tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806680084796207670.post8826373777675048357..comments2024-03-11T02:18:19.374-05:00Comments on Texas Prisons' Blog: Texas Senate Republicans Attack TDCJ Employee's Pay and Right to OrganizeTexas Prisonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02646109037957605972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806680084796207670.post-41039930728897983102015-05-08T22:40:17.310-05:002015-05-08T22:40:17.310-05:00Understanding that our job is funded by the tax pa...Understanding that our job is funded by the tax payer it is hard to approve large raises. However the units are being ran under staffed and short cuts taken which are fine until something goes wrong. We are left in positions that we know are wrong but unable to voice opinions out of fear of retaliation. True someone must die to open others eyes but even then it will come down to a first line officer or supervisor who will be held accountable. The inmates housed in our prisons are the same we love to watch on TV shows such as Cops only there are more of them, less of us and we don't have guns. Hat off to the many men and women who work hard everyday to ensure the general public is safe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6806680084796207670.post-51910625505794242852015-05-08T17:18:30.793-05:002015-05-08T17:18:30.793-05:00I have been employed by TDCJ for 12 1/2 years and ...I have been employed by TDCJ for 12 1/2 years and I have seen and been involved in many incidents. Officers have been assaulted, spit on, different bodily fluids thrown on them, verbal abuse using profane language. We are extremely short of Officers. We risk our lives every day when we walk inside those gates. We have officers come to work and stay a couple weeks, a couple months and then they decide that the pay is not enough to put up with everything they deal with on a daily basis.TDCJ pay can not compete with other jobs that people can get and not put up with as much trouble. We need a good pay raise that would draw in competent people that can do the job and will stay with TDCJ. 2 1/2 percent is only about $60.00 dollars a month raise, that is not going to fix the problem that we are dealing with. We very seldom have enough Officers to run shift,is it going to take someone being hurt or killed before the State will do something. I pray that you will read this and listen to what I am saying before anything bad happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com