Today we had the first round of contract negotiations. MNPEA Detention Deputies, Techs and Radio gave our initial proposal today based on member input.
I will limit this blog primarily to the proposals for jail staff, but will upload the total proposal to our e-group (if you aren't on it email me to be added).
Art. 10 Work Schedules Premium Pay
-Raise shift differential. Nights & Weekends to $1.10 an hour
Sec. 11 Specialty Pay
- FTO pay to $3.00 an hour
-Specialty Pay. SRT, Court Staging, Release, Intake Control, Classification
-Policy change. 16 hour overtime limitation per week changed to 32 per pay period
Article 12 Vacations
-Raise top to 25 days per year (in line with the State)
Art. 13 Sick Leave
PTO "me too" with Workhouse Language
Art. 17 Salary Rates
3% Cost of Living 2014 and 2015 AND Market Adjustment
(We are dead last in the Metro Area and the biggest, busiest jail. By Comparison, Ramsey County Detention Deputies make $31 an hour after 5 years, $32 an hour at 10 years and $34 an hour after 20 years.)**SEE FOOTNOTE
Art. 34 Discipline & Discharge
add Oral Reprimands can be removed after 2yrs
**FOOTNOTE
The County Stated that Ramsey is an anomaly and not a comparison. However at our last contract arbitration, Arbitrator Mary Jo Schiavoni stated:
Both Ramsey County and the state of Minnesota correctional employees are appropriate external comparisons. These are two large public employers located within the same geographic area. They are competitors for employees in the same labor market in which Hennepin County functions. All of the Met Council 7 County Metro counties are also appropriate
for comparison purposes.
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NEWS SITE FOR CURRENT AND RETIRED CORRECTIONS OFFICERS! This blog will keep up on current events affecting Detention Deputies and Corrections Officers. SINCE 2006!
Friday, September 27, 2013
Monday, September 09, 2013
September Update
Contract negotiations begin for us on September 27th.
Arbitration is set for October 22nd for the Sick Time use grievance.
And the Afscme Corrections Officers at the Workhouse filed cards with the Bureau of Mediation Services to vote on a change of Representation. They want to join MNPEA. That means NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STOPPED FOR AFSCME, AT LEAST THE WORKHOUSE. This means AFSCME can't settle and set the pattern! It also means if the Workhouse CO's come over it will never matter again what AFSCME settles for because the workhouse are essential employees like us.
Cards filed for Hennepin County Workhouse
Last week cards for an election for a Change of Representation were filed with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services for the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Center. There was a super majority.
Hennepin County Labor Relations was sent a letter by the State of Minnesota. issuing an order of Status Quo. This means AFSCME cannot negotiate the contract, but must continue to represent in grievances and discipline.
What happens now?
The Bureau of Mediation Services will send a ballot to every Corrections Officer in the bargaining unit. In the privacy of your home you will decide if you want to have the MNPEA as your Exclusive Representative or remain with AFSCME.
If the Corrections Officers at the Workhouse choose MNPEA, the current contract remains in FULL FORCE, despite AFSCME propaganda, and negotiations will resume with the MNPEA as your Representative.
Also for the first time ever to my knowledge, the Workhouse CO's will bargain as essential employees, not mixed with the non-essentials if the MNPEA is chosen.
Here's a list of current MNPEA groups:
Hennepin County Labor Relations was sent a letter by the State of Minnesota. issuing an order of Status Quo. This means AFSCME cannot negotiate the contract, but must continue to represent in grievances and discipline.
What happens now?
The Bureau of Mediation Services will send a ballot to every Corrections Officer in the bargaining unit. In the privacy of your home you will decide if you want to have the MNPEA as your Exclusive Representative or remain with AFSCME.
If the Corrections Officers at the Workhouse choose MNPEA, the current contract remains in FULL FORCE, despite AFSCME propaganda, and negotiations will resume with the MNPEA as your Representative.
Also for the first time ever to my knowledge, the Workhouse CO's will bargain as essential employees, not mixed with the non-essentials if the MNPEA is chosen.
Here's a list of current MNPEA groups:
| Ada Police |
| Albert Lea Police |
| Arrowhead Regional Corrections, Essentials |
| Arrowhead Regional Corrections, Non-Essential |
| Blue Earth County Corrections & Sgts |
| Carver County Deputies |
| City of East Bethel |
| City of Jordan Clerical |
| Dakota County Corrections Supervisors |
| Edina Police Dispatchers |
| Faribault County Corrections & Dispatch |
| Freeborn County Deputies |
| Freeborn County Sgts |
| Glencoe Police |
| Hennepin County Corrections & Dispatch |
| Hutchinson Police |
| Lakeville Police |
| McCleod County Corrections & Dispatch |
| McCleod County Deputies |
| Mendota Heights Police Sgts |
| Mille Lacs County Sheriff, Supervisors |
| Norman County Sheriff, Essentials |
| Owatonna Police Corporals |
| Owatonna Police Sgts |
| Red Wing Police |
| Rice County Deputies |
| Rice County Sgts |
| Sibley County Sheriff, Essentials |
| St. Louis County Sheriff, Supervisors Unit |
| University of Minnesota Police |
| Washington County Corrections & Dispatch |
| White Bear Lake Police |
| Wilkin County Deputies |
| Wilkin County Corrections & Dispatch |
| Winthrop Police |