School employees are fed up with not having their union contracts settled - and they demonstrated at several school district offices Friday to send that message.
For custodians, cafeteria cooks and bus drivers in more than 20 Minnesota school districts, the school year is ending the same way it began - without a raise and without a new contract. Districts without contracts include North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, Bloomington and Burnsville.
A busload of protesters left the offices of Service Employees International Union Local 284 Friday morning to lead off what the union called a 'rolling rally day of action.'
The school workers have been punished by many of the same factors that delayed settlement of teachers contracts across the state this year. Those include the state's funding formula for schools and the rejection last fall of operating levies by voters in many districts, especially in the metro area, said Amy Bodnar, of the SEIU Minnesota State Council.
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School employees are fed up with not having their union contracts settled – and they demonstrated at several school district offices Friday to send that message.
For custodians, cafeteria cooks and bus drivers in more than 20 Minnesota school districts, the school year is ending the same way it began – without a raise and without a new contract. Districts without contracts include North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, Bloomington and Burnsville.
A busload of protesters left the offices of Service Employees International Union Local 284 Friday morning to lead off what the union called a ‘rolling rally day of action.’
The school workers have been punished by many of the same factors that delayed settlement of teachers contracts across the state this year. Those include the state’s funding formula for schools and the rejection last fall of operating levies by voters in many districts, especially in the metro area, said Amy Bodnar, of the SEIU Minnesota State Council.
Related article
School workers plan ‘rolling day of action’ to gain contracts
For more information
SEIU Local 284 website, www.local284.com