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Major Hurdle Cleared in Pension Security for Metro Employees

We are pleased to announce that some major threats to Metro employee benefits have been avoided for now, thanks in no small part to SEIU Local 205.

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Metro Employees Speak Out On Raises & Budget

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Some of the workers from Metro Water who came out to support an employee raise and funding for quality services.

May 02, 2012

On May 1, hours after Mayor Karl Dean gave the annual State Of Metro Address, nearly 100 city employees and activists descended on the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville to rally in support of an employee raise and to talk to their council member about what they do every day to serve Nashville’s citizens.

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"Amateur Politics From MNPS," Says Former Council Member

On his blog, former Metro Council member Jamie Hollin reveals that he is not happy with the "amateur politics" on display by MNPS H.R. Director June Keel when she wrote an opinion piece for The Tennessean on April 21. In addition to some misleading anti-union remarks, Keel also challenged the results of a poll done by the University of Tennessee which showed MNPS workers were angry and demoralized about the radical changes Dr. Register has made to the district's labor policy and the Employee Handbook.

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UT Study: MNPS Employees Not Happy w/ Register & Changes

As was reported by the Nashville City Paper, Metro Nashville Public School (MNPS) support staff overwhelmingly disapprove of policy changes made to the Support Staff Handbook unilaterally by Dr. Jesse Register, MNPS director of schools, according to new research conducted by The University of Tennessee.

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Union Agreements in Memphis City Schools Extended

As parents, children, and taxpayers in Shelby County and the City of Memphis wrestle with the implications of a new, consolidated city/county school system, a major concern of employees was whether they would still have a union to represent them.

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Tennessean: "Jesse Register Violated His Own Contract and Possibly Metro's Ethics Code"

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The Tennessean reports that Metro Director of Schools Dr. Jesse Register "violated the terms of his contract, and possibly the city’s ethics code, by failing to file financial disclosure statements with the Metro Clerk for 2010 and 2011."

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The “10% Rule” is Struck Down by Chattanooga City Council!

It was a big win for Chattanooga city employees and for fairness when the City Council amended the city’s appeals policy.

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Jesse Register: MNPS Employees Are "Entitled"

After getting blasted by a Metro Council resolution and then later by hundreds of workers, parents, and clergy at the Valentine's Day Rally at the school board meeting, Jesse Register appeared on NewsChannel 5's live call-in show "OpenLine" to express his views about unions and his decision to overturn the district's Labor Negotiations Policy. 

What Register didn't expect was that when the station was supposed to go to a commercial, the microphones were still on and his candid comments were being broadcast over the airwaves!

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Metro Council Stands Up for MNPS Employees

Metro Council members voted by an overwhelming majority to urge the Metro School Board and its director Jesse Register to stop attacking the public employees who work in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

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New Agreement Ratified by Members at Methodist Medical Center

SEIU Local 205 members at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge demonstrated their solidarity by voting to ratify the extension of their contract, which was recommended by the union's bargaining committee.  The vote involved approval of the tentative agreement reached with Management on salary and health insurance articles, and left all other discussions off the table.

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Metro Police Civilians Join Local 205!

We are proud to announce that Local 205 will now be representing the civilian employees working at the Metro Nashville Police Department.

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We're #1!!

Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge has been ranked #1 in the Knoxville metro area in U.S. News Media & World Report’s 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings. Methodist is East Tennessee's only union hospital and has been organized with SEIU since 1966. 

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