The union seeking to take over two bargaining units from MCGEO, the National Corrections Employees Union (NCEU)/United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU), has emailed a set of questions and answers…
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MCGEO Rat Rips Raiding Rival
MCGEO has deployed a favorite tactic of the building trades unions in fending off the rival union seeking to seize two of its bargaining units: the giant inflatable rat! MCGEO…
Anti-MCGEO Organizing Campaign Heats Up
The rival union seeking to represent some MCGEO units has been so aggressive that MoCo management is taking steps to ensure that its organizing campaign does not interfere with county…
MCGEO Targets Schools in Questionnaire
The Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO), which represents most county employees other than police officers, fire fighters and school workers, has included the following six questions in its…
Consequences of the Budget, Part Three
The school system was not the only powerful institution that was challenged by the budget. Also in the crosshairs were the public employee unions.Labor When analyzing the unions, it’s important…
MCGEO’s SOS Letter
MCGEO sent the following letter to the County Council today along with its SOS cards, which were filled out by thousands of residents opposing county budget cuts. MCGEO’s maneuver is…
SOS: Save Our Services
MCGEO collected about 4,000 of these cards signed by residents complaining about service cuts. The union is delivering them to Council President Nancy Floreen at noon today, which is about……
In a letter to the County Council last week, MCGEO President Gino Renne sharply criticized County Executive Ike Leggett for failing to abide by language he negotiated with the union…
County Executive spokesman Patrick Lacefield has responded to MCGEO’s comparative study of management salaries, saying that it is “wholly riddled with factual errors.” We carry his response below.##### The purported…
In a comment on this blog, County Executive spokesman Patrick Lacefield said that MCGEO President Gino Renne’s testimony on the Executive’s planned workforce reductions is “not accurate.” We reprint Lacefield’s…