Who Are We?

MSO (Missouri Staff Organization) is the recognized union of the associate staff who work for Missouri NEA. MPSO (Missouri Professional Staff Organization) is the recognized union of the professional staff who work for Missouri NEA. Both staff unions have a bargained contract with Missouri NEA, and that contract affords us inherent rights and responsibilities. We work hard to preserve our rights and uphold our contact language. When a violation occurs, we utilize the grievance and/or arbitration process ourlined in our contracts. These are our union rights, which we have collectively bargained.

The purpose of the MSO-MPSO Blog is to accomplish the following:
(1) Keep the members of both unions (MSO and MPSO) informed of important issues, concerns and events that affect us.
(2) Provide other interested parties a place to find more information about the staff unions' issues, concerns and events, as well as the staff unions' perspectives.
(3) Provide a forum for both members and other interested parties to share thoughts and ideas about MSO and MPSO issues, concerns and events listed on this blog.

We ask that all posts are respectful and refrain from using profanity. Thank you for your interest!















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.
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