A letter from our Business Agent

Dear Members,

In all of my years as a Teamsters Business Agent I have never seen a more anti-union Sheriff and administration then Sheriff Stanek and the Sheriff’s Administration currently at Hennepin County. Never before have I seen a Sheriff get involved to have one of our members and stewards charged with a case they not only had no personal knowledge of, but that was outside of their jurisdiction. Sheriff Stanek has no regard for our labor contract, labor law, Garrity rights, veterans’ rights or even past settlement agreements. Sheriff Stanek has misused County and public resources by sending out personal and protected information to agencies outside of the scope of his office and jurisdiction in an effort to slander one of our members, and misusing county employees and taxpayer resources to accomplish this anti-union goal. These anti-union qualities exhibited by Sheriff Stanek are unworthy of the high office of the Hennepin County Sheriff that the public has entrusted him with.

Business Agent Tom Perkins, Teamsters Local 320

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Sheriff's Office Again Shows Disregard For Employees

Once again the Sheriff's Office has changed the days off of detention deputies 5 days after the 28 day schedule was posted. This disregard for the personal lives of it's employees brings us stress, problems at home and lost money for hotel reservations and airline tickets purchased.

While I realize the Sheriff's Office likes the flexibility (for them) of the schedule and thinks it is saving them money I wish they would honor what they said they would do and lock out the schedule 10 days before as they promised, instead of posting the schedule and then pulling a fast one on us.

I encourage anyone adversely affected by this change to work the chain of command to fix their days off and if that doesn't work to file a grievance to recover money spent for plans that was subsequently lost.