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Minnesota legislative panel rejects state employee contracts

...Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton reopen contract talks with AFSCME Council 5 and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees...negotiate with the Legislature," said Eliot Seide, AFSCME Council 5 president. Democrats on the panel said state employees...

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Thousands of Minnesota state employee family members lose health insurance after audit

...Monroe said. "Children aged out and we're aware. Divorces." Eliot Seide, director of the state employee union AFSCME Council 5, said he believed some employees filed their applications after the deadline, resulting in an unfair loss of benefits...

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Dayton orders union vote by child care providers

...The election will be conducted by the state Bureau of Mediation Services. Eliot Seide, the leader of Minnesota's AFSCME Council 5, told The Associated Press in September that a union would give daycare providers a stronger say in imposition...

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State employee sick time payouts spike with early retirement

...isn't broken, so let's not create a solution in search of a problem," said Eliot Seide, executive director of AFSCME Council 5. State officials and union leaders say paying out unused sick time as a form of severance discourages sick-day...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-11-21/state-employee-sick-time-payouts-spi
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Union contract rejection pushed

...expired June 30. ------ On the Net: Department of Employee Relations: http://www.doer.state.mn.us AFSCME Council 6: http://www.afscmecouncil6.org MAPE: http://www.mape.org

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Ventura addresses contract impasse as workers mull strike

...Ventura said in response to a caller to his weekly radio show. If talks resume, it wouldn't be until after an AFSCME Council 6 assembly Saturday where 400 to 500 delegates review the state's last contract offer and make a recommendation...

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State agencies prepared Steps taken in case employees go on strike

...but state agencies and employees both are prepared for a strike. Mike Patrick, a DNR fisheries technician and AFSCME Council 6 executive board member and master negotiating team member, said today the last round of negotiations didn't go...

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Strike authorized

...no' to the state's offer," said Peter Benner, AFSCME Council 6 executive director. Rank-and-file members...with the private sector. ------ On the Net: AFSCME Council 6: http://www.afscmecouncil6.org MAPE: http...

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State unions gird for strike

...employees strike was a 22-day walkout by AFSCME in 1981 that involved about 14,000 workers. ------ On the Net: AFSCME Council 6: http://www.afscmecouncil6.org MAPE: http://www.mape.org State Department of Employee Relations...

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State employee strike would be felt throughout the state

...impasse remains between state officials and unions representing almost 60 percent of its 52,000-person work force: AFSCME, Council 6 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the Minnesota Association of Professional...

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