Welcome City of East Bethel Public Employees and White Bear Lake PD to the MNPEA family.
As an aside I find it interesting that over one year after we left Teamsters Local 320 they continue weird online attacks against me on their websites.
If they spent more time servicing their members and less time attacking former members maybe they wouldn't keep losing groups like East Bethel.
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Showing posts with label Mike Carey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Carey. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
MNPEA Bargaining Units
This is a list of all of the bargaining units who have joined MNPEA. Check back as this list is growing!
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rice County Deputies |
| Rice County Sgts |
| Sibley County Sheriff, Essentials |
| University of Minnesota Police |
| Washington County Corrections & Dispatch |
| White Bear Lake Police |
| Wilkin County Deputies |
| Wilkin County Corrections & Dispatch |
| Winthrop Police |
Monday, January 02, 2012
Corrections News & Views 2012, vol. #1
Contents: Representation, Contract Negotiations, Shift Differential Grievance, Steward Elections, Staffing Cuts, Stewards Banned from I.A. and the Pension
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Letter from the FOP regarding Teamster attacks on MNPEA attorney Rob Fowler
Members Of The Minnesota Fraternal Order Of Police:
As some of you know, our general counsel Robert Fowler has been working hard to add membership to our organization. He is general counsel to a new labor union, MNPEA, that will bring roughly 250 officers into the FOP and our Legal Defense Plan (LDP) this year alone. MNPEA is not officially affiliated with the FOP - we remain unaffiliated with any labor group, but MNPEA will be offering to it's sworn law enforcement members the FOP's LDP. Many of the bargaining groups being brought into MNPEA are from the Teamsters.
Recently, bulk emails were sent out by a group sponsored by Teamsters 320 that is trying to discredit MNPEA's Business Agents and our own FOP Attorney. The emails state Mr. Fowler was fired from his previous employer and has been accused by the MN Attorney General's Office for stealing money from the FOP. I understand that any labor group has a right to maintain their membership numbers, but I take exception to this false accusation. Fowler's contract with the FOP started in 2005.
We have always had a system in place where we pay Mr. Fowler a flat rate for each LDP member, plus an annual vehicle allowance that started several years ago. He has never had access to our bank accounts or finances. Paul and I can say with absolute certainty that Rob Fowler has never stolen money from our organization - that would be impossible.
As your President, I contacted the AG's Office and even though they could not comment directly on this accusation, I was told that their office "would not investigate this type of complaint". I can also state with certainty that Mr. Fowler was not fired from his previous law job with Pat Kelly's Office, this was acknowledged during the bidding process for the FOP contract.
We are concerned because these false emails could cause our own members to question whether our organization or legal defense plan are worthwhile. Our legal defense plan and the services offered by our attoney are without question invaluable, and Mr. Fowler has always maintained high integrity. Please forward this out to your fellow lodge members and correctly inform anyone in your workplaces who may have heard this type of false misinformation. Let them know that the accusations are false.
As President, I also feel that you should know that there is a new labor union option out there. Mr. Fowler is MNPEA's general counsel so you will be assured quality legal representation. We have had some issues in the past with Teamsters coming close to crossing the line into FOP matters, and I feel that this latest attack clearly does cross that line. I feel you should question whether representation by Teamsters is appropriate for you, as law enforcement officers, when such clearly false and defamatory accusations are being made against our FOP attorney.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to contact Treasurer Dooley or myself if you have questions.
Gary Cayo
MN FOP President
Paul Dooley
MN FOP Treasurer
As some of you know, our general counsel Robert Fowler has been working hard to add membership to our organization. He is general counsel to a new labor union, MNPEA, that will bring roughly 250 officers into the FOP and our Legal Defense Plan (LDP) this year alone. MNPEA is not officially affiliated with the FOP - we remain unaffiliated with any labor group, but MNPEA will be offering to it's sworn law enforcement members the FOP's LDP. Many of the bargaining groups being brought into MNPEA are from the Teamsters.
Recently, bulk emails were sent out by a group sponsored by Teamsters 320 that is trying to discredit MNPEA's Business Agents and our own FOP Attorney. The emails state Mr. Fowler was fired from his previous employer and has been accused by the MN Attorney General's Office for stealing money from the FOP. I understand that any labor group has a right to maintain their membership numbers, but I take exception to this false accusation. Fowler's contract with the FOP started in 2005.
We have always had a system in place where we pay Mr. Fowler a flat rate for each LDP member, plus an annual vehicle allowance that started several years ago. He has never had access to our bank accounts or finances. Paul and I can say with absolute certainty that Rob Fowler has never stolen money from our organization - that would be impossible.
As your President, I contacted the AG's Office and even though they could not comment directly on this accusation, I was told that their office "would not investigate this type of complaint". I can also state with certainty that Mr. Fowler was not fired from his previous law job with Pat Kelly's Office, this was acknowledged during the bidding process for the FOP contract.
