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Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

8/19/10 MSOP Meeting Minutes

Present: Jeremy Tubbs, Scott Grefe, W. John Knobbe, Matt Stenger, Molly Kennedy, Ann Sullivan (Recorder), Chuck Carlson, Lynn Whipple-Johnson, Jenny Collelo, Christina E. St. Germaine, Stasha Sickler, Kevin Moser, Gary Grimm, Nancy Johnston, Lou Stender, Cindy Jungers



MANAGEMENT AGENDA ITEMS


1.Update on Groundbreaking/Work Space at ML Campus by Lou Stender

7/15/10 MSOP Meeting Minutes

Present: Nancy Johnston, Gary Grimm, Bonnie Wold, Melissa Gresczyk, Jaime Fromm, Scott Grefe, Chuck Carlson, John Knobbe, Molly Kennedy, Jeremy Tubbs, Connie Anderson, Ann Sullivan (Recorder), Matt Stenger



10:00 a.m.MANAGEMENT AGENDA ITEMS


1.Scheduling Staff for Meet and Confers

6/20/10 MSOP Meeting Minutes

Present: Tim Lokensgard, Nancy Johnston, Bonnie Wold, Chuck Carlson, Matt Stenger, Molly Kennedy, Scott Grefe, Jeremy Tubbs, John Knobbe, Ann Sullivan(Recorder), Cindy Jungers (ITV)


10:00 a.m. MANAGEMENT AGENDA ITEMS

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10:00 a.m. AFSCME AGENDA ITEMS

1. Update on Job Postings on the MMB

4/22/10 MSOP Meeting Minutes

Present: Bonnie Wold, Nancy Johnston, Gary Grimm, Chuck Carlson, Jeremy Tubbs, Scott Grefe, Matt Stenger, John Knobbe, Tim Lokensgard, Ann Sullivan (Recorder), Melissa Gresczyk, Cindy Jungers

10:00a.m. MANAGEMENT AGENDA ITEMS

1. Hiring
a. Management has gotten approval for 8 FT positions. It will be opened up for internal bidding first, and then hired. Bidding between MSH and MSOP makes the numbers difficult to know. People from the layoff list are also being called. The temporary positions recently hired in MSH will also be offered these permanent positions.

4/2/10 MSOP Meeting Minutes

Minutes

Agenda item: MSOP Update Presenter: Benson/Hebert
Discussion: General Update

1. Legislative Update:
a. MSOP bonding bill ($47.5M) was signed. Priority considerations will focus on infrastructure. Anticipated we’ll out grow our bed capacity in 2.5 years.
b. Legislative session has seen several bills introduced on new sentencing guidelines for offenders. Nothing agreed to at this time.

7/20/17 CBHH/CARE Meeting Minutes

Present: Adam Castle, Matt Stenger, Luke Frederick, Ashley Samora, Kristine Wahlberg, James Hemshrot, Tim Headlee, Ryan Cates, Krystal Kreklow, Jim Piece. Kristin a smith, Kevin Rislov, Dianne Andrews, Hanna marzinki, Derek Jones

1. Introductions

Billionaire Spends Millions to Gut Public Pensions

Hardworking Americans’ right to retire with dignity is in danger because billionaires are spending a lot of money to take away our pensions.

John Arnold is one of the worst offenders. He’s a former Enron trader who’s spent $50 million of his own fortune trying to gut retirement security nationally. Enron’s implosion caused billions of dollars of losses to its workers and their families, including a $1.5 billion hit to public pension assets. Yet Arnold escaped with an $8 million bonus right before the crash.

U.S. Supreme Court Case Seeks to Take Away Union Rights

A case the U.S. Supreme Court is taking up this term called Janus v. AFSCME could make the entire public sector “right-to-work” in one fell swoop.

Janus is the culmination of decades of attacks on working people by corporations, the wealthy and the politicians who do their bidding to rig the economy in their favor. The forces behind this case are the same ones that have pushed to limit voting rights, undermine civil rights and attack immigrants.