Enough employees took the voluntary severance package, that MNEA rescinded all three RIF's issued to our MSO sisters. One MSO sister took the severance package and the other two were able to stay in their position in the offices they currently work at. Good news for our union sisters! As a result, MSO withdrew the RIF grievance they had filed, with a warning to MNEA that if future RIF's occur, they need to start at the bottom of the applicable position list or MSO would be refiling the grievance for violation of the contract.
MSO also has a pending grievance regarding the move of an employee from her department to a totally different location in the same building -- for reasons that make no sense to us and which appear to be retaliatory. The formal grievance meeting was held on March 2nd. We will keep you informed.
On a concerned note -- MSO is noticing an increase in warnings, reprimands and negative evaluations for some of our active MSO officers. We will let you know as things develop. MSO will not stand for discrimination or retaliation for things that everyone should have put behind them.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Reduction in Force (RIF) Update - Feb. 17, 2012
Given the number of staff who have decided to take advantage of the Voluntary Staff Reduction incentive offered by MNEA, there have been promising conversations with MSO's two union sisters who received RIF notices. We are hoping that because of this, their RIF's will be withdrawn. MSO has put their grievance on hold, in order to have the time to see how this plays out. Everyone, please think positive thoughts for our two union sisters!!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
FEBRUARY UPDATE
REDUCTION IN FORCE (RIF) NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED TO ASSOCIATE STAFF....
Three of our fellow union sisters got RIF notifications recently. MSO does not agree with the method by which MNEA chose the people who received those RIF's. Instead of starting at the bottom of the Administrative Assistant list, using seniority, MNEA picked and chose folks according to office location. We believe MNEA did this because they bargained away the right to involuntarily transfer employees back in 1997.
One of our union sisters is a 25 year employee, one of our sisters is an 18 year employee, and the other sister is a 5-1/2 year employee. This has turned their lives upside down. MSO has filed a grievance over this matter, because MNEA's previous bargaining error does not justify how they did these RIF's.
MNEA has offered a Severance Package to employees, and even though at least 3 of our union members plan to take it (including the 25 year employee who got the RIF notice) -- we are very concerned that MNEA still won't keep the two other MSO positions that they have issued RIF notifications for. Stay tuned... We are trying to work with MNEA to resolve this -- but it's been a frustrating process.
Three of our fellow union sisters got RIF notifications recently. MSO does not agree with the method by which MNEA chose the people who received those RIF's. Instead of starting at the bottom of the Administrative Assistant list, using seniority, MNEA picked and chose folks according to office location. We believe MNEA did this because they bargained away the right to involuntarily transfer employees back in 1997.
One of our union sisters is a 25 year employee, one of our sisters is an 18 year employee, and the other sister is a 5-1/2 year employee. This has turned their lives upside down. MSO has filed a grievance over this matter, because MNEA's previous bargaining error does not justify how they did these RIF's.
MNEA has offered a Severance Package to employees, and even though at least 3 of our union members plan to take it (including the 25 year employee who got the RIF notice) -- we are very concerned that MNEA still won't keep the two other MSO positions that they have issued RIF notifications for. Stay tuned... We are trying to work with MNEA to resolve this -- but it's been a frustrating process.
Friday, January 6, 2012
JANUARY UPDATE:
FURTHER INFO ABOUT MEDIATION....
As a result of the mediation meeting in December, MNEA and MSO have come to agreement on several items. A labor-management training, conducted by the FMCS, will be conducted on January 19th -- with all associate staff at HQ, MSO union officers and MNEA. Further, all issues between management and the union having to do with the bullying incidents have been withdrawn and/or removed. That means all disciplinary actions, all grievances, and the ULP that was filed with the NLRB have been withdrawn/removed. Regular meetings between MNEA and MSO have been scheduled in order to keep the lines of communication open and prevent further issues from spiraling into large problems. Regular staff meetings at HQ have also been scheduled. MSO is glad that we were able to move in a positive direction with MNEA to resolve these past issues. We hope that positive procedures will be put in place in case there are issues in the future, in order to avoid problems.
Happy New Year to all!
As a result of the mediation meeting in December, MNEA and MSO have come to agreement on several items. A labor-management training, conducted by the FMCS, will be conducted on January 19th -- with all associate staff at HQ, MSO union officers and MNEA. Further, all issues between management and the union having to do with the bullying incidents have been withdrawn and/or removed. That means all disciplinary actions, all grievances, and the ULP that was filed with the NLRB have been withdrawn/removed. Regular meetings between MNEA and MSO have been scheduled in order to keep the lines of communication open and prevent further issues from spiraling into large problems. Regular staff meetings at HQ have also been scheduled. MSO is glad that we were able to move in a positive direction with MNEA to resolve these past issues. We hope that positive procedures will be put in place in case there are issues in the future, in order to avoid problems.
Happy New Year to all!
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