We are concerned because these false emails could cause our own members to question whether our organization or legal defense plan are worthwhile. Our legal defense plan and the services offered by our attoney are without question invaluable, and Mr. Fowler has always maintained high integrity. Please forward this out to your fellow lodge members and correctly inform anyone in your workplaces who may have heard this type of false misinformation. Let them know that the accusations are false.
As President, I also feel that you should know that there is a new labor union option out there. Mr. Fowler is MNPEA's general counsel so you will be assured quality legal representation. We have had some issues in the past with Teamsters coming close to crossing the line into FOP matters, and I feel that this latest attack clearly does cross that line. I feel you should question whether representation by Teamsters is appropriate for you, as law enforcement officers, when such clearly false and defamatory accusations are being made against our FOP attorney.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to contact Treasurer Dooley or myself if you have questions.
Gary Cayo
MN FOP President
Paul Dooley
MN FOP Treasurer
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Vote for Fred Gegare this week!
You should receive a ballot from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week for the general election. I encourage you to vote, and to vote for the Fred Gegare slate. I was a delegate to the 2011 Teamsters Convention and fully support him and his entire slate.
My, our beef, is with Teamsters Local 320 not the International. Yes, we are in the process of decertifying 320, they won't have a local election for two years and we can't take another two years of their abuse. Give a gift to our brothers and sisters in the labor movement, vote in someone who wants to return the power of the Teamsters to the members. Hoffa needs to go!
By the way, thank you Teamsters local 320, because you "protested" the list of names provided to the Bureau of Mediation Services we will all still be able to vote in the Teamsters General election!
My, our beef, is with Teamsters Local 320 not the International. Yes, we are in the process of decertifying 320, they won't have a local election for two years and we can't take another two years of their abuse. Give a gift to our brothers and sisters in the labor movement, vote in someone who wants to return the power of the Teamsters to the members. Hoffa needs to go!
By the way, thank you Teamsters local 320, because you "protested" the list of names provided to the Bureau of Mediation Services we will all still be able to vote in the Teamsters General election!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
NOTICE
On September 6th, 2011
CARDS WERE FILED WITH THE BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES TO DECERTIFY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 320 AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY DETENTION DEPUTIES, TELECOMMUNICATORS AND DETENTION TECHS AND TO CHOOSE THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (MNPEA) AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE.
*The number of cards filed was an overwhelming majority.
CARDS WERE FILED WITH THE BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES TO DECERTIFY TEAMSTERS LOCAL 320 AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY DETENTION DEPUTIES, TELECOMMUNICATORS AND DETENTION TECHS AND TO CHOOSE THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (MNPEA) AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE.
*The number of cards filed was an overwhelming majority.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Contract Proposals
Today I (and you) received a letter asking for contract proposals from our Business Agent of 5 months, Mike Carey.
Even though he has never come out to meet the rank and file members he did meet with all of the Stewards on May 4th. We were very straightforward.
At that meeting we asked that a copy of the contract be mailed to all of the members. He said it would be. It has not, yet you are now asked to make proposals on a contract many of you don't have a copy of.
On May 4th we also discussed the very contentious 28 day schedule and the shift survey we filled out. He told us that overwhelmingly 6/3 was the choice and he'd be sending a letter out to the members. That has not happened either.
At the end of the meeting Mike Carey said to me, "We have to make this work." When I got home a message about me was posted on the Internet (under one of 320's many aliases): LASZLO, JENSON AND DEAL CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES! Posted at 1:29 PM, right as we were leaving the building.
On August 9th there was a step 2 grievance hearing with Hennepin County Labor Relations regarding the monitored sick time issue. Mr. Carey was not there.
He has however found the time to meet several times with management about the new dispatch center.
On August 4th I wrote him a very detailed letter asking several questions. He has not responded.
At the Teamsters Convention right before the State shutdown, Ed Reynoso our DRIVE representative (lobbyist) told me, one of your elected delegates, "Fuck You Wade" every time he saw me for the first three days of the convention. He never left the convention even when the State shut down! However he did write a full page article in the Joint Council 32 magazine about the shutdown as if they gave a rats ass.
Maybe the folks we pay to represent us should find the time to mail out copies of the contract, address the shift preference survey, and answer the questions asked in the letter. Unless of course they are too busy attacking members on the Internet.
You cowards like to hide behind fake ID's on the Internet, I challenge you to answer this using your real names.
Teamsters had a big drive this summer to "Stop the War on Workers." Maybe Teamsters Local 320 should stop the war on its' members.
You can reach your Business Agent Mike Carey at mcarey@teamsterslocal320.org or call him at 612/378-8727
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