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!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Candidate Websites for Hennepin Co. Sheriff
These are the official websites for both candidates running for Hennepin County Sheriff. Both candidates will be at the Meet and Greet on the 29th. Come, listen, ask questions.
EDDIE FRIZELL
http://www.frizellforsheriff.com/
RICHARD STANEK
http://sheriffstanek.com/
EDDIE FRIZELL
RICHARD STANEK
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Meet and Greet-MNPEA Release
Contributed by Mike Golen
Attention all Detention Deputies, Detention
Technicians, Henn Co, MPLS & Edina Dispatchers
and MNPEA Members living in Hennepin County.
Come and join us for a “Meet and Greet” party
with fellow union members & co-workers. MNPEA
Director Mike Golen and MNPEA Vice President Tom Perkins will both be there.
We have invited the candidates running for Sheriff
to come for part of the meeting and speak to us and
answer questions.
4PM Rich Stanek – 4:30PM Eddie
Frizell - for approx 20 minutes each.
Come and be better informed on what is happening
with your union.
Where: Di Noko’s Pizza - 420 S 4th
(Next to Goldberg Bail Bonds)
When: July 29th
*25% discount on all food with work ID - Happy
Hour from 3-7PM.
St, MPLS, MN
(Tuesday) from 3PM till when ever...
Attention all Detention Deputies, Detention
Technicians, Henn Co, MPLS & Edina Dispatchers
and MNPEA Members living in Hennepin County.
Come and join us for a “Meet and Greet” party
with fellow union members & co-workers. MNPEA
Director Mike Golen and MNPEA Vice President Tom Perkins will both be there.
We have invited the candidates running for Sheriff
to come for part of the meeting and speak to us and
answer questions.
4PM Rich Stanek – 4:30PM Eddie
Frizell - for approx 20 minutes each.
Come and be better informed on what is happening
with your union.
Where: Di Noko’s Pizza - 420 S 4th
(Next to Goldberg Bail Bonds)
When: July 29th
*25% discount on all food with work ID - Happy
Hour from 3-7PM.
St, MPLS, MN
(Tuesday) from 3PM till when ever...
Meet and Greet Union Mtg with Sheriff's Candidates
Shared by Carol Orcutt
Meet and Greet Union Mtg with Sheriff's Candidates
Stop over even if you don't’ want to discuss union things and just hang out. If nothing else you’ll be better informed on what is happening with our union.
When: July 29th (Tuesday) from 3PM till when ever…
Meet and Greet Union Mtg with Sheriff's Candidates
Attention all barganing units under the Sheriff's Office with MNPEA
Come and join us for a “Meet and Greet” party with your fellow union members and co-workers. Share some thoughts with our MNPEA Business Agent Michael Golen. He’ll be available to answer any questions about our union.
Also Sheriff Richard Stanek and Sheriff Candidate Eddie Firzell will be there to speak to us and answer questions from: 4 PM to 5 PM
Stop over even if you don't’ want to discuss union things and just hang out. If nothing else you’ll be better informed on what is happening with our union.
Where: Di Noko’s Pizza Next to Goldberg Bail Bonds
When: July 29th (Tuesday) from 3PM till when ever…
There will be a 25% discount on all food with work ID and happy hour is between 3-7PM.
Let’s make it a fun informational gathering.
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| Eddie Frizell |
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| Rich Stanek |
What's it like being a corrections officer?
Each year over 33,000 Correctional Officers are assaulted. In the last year records were released on the prosecution rates of those assaults, only 10.9 percent resulted in prosecutions. Yet over 20 percent of the Officers assaulted required medical attention. How loud would the public outcry be if only one in 10 assaults on our city streets, where the assailant was clearly identified, were prosecuted? What would morale be like in our police departments if only one in 10 assaults of our cops were prosecuted? What would our communities be like if the criminal element knew they had only a one in 10 chance of being prosecuted, even if we knew who they were and could prove they committed the assault?
