The effort to unionize the staff at the Minnesota AG’s office has been going on for some time now but this last week has seen a resurgence in news about the organizing drive and Attorney General Lori Swanson’s efforts to quash it.
The office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is riven by fear, politicization, low morale, intimidation tactics and constant turnover, which led to a unionization drive and has now been further aggravated by the management’s reaction to the effort.
That is the opening paragraph from Eric Black at MinnPost.com in his recent column, Staffers detail climate of stress, politicization in AG’s office.
MPR also covers the story and has audio while Workday Minnesota reports: Organizing in Attorney Generals office garners international attention. LabourStart.org has made the unionizing effort one of its current campaigns.
The organizers at the AG’s office has a blog where they post updates at: AG Organizing Update
AFSCME Council 5 posted this on their website:
Call Attorney General Lori Swanson immediately at 651-296-6196. Tell her to stop union busting and recognize the union chosen by her attorneys.Also, call the legislators who appropriate funds for the Attorney General’s Office: Senator Don Betzold (651-296-2556) and Representative Phyllis Kahn (651-296-4257). Tell them not to fund the Attorney General’s union-busting activity.
You can also participate by going to LabourStart and send an email to AG Lori Swanson.
Yours truly also has some comments in: A Message to Attorney General Lori Swanson
Peace & solidarity, CHC
