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| DOC rule changes worry corrections officers |
| By fdlreporter.com - Colleen Kottke |
| Published: 01/06/2012 |
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MADISON — With Act 10 scrapping all previous bargaining agreements, corrections officers are wondering about their rights and protections under the rule changes being launched this month. In a memo released to all Department of Corrections employees, DOC Secretary Gary Hamblin announced most provisions contained in statewide bargaining agreements, local agreements and Memorandums of Understanding would be terminated and associated past practices would no longer apply. “Union workers had protections in the contract and all those protections have been lifted with the passage of Act 10,” said Marty Beil, executive director of the state employees union. For years, the state corrections officers union has opposed the DOC policy allowing corrections officers to dispense medication to inmates. To shield prison workers from potential liability, unions included language in collective bargaining agreements. Read More. |
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