The N.Y.S.C.O.P.B.A. Officers are Brian Shanagher , William West , Robert Cronin and David Stanson. This firm has been in practice since 1933 and presently employs 30 attorneys . All three of these unions represent state correctional officers who have higher salaries and superior retirement benefits than New York State Correctional Officers. Massachusetts California and New Jersey are all independent unions who are free of A.F.S.C.M.E. and therefore free to bargain as a specific entity with their state employer. N.Y.S.C.O.P.B.A. has looked to national organizations for assistance and information on forming an independent and powerful union.
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