A strike by City of Mounds View employees is entering its second week, as the workers try to obtain their first union contract. The bargaining unit of 28 is represented by AFSCME Council 14.
Negotiations to end the strike broke off Monday despite the help of a state mediator, the union said in a statement. AFSCME said it made a compromise offer, which management rejected while refusing to change any of its bargaining positions.
A settlement would have returned employees to work and ended AFSCME's lawsuit against the City. Challenging City employees has cost Mounds View taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
'The Union proposal would accept the City's wage offer and very little for family health insurance,' AFSCME said. 'The real issues appear to be the City's desire to punish workers and break their Union, in order to gain complete control.'
Key issues in the walkout are health care and job security. The city dropped Medicare supplemental health insurance for one employee, 72-year-old Marge Norquist, an action that the union claims is an unfair labor practice. In addition, seasonal employees at the city-owned golf course are concerned they will not have their jobs this year, in retaliation for having voted for the union.
The walkout began April 24. "Union-busting city officials, including the mayor and the city council, continue to squander thousands of taxpayer dollars on fees for attorneys that could be used to settle the contract," said Kurt Errickson of AFSCME Council 14.
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A strike by City of Mounds View employees is entering its second week, as the workers try to obtain their first union contract. The bargaining unit of 28 is represented by AFSCME Council 14.
Negotiations to end the strike broke off Monday despite the help of a state mediator, the union said in a statement. AFSCME said it made a compromise offer, which management rejected while refusing to change any of its bargaining positions.
A settlement would have returned employees to work and ended AFSCME’s lawsuit against the City. Challenging City employees has cost Mounds View taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
‘The Union proposal would accept the City’s wage offer and very little for family health insurance,’ AFSCME said. ‘The real issues appear to be the City’s desire to punish workers and break their Union, in order to gain complete control.’
Key issues in the walkout are health care and job security. The city dropped Medicare supplemental health insurance for one employee, 72-year-old Marge Norquist, an action that the union claims is an unfair labor practice. In addition, seasonal employees at the city-owned golf course are concerned they will not have their jobs this year, in retaliation for having voted for the union.
The walkout began April 24. “Union-busting city officials, including the mayor and the city council, continue to squander thousands of taxpayer dollars on fees for attorneys that could be used to settle the contract,” said Kurt Errickson of AFSCME Council 14.
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Mounds View workers strike Wednesday
For more information
Visit the AFSCME Council 14 website, www.afscme14.org