is telling the truth and these charges are false, she holds a completely open press conference and lets it go on as long as it takes to air out the whole of her side of the story.

The job is almost irrelevant at this point (imho) this is about restoring her name, avoiding prosecution and turning the tables on those who (may) have falsely accused her.

Misappropriation of union funds is illegal. So is falsely accusing someone of same and firing them unjustly.

Eventually this will have to be sorted out by courts of law....not the spiritually penurious peanut gallery of petty partisans who persistently post in this place.

Someone is lying here. Either it's Katz or the national CWA. Whoever it is should wind up in jail (or at the losing end of a major civil suite) ....and I don't care if they're D's or R's.

Get it?

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Who needs the courts to decide on the release of the katz/corzine emails?

Since the national CWA has locked up her office and has taken their equipment back, what is to stop them from going into the hard drive and read all the emails?

This will save NJ taxpayers lots of court costs and lawyer fees!

Mr. Democrat wrote "a Union finding probable cause that she violated Federal labor laws is not the same as a court of law and a jury finding her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."

Karma Step 1--Katz' arrogance antagonizes even her own Union

Karma Step 2--indictments for violation of various State and federal labor laws

Karma Step 3--Katz forced to plea out because of overwhleming evidence

Karma Step 4--Katz refused admission to bar; 4 years of law school down the drain

Karma Step 5--Katz becomes a Walmart greeter and drives customers away in droves.

I love it when it all comes together! 

Fortunately for the existing universe you are not the final arbiter for the operations of Karma or the Judgments of the Lord.

Like the rest of us, you are only entitled to your opinions, nothing more.

Time, and the courts, will tell if Katz is lying or if the national CWA "leadership" is lying.

Meanwhile, since you seem to have a thing for eastern philosophy; try doing some trancendental meditation and chill out a bit.

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

See that dark, dank hole over there, Nick. That's your gal Carla's future...a bleak, lonely wasteland created by her own duplicitous, self-dealing idiocy. She's a model of overindulgence leading to long-overdue comeuppance. And that ain't karma...that's the future Carla built all by herself.

Just another corrupt Union boss getting caught up in her own dishonesty. We'd all be better off without these ridiculous Unions and their penny ante political antics. Carla's a good first step; even a pitiful excuse for unionism like the CWA couldn't stomach Carla's thievery and arrogance. She scammed Corzine but couldn't get one over on her own "colleagues". If you don't see karma in this...