Hennepin County Offer to AFSCME

This is Hennepin County's Offer to AFSCME for their members to vote on:


The bargaining team agreed to be "neutral" on the settlement.
In place of the strike training on November 21st. There will be a master
committee meeting on November 21st 5:30 PM at the Minneapolis Central Labor Union
312 Central Ave SE in Minneapolis.  All dues paying members are eligible to attend
this meeting.  Table team members will answer questions about the settlement.

Below is a summary of the settlement from Hennepin County:

$500 Lump sum payment to all benefit earning employees the first pay period of 2012

We as a bargaining unit have to decide if we want 1.5% COLA and steps for 2013
or everyone gets a 2.5% COLA for 2013.

Stability pay remains intact.

Single health insurance will remain at $40 per month until December 2012 at which time
it will go to $60 until December 2013 at which time it will go to $75.

We had a lot of improvement of meet and confer language.

Health Partners, Children's, and North Memorial will remain in "tier one" for 2012.
In 2013, the county and Preferred One will review the tiers and make changes after
consulting the Labor-Management Health Care committee.

Tier 2 and Tier 3 providers will have deductibles in 2013, but the deductibles will be offset
by the co-pays going down $5.

The entire settlement should be available online at the council 5 website as soon as
they are able to get it on there.

552 members are welcome to call me, Patrick Guernsey @612-596-0493 with questions.
Other AFSCME Members should call their union representatives.

Patrick Guernsey
President
AFSCME Local 552
HCPC