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In memory of DawnI was driving past a park in Eden Prairie last week when I did something that happens to me often, especially over the past couple months: I thought of Dawn Lindgren, an Excelsior library worker who passed away in October. Most of you weren’t lucky enough to have met her, I know, but I wish you had gotten the opportunity. Dawn was a big personality (at her memorial service, one of her nephews said that she often came to his sporting events, and although he couldn’t always see her in the crowd, he “could always hear her”), and she was a joy to know. Here are a few things I think you… more… | ||
We Deserve Safe Workplaces!No one should feel like work isn’t safe. But we have been hearing more from workers that they don’t always feel safe at work and they don’t feel like their concerns are being listened to. Many 2822 jobs have the potential to cause long-term physical harm. Many of us interact directly with the public with few boundaries. Although there were many complicating factors, Dawn was injured at work by a lift-stick, a piece of machinery used in libraries to move heavy tubs of books. It was clearly an accident, but also a reminder that seemingly small things, like the recent remodel of the… more… | ||
Happy New Year, 2822!We had a busy year in 2822! Here are some of our workplace victories from 2018 and ongoing struggles for 2019. Don’t see your area on the list and want to organize? Shoot me or a steward or officer in your area an email. We’d love to get to know you and work with you! Health and Human Services: In Health and Human Services, workers from a number of different areas joined their co-workers to successfully fight supervisory mismanagement, harassment and discrimination. But managerial dysfunction continues in the department. Beyond this dysfunction, the kiosk pilot project, which… more… | ||
Class Action Grievance FiledHennepin County AFSCME Locals have filed a class action grievance against Hennepin County for violating our 2016-2018 contract regarding performance raises. On 12/3/2018 Hennepin County and Michael Rossman, Chief HRO, sent notice that any employee who has a performance review between 12/23/18-12/31/2018 will not get a step increase as guaranteed under our current contract but rather the flat 3% negotiated for our 2019-2021 contract. The Union filed a class action grievance on behalf of all AFSCME workers at Hennepin County on 12/06/2018 asserting this is a violation of our 2016-2018… more… | ||
