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| Nebraska prison workers file labor grievance |
| By columbustelegram.com- Grant Schulte |
| Published: 08/06/2015 |
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LINCOLN — Nearly three months after a deadly Nebraska prison riot, corrections officers and caseworkers are still working 12-hour emergency shifts at the facility, a state union official said Wednesday. The union filed a complaint July 29 against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, accusing administrators of violating a state labor contract by refusing to negotiate the longer shifts, which were imposed after an inmate revolt at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in southeast Nebraska. Prison employees usually work eight-hour shifts. "We maintain that they need to sit down and negotiate how they're going to do this," said Mike Marvin, executive director of the Nebraska Association of Public Employees. The contract allows administrators to change employee schedules during an emergency, but Marvin said the continued shifts should be subject to negotiation. Read More. |
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