PBA Local 382 was formed in March of 2004 and was the result of a merger between two previous PBA Locals at our two prior
county jails. Local 153 was from the old Essex County Jail in Downtown Newark NJ and Local 157 was from the old Essex County
Jail Annex in North Caldwell NJ. Those two former locals were both chartered in the early 1960's just before state laws were
changed to incorperate correction officers into the law enforcement family.
Just before our new jail opened in 2004, we brought both former executive boards together from our two former locals
to obtain unity amongst all county correction officers which we never had due to having two seperate jails and our merger
was a complete success story.
By mixing the boards from the two jails we achieved true diversity to better represent our membership. Since the merger
we have had official elections and we were happy that the membership voted in a way that helped us to continue that diversity.
The PBA as the elected bargaining unit in our department is responsible for the protection of our legal rights, to negotiate
our labor contracts and to basically do everything within our legal power and within the guidlines of state labor law to advance
the careers of Essex County Correction Officers. Our original contract was negotiated and was ratified with the county in
1971 and the PBA has been the chosen and elected union who has negotiated every single contract from 1971 to present.
The efforts made in the protection and advancement of Correction Officers in this county and also state wide is done
in conjunction with our state organization and that very important to acknowledge.
Every single benefit and job related recognition that we have which defines us as correction officers and what state
law refers to as "Peace Officers" has been negotiated and obtained by the NJSPBA on both a state and local level.
The agenda and long list of accomplishments of the PBA is clear and historically embedded in the annals of state
labor laws and collective bargaining regulations and we are very confident that the PBA will long remain the chosen labor
organization in the NJ Law Enforcement Community.
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Essex County Corrections.
Law Enforcements Toughest Beat
Essex County Correction Officers truly walk the toughest beat. In Essex
County we hold the largest and most violent county inmate population in the State of New Jersey and we do it with pride and
dedication.
Executive Board Members
Experience-Pride-Dedication & Diversity
President
Joe Amato
Executive Vice President
Tyrone Williams
State Delegate
Fred Ludd
First Vice President
Dave Matos
Second Vice President
Curtis Wright
Treasurer
Emily Vargas
Secretary
Jose Gradeille
Alternate Delegate
James Draper
Trustees
Lewis Blakley
Bruce Moore
Alnisa Horsely
Sgts At Arms
Mark Bauder
Anthony Pierrie
Brenda Sowell
These are the people who step up on behalf of the membership day in and day out in the face of adversity.