The number and severity of the assaults behind the walls has dramatically increased in the past decade. In the past six years, 47 of our brothers and sisters have died in the line of duty. With continued overcrowding, understaffing and more violent gang members being incarcerated, it will only continue to get worse. But, assaults aren’t the only problem we face.
FULL STORY CorrectionsOne
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Arbitration FAQ
1. What happens in an arbitration?
When essential employees and their employer deadlock in negotiations they file for arbitration. As essential employees we cannot strike.
The rules for arbitration are spelled out in Minnesota State Statute
When essential employees and their employer deadlock in negotiations they file for arbitration. As essential employees we cannot strike.
The rules for arbitration are spelled out in Minnesota State Statute
179A.16 INTEREST ARBITRATION
Both sides file their final positions to the arbitrator.
A hearing is then held where both side present their positions to the arbitrator. It's much like a courtroom setting, testimony, witnesses and exhibits.
Briefs are filed by both sides, usually within a couple weeks of the hearing. The arbitrator then has 30 days to publish the decision.
An arbitrator is supposed to treat the arbitration as if the essential employees are on strike and make a decision considering what it would take to end a strike.
2. Will we get less than the employers offer that was rejected?
Not likely. The County's main argument is ALWAYS the pattern is set. They always compare the three essential county corrections groups; the Workhouse, Juvenile Center and the Adult Detention Center.
As a matter of fact if you peruse the arbitrator decisions at the BMS site you will see that no one in any county has received less then the employers last 0ffer. arbitration! http://mn.gov/bms/arbitration_awards.html
For an example here's the arbitrator's decision for us from 2012: BMS Case No. 12-PN-0697
As a matter of fact if you peruse the arbitrator decisions at the BMS site you will see that no one in any county has received less then the employers last 0ffer. arbitration! http://mn.gov/bms/arbitration_awards.html
For an example here's the arbitrator's decision for us from 2012: BMS Case No. 12-PN-0697
Here's a quote from that arbitration:
In the County’s view, MNPEA offered no compelling, different or special
circumstances that would justify the MNPEA’s offer and granting the MNPEA’s offer
would destroy the internal wage relationship that has existed for years with the County’s
other correctional officers not represented by the MNPEA, such as the Juvenile
Correctional Officers represented by the Teamsters and Correctional Officers at the Adult
Correctional Facility in Plymouth represented by AFSCME
So there you have it, the County's game in their own words from the last arbitration. Both the County Correctional Officers and the Juvenile Correctional Officers received steps, a 2.5% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and 1% Market Adjustment for those at the top step only for 2014 and 2015.
The ONLY difference in the offers was that dispatch was to get a 2% market adjustment in 2014 only across the steps. The county still wasn't deviating from the 2% market adjustment, just giving it all to dispatch the first year and including those in steps.
I still firmly believe dispatch deserves the market adjustment across the steps, but so does everyone in our bargaining unit.
The County will have to offer the market adjustment in arbitration, and even if they didn't we would argue it...only higher to get us where we should be.
I'm still voting no.
In the County’s view, MNPEA offered no compelling, different or special
circumstances that would justify the MNPEA’s offer and granting the MNPEA’s offer
would destroy the internal wage relationship that has existed for years with the County’s
other correctional officers not represented by the MNPEA, such as the Juvenile
Correctional Officers represented by the Teamsters and Correctional Officers at the Adult
Correctional Facility in Plymouth represented by AFSCME
So there you have it, the County's game in their own words from the last arbitration. Both the County Correctional Officers and the Juvenile Correctional Officers received steps, a 2.5% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and 1% Market Adjustment for those at the top step only for 2014 and 2015.
The ONLY difference in the offers was that dispatch was to get a 2% market adjustment in 2014 only across the steps. The county still wasn't deviating from the 2% market adjustment, just giving it all to dispatch the first year and including those in steps.
I still firmly believe dispatch deserves the market adjustment across the steps, but so does everyone in our bargaining unit.
The County will have to offer the market adjustment in arbitration, and even if they didn't we would argue it...only higher to get us where we should be.
I'm still voting no.