Service Employees International Union Local 26 and representatives of five Minneapolis-St. Paul security companies met Thursday with the help of a mediator. Both sides said the talks reached a stalemate over the issue of health care.
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The employers "once again offered no significant movement towards a solution to the crisis facing the 98 percent of private security officers in the Twin Cities who cannot afford family health insurance," Local 26 said in a statement. online pharmacy buy rogaine online no prescription
"Since day one, we have been committed to settling a contract that provides us with affordable health care for ourselves and our families in a responsible manner," said James Matias, a security officer for American Security in St. Paul and a Local 26 member. "Unfortunately, the security companies would rather leave our health at risk than address the health care crisis facing thousands of Minnesotans."
A spokesman for the security companies – ABM Security Services, AlliedBarton Security Services, American Security, Viking Security, and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. – said the union proposal "would mean a 650 percent health care cost increase" for employers.
"The security companies have made their last and best final offer for a wage increase," said spokesman Guy Thomas. "In addition, each security company has offered to work with their employees to select an affordable health care plan for their families, but the union refused that proposal. We are asking the union to take this offer back to the employees for a vote."
Local 26 did not comment on its next steps, but the union has a regularly scheduled membership meeting Saturday.
The breakdown in negotiations comes after security officers held a one-day strike on Feb. 25 in Minneapolis and Saint Paul – the first of its kind in the area. Contract talks have been going on for more than three months and the security officers have been working without a contract since Jan. 1.
Currently, just 13 out of the nearly 800 officers are enrolled in family health insurance and just 17 percent are enrolled in any health plan at all through their employer.
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Service Employees International Union Local 26 and representatives of five Minneapolis-St. Paul security companies met Thursday with the help of a mediator. Both sides said the talks reached a stalemate over the issue of health care.
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The employers "once again offered no significant movement towards a solution to the crisis facing the 98 percent of private security officers in the Twin Cities who cannot afford family health insurance," Local 26 said in a statement.
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"Since day one, we have been committed to settling a contract that provides us with affordable health care for ourselves and our families in a responsible manner," said James Matias, a security officer for American Security in St. Paul and a Local 26 member. "Unfortunately, the security companies would rather leave our health at risk than address the health care crisis facing thousands of Minnesotans."
A spokesman for the security companies – ABM Security Services, AlliedBarton Security Services, American Security, Viking Security, and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. – said the union proposal "would mean a 650 percent health care cost increase" for employers.
"The security companies have made their last and best final offer for a wage increase," said spokesman Guy Thomas. "In addition, each security company has offered to work with their employees to select an affordable health care plan for their families, but the union refused that proposal. We are asking the union to take this offer back to the employees for a vote."
Local 26 did not comment on its next steps, but the union has a regularly scheduled membership meeting Saturday.
The breakdown in negotiations comes after security officers held a one-day strike on Feb. 25 in Minneapolis and Saint Paul – the first of its kind in the area. Contract talks have been going on for more than three months and the security officers have been working without a contract since Jan. 1.
Currently, just 13 out of the nearly 800 officers are enrolled in family health insurance and just 17 percent are enrolled in any health plan at all through their employer.
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See the Workday Minnesota special section on the Stand for Security campaign