Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Hennepin County Initial Offer

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This is the County's initial offer. Obviously not something we'd sign on to. We are filing for Mediation tomorrow. We meet again on ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

An Open Letter to Hennepin County Workhuse CO's

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Fellow CO's at the Hennepin County Workhouse, Thanks for the effort. The members have spoken. I only hope you have learned that the...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Public Safety Salary Comparison

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This is a list of Public Safety Salaries I've composed. I will list them from highest to lowest paid. All salaries are 2012 compensatio...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

More Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Spending

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In this contract negotiation season I'd like to highlight some more of the HCSO's budget priorities. Former WCCO reporter Ki...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Hennepin County vs Ramsey County Detention

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  This is a  comparison between Hennepin County and Ramsey County. It will compare salaries of their respective Sheriffs and Detention Depu...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Berntson Family Help Needed

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On March 15th 2012, Detention Sergeant Brad Berntson , died after being bitten by an HIV positive inmate. The side effects from the anti-v...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Contract Talks Update

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We meet again with Hennepin County on October 29th to receive their proposal. Our position is resolute. We need a market adjustment and a c...
Tuesday, October 08, 2013

County Postpones 2 year old sick time arbitration

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Dear members, Hennepin County has obtained a continuance of our 2 year old sick time grievance. It was slated for October 22nd, now it...
Friday, October 04, 2013

Minneapolis Firefighters Union working against MNPEA

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Dear members, Currently AFSCME is attempting to remove at State level, the Minnesota Public Employees Association (MNPEA) right to represe...
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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

MNPEA response to AFSCME smack talk

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Dear members, AFSCME has been talking smack about us, claiming we're not a Union. Here's our MNPEA Business Agent's response...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Contract Negotiations

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Today we had the first round of contract negotiations.  MNPEA Detention Deputies, Techs and Radio gave our initial proposal today based on m...
Monday, September 09, 2013

September Update

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Contract negotiations begin for us on September 27th. Arbitration is set for October 22nd for the Sick Time use grievance. And the ...

Cards filed for Hennepin County Workhouse

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Last week cards for an election for a Change of Representation were filed with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services for the Hennepin C...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Happy Labor Day

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

AFSCME Workhouse questions answered

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I am getting emailed many questions from Hennepin County Workhouse AFSCME members. Just to be sure the word is spread beyond just the emaile...
Friday, August 16, 2013

An Open Letter To AFSCME Members Seeking To Join MNPEA

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Let me preface this by saying that I am a CO and a Union Steward. I am a member of the MNPEA, not an employee. This is based on my experien...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Detention Deputy Down

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LODD: PHOENIX, AZ Detention Officer Jorge Vargas Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, AZ EOW: 8/8/2013 Officer Jorge Vargas was murdered Thur...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Officer Safety Warning

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There are people who are knocking on the doors of the Hennepin County Detention Deputies, Techs and Dispatchers from AFSCME. We believe they...
Thursday, August 08, 2013

MNPEA Legal in Action

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Last night I received a call from one of our stewards at the Hennepin County Jail. There had been a critical incident. He called the MNPEA ...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

Ryan Hanson, AFSCME, Publish Corrections Officers Addresses

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This is Ryan Hanson . He is an organizer with AFSCME. His card has been left at the homes of  our Hennepin County Detention Deputies and ...
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