Enough employees took the voluntary severance package, that MNEA rescinded all three RIF's issued to our MSO sisters.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.
