Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Follow up to Stillwater C.O. Death.

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The Star Tribune is reporting today that the Stillwater Correctional Officer who died was 41 year old Steven J. Jensen, an employee since...
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Monday, January 29, 2007

Stillwater Correctional Officer Dies At Work

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Today I was at the YMCA I work out at. Frequently I run into a sergeant from Lino Lakes MCF there. Today he said, "Did you hear the ne...
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Friday, January 19, 2007

Sheriff's Chair Missing!

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Felicia Chesmer put out the following request: During the move of the Administration from Room 6 in City Hall to Room 815 of the Grain Exc...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Teamsters Local 320 2006 Legislation & IBT 2007 Goals

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Click here to see the things our Teamsters local 320 accomplished in 2006 legislatively. Then click here to see Teamsters national political...
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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Uniform Changes

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The new sheriff's administration has formed a uniform committee with the idea of changing our current brown leather to black. All barga...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Important: Vote in the PERA elections!

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Yeah I know it's a boring piece of seemingly junk mail that comes to your home, but take the time to VOTE, our retirement depends on it....
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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Sheriff McGowan Retires

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Sheriff McGowan is retiring to Arizona. We've had some big battles over the years, but I wish him well. An excerpt from a Star Tribune ...
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Friday, December 22, 2006

Does Hennepin County Encourage Lawsuits?

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We've all heard the tales of the inmate brought to the jail who then complains about his treatment and then walks away with a fistful of...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The Stanek Administration

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Sheriff Rich Stanek has named his new administration. Here's the line-up: Chief Deputy- Orono Police Chief Stephany Good Inspectors: ...
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Blood Borne Pathogens Report

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As many of you know we wrote, lobbied and got passed the Blood Borne Pathogens Bill some time ago after an inmate refused to give a blood sa...
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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Inmate Dies of Excited Delirium

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A Ramsey County workhouse inmate who died after struggling with guards earlier this year suffered a fatal condition known as "excited d...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

November Update

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These are some of the issues we are currently dealing with: 1) A ten day suspension of an SRT member is going to arbitration . 2) The unila...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

Hoffa Wins Again!

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James Hoffa has won another term as General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters . I look forward to another term of his...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Rich Stanek Wins Hennepin County Sheriff's Race

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Rich Stanek has won the race for Hennepin County Sheriff. Come January he will occupy room 6 as our new boss. There will be a learning cur...
Monday, October 30, 2006

Juan Lopez Invitation

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Click on image for full size! Click here for more info on Lopez for Sheriff
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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Walking the Line With Mesaba's Unions

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Today I took a day off of work and spent it walking a picket line with the Mesaba Labor Coalition , which includes the Air Line Pilots Assoc...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Support Mesaba Protesters

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Last week U. S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Kishel threw out the union contract of Mesaba airline employees. The company wants to cut their wag...
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Monday, October 23, 2006

NLRB UNDERMINES WORKERS' RIGHTS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 03, 2006 CONTACT: Sarah Massey (202) 445-1169 NLRB UNDERMINES WORKERS' RIGHTS WASHINGTON, DC – In...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Keith Ellison Speaks For Terrorist Organization!

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On October 14 th Keith Ellison went to Florida to be the keynote speaker at an event sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations...
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

When to Talk & When Not to Talk

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The nature of our profession requires us to use force and compel inmates to do things they do not want to do: Get booked in, go to court, et...
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