For the second time in a year and a half, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has found that Ramsey County jail staff violated state rules governing how often inmates need to be checked on. -STAR TRIBUNE
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Overtime Backpay Update
As of today, November 16, 2010, the Department of Labor is working to get us the unpaid overtime back pay augments owed.
As you know Dave. B. discovered our overtime was being calculated incorrectly. After filing a grievance our BA Tom Perkins directed him to the Department of Labor and he successfully received his back pay last August. The rest of us, even after assurances from the HCSO and Hennepin County that it was being worked on have gone unpaid since last July.
Enough is enough.
As you know Dave. B. discovered our overtime was being calculated incorrectly. After filing a grievance our BA Tom Perkins directed him to the Department of Labor and he successfully received his back pay last August. The rest of us, even after assurances from the HCSO and Hennepin County that it was being worked on have gone unpaid since last July.
Enough is enough.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Teamsters Local 320 Election Result
The ballots were counted today. The Sue Mauren slate has another 3 years. The Members for a Better Union slate took between 36%-37% of the vote. Not bad for the first time out, a short campaign and only spending about $1,400 compared to the Sue Muaren slate's over $10,000.
I hope the Sue Mauren slate got the message. Out of about 9,800 eligible voters only about 2,300 bothered to vote and 36% went to the Members for a Better Union slate. I'd hardly call the result a mandate.
The message is: Pay more attention to the members.
Dave Deal sums up best the reasons the slate formed and what's next.
I have to say this whole experience was eye opening. I was not running for local office yet the Sue Mauren slate took it upon themselves to attack a dues paying member for voicing an opinion. They targeted myself and Brad Slawson Sr. of Teamsters Local 120 for no apparent reason.
My sites had to become moderated because of their profanity. They had a video made about me and according to them I'm a racist and a devil worshiper. You guys won the race, but you lost the respect you need to lead. Try to remember that the members hire you to represent them, unless you want a repeat 3 years from now.
Thank you Members for a Better Union slate for having the courage to run and thanks to all of you who supported them. The election is over and it's time to get back to the business of serving the members united as Teamsters.
I hope the Sue Mauren slate got the message. Out of about 9,800 eligible voters only about 2,300 bothered to vote and 36% went to the Members for a Better Union slate. I'd hardly call the result a mandate.
The message is: Pay more attention to the members.
Dave Deal sums up best the reasons the slate formed and what's next.
I have to say this whole experience was eye opening. I was not running for local office yet the Sue Mauren slate took it upon themselves to attack a dues paying member for voicing an opinion. They targeted myself and Brad Slawson Sr. of Teamsters Local 120 for no apparent reason.
My sites had to become moderated because of their profanity. They had a video made about me and according to them I'm a racist and a devil worshiper. You guys won the race, but you lost the respect you need to lead. Try to remember that the members hire you to represent them, unless you want a repeat 3 years from now.
Thank you Members for a Better Union slate for having the courage to run and thanks to all of you who supported them. The election is over and it's time to get back to the business of serving the members united as Teamsters.
