Friday, June 19, 2009

Grievance Update

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Today Teamsters Business Agent Tom Perkins and myself met with Hennepin County Labor Relations and Hennepin County Sheriff's Inspector M...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

New Class Action Grievance

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Today a class action grievance was filed by myself and our business agent to restore the 1.5% inconvenient work schedule pay we gave up in J...
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Saturday, June 06, 2009

What A Correction Officer Should Know

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What a Correction Officer Should Know
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Friday, June 05, 2009

Good bye Dan Lang

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The funeral for Dan Lang, former Detention Deputy (1998-2001) will be held Saturday, June 6, 2009 at St. Francis Xavier Church at 9 - 3rd St...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Class Action Grievance Filed

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Class Action Step 2 Grievance Filed June 3rd, 2009 All grievances for denied and deleted overtime before and after shift have been denied at...
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Monday, June 01, 2009

Steward Announcement

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We have a couple of openings for Union Steward. Self nomination forms will be mailed to all full members homes in the next 2 to 3 weeks. I s...
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Hennepin County Taxpayer Watchdog

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There's a new blog you might find interesting. The Hennepin County Taxpayer Watchdog. http://www.taxpayerwatchdog.org/ It's run by H...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Week 1, 28 Day Debacle

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The first week of the 28 day schedule is behind us. So far it's been a total debacle. Unlike what was said at the Labor Management Meet ...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Inmate Dirty Deeds for your viewing pleasure!

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Anyone working in our profession will find much of this familiar!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

NOTICE

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TEAMSTERS LOCAL 320 DETENTION DEPUTIES AND TECHS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BE AT THE SIGN IN BOARD AT THE START OF YOUR ASSIGNED SHIFT PER ORDER ...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Corrections News and Views Volume 1

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

28 day cluster fuck

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This, the first day of the 28 day 8 hour schedule has begun as a cluster fuck. I ended up on the phone with a lieutenant at midnight after m...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Real cost saving for the County

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The State will finally end the sending of short term offenders to the county jails. For 6 years the State has been sending it's inmates ...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Teamsters Local 320 says, No Give Backs!

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As local governments ask for "give backs" Teamsters Local 320 Business Agent Tom Perkin's says "no." Both Ramsey Cou...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Walmart's War On Workers

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Arbitration Update

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The arbitration for excessive discipline given for a misdemeanor DWI is moving ahead. The list of arbitrators should be picked in the next 2...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Up Coming Events

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MNTLEL Public Safety Stewards Training May, 6th. Stewards call 612/378-8700 to reserve your spot. Location: Radisson Hotel, Roseville Membe...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Making sense of chaos

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The Sheriff's Admin and County Labor relations met with every bargaining unit in the Sheriff's Office to try to make some sense on h...
Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Federal Law-You Must Be Paid For Putting On Your Uniform

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The Supreme Court unanimously upheld that you must be PAID for time spent putting on and off your uniform! "Therefore, the time, no mat...
Friday, April 03, 2009

What is being done

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(This is post has been rewritten to reflect what I'm putting out in a newsletter and cleaned up a bit. 4/4/09) The Hennepin County Sheri...