The Free Press, Mankato, MN - Regional Treatment Center layoffs begin

Wed, Nov 25 2009

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Sara Glancy and her daughter, Mattilyn, attended a union news conference about layoffs at the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center on Wednesday. She said she’s concerned about security staff cuts at the Minnesota Security Hospital and Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
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Chuck Carlson, AFSCME Local 404 president, talked about layoffs at the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center Wednesday. He said cuts in security staff at the Minnesota Security Hospital and Minnesota Sex Offender Program will put citizens, staff and inmates in danger.
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Regional Treatment Center layoffs begin

Twenty-six positions cut, eliminated from Regional Treatment Center

By Dan Nienaber
Free Press Staff Writer

“They’re laying off the people who do the head counts, who check the windows, who are the front lines of those units,” Carlson said.

Kooistra did say administrators are considering ways to make the layoff process easier for employees. One reason details about job cuts weren’t released until the notices were issued is it would create undue anxiety for employees.

“We followed a process that we typically follow,” Kooistra said. “When we met with AFSCME members, we heard repeatedly they were not happy with the process. We take that seriously. This is not pleasant for anyone. If there’s a way we can improve this process, we’re going to look at doing that in the future.”

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