Jack- I'm having trouble remembering a time when you were not rude to me on this list or in any other forum while I was on the Council, but I've always appreciated the purity of your venom...I still think you are slightly uninformed and generally given to dramatic hyperbole. Steve Minn Mineapolis ---------- > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Niziolek on MPEA negotiations... > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:07:20 -0600 > From: ferma001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Minneapolis Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That Minn is against Niziolek for 10th ward council member is excellant > reason to work hard for Dan's election success. > >>Dan Niziolek's comments on the MPEA negotiations portend a huge conflict, >>should he be elected to the City Council. Taxpayers should be concerned >>that biased decision-making on labor contracts would work to taxpayers >>disadvantage. >> >>Having initiated the comp time battle during my tenure on the Council, I c= > an >>state that no single issue is more costly to taxpayers than politics >>interfering with sound labor practices. The Minneapolis Professional >>Employee Association (MPEA) position is patently absurd, violating the ver= > y >>definition of "exempt employee" under federal labor law. Allowing MPEA or >>any other "exempt representational bargaining unit" to jeopardize years of >>careful contract negotiation with other unions to eliminate the expensive >>and illegal practice of paying salaried employees extra for overtime is ju= > st >>not sound policy. The Council, Mayor and City Coordinator have made comp >>time elimination the number one goal of labor policy, to comply with feder= > al >>law. Niziolek, would, at a minimum, have to recuse himself from the MPEA >>contract. >> >>By federal law, only hourly or "non-exempt" employees are entitled to such= > a >>pay structure. The State of Minnesota paid a $30 million dollar fine two >>years ago on just this issue. The concept of "salary" as opposed to >>"hourly" work is that a professional is being paid for the work product, >>regardless of the time it takes to complete the work. As an accounting >>convenience, the salary is calculated on the basis of an average 40 hour >>week, but essentially, they are being paid for the work product, not the >>hourly work. An hourly employee has a much different set of obligations, >>responsibilities and burden of accountability than a salaried employee, as >>DEFINED in federal law. >> >>Steve Minn >>Minneapolis _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
