2018 NJ STATE PBA
Collective Bargaining Seminar
Duly noted for Sussex
County Local State Delegate The highlights for Bergen
County Local 102
With 22 years on the job, Mickey Kaylani knows how import-
ant it is to relay tips learned at the Collective Bargaining Sem-
inar. But when Kaylani became the State Delegate of Sussex
County Local 138 just a month before the February event, his
role as the liaison between the State PBA and his Local became
even more essential.
“All of the information is so paramount to being that better
delegate,” Kaylani expressed. “It seems like you build off infor-
mation each time you come.”
Even after attending numerous presentations on Officers’
Rights from Stuart Alterman of Alterman and Associates, LLC,
Kaylani continues to conclude the session with a sheet full of
notes that will likely appear in a Local 138 email blast by the
end of February. Kaylani has created a folder full of these copi-
ous notes taken at collective bargaining seminars throughout
his career, and they have become a quick resource for him each
time he responds to a critical incident.
“The worst thing you can do is show up and not have the an-
swers,” he stressed. “I have a folder based off the material Stu-
art (Alterman) has given probably from eight or nine years ago.
As soon as I start reviewing the notes, it all starts refreshing.” d With contract negotiations coming up later this year, members
of Bergen County Local 102 turned to the one tool that would
maximize their learning opportunities at the PBA Collective Bar-
gaining Seminar.
“A highlighter is very important,” Local 102 State Delegate
Glenn Tutschek corroborated. “We are trying to highlight all the
good stuff.”
The “Preparation for the Negotiating Process” session Frank
Crivelli of Crivelli & Barbati, LLC, presented had five Local 102
members who attended for the first time highlighting continu-
ously and furiously taking notes. Local 102 is made up of seven
towns in southern Bergen County – Little Ferry, South Hacken-
sack, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Hasbrouck Heights, Maywood
and Moonachie – and because several of them have contracts
coming up this year, members voted to send a rep from each mu-
nicipality to this year’s Collective Bargaining Seminar.
Collecting information by committee will be the optimum
method to helping all Local 102 member towns prepare for nego-
tiations. The Local has a 25-member executive board, so the first
order of business will be sharing the information gathered in At-
lantic City with the board.
“Certain towns have a little more issues than others, so it will
be good to bounce some things off each other about how to put
a contract together and help them through it,” Tutschek added.
“Each town is unique, each chief and captain are different, so you
have to keep up with what’s going on.” d
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