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| Workers' vote censures commissioner |
| By Anchorage Daily News |
| Published: 04/23/2008 |
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ALASKA - Tensions escalated in the state's prisons Tuesday with corrections officers publicly censuring their boss, and he, in turn, saying they were retaliating because of his efforts to clean up the department. The workers, through their union, gave Commissioner Joe Schmidt a "vote of no confidence," which passed 514-19. It was the first of its kind, as far as they knew. Members of the union, the Alaska Correctional Officers Association, allege that Schmidt has cut staff to dangerous levels in the prisons and covered up medical issues in the jails, including the spread of a contagious bacterial infection among prisoners and even [officers]. Shortly after the vote was tallied, the commissioner held his own press conference in which he said the union was upset about his lack of tolerance for infractions and his firings and disciplinary actions. He said the allegations by the union are false and the union was looking to unsettle him in future contract negotiations. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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