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AFSCME members urge Hibbing council to uphold tentative agreement; chair cites state labor law
Summary
Two AFSCME Local 791 members urged the Hibbing City Council to honor a tentative Jan. 12 agreement and warned a strike would disrupt essential services. The mayor repeatedly cut off negotiation details, citing Minnesota labor-law restrictions, and the council proceeded to closed session on negotiation strategy earlier in the meeting.
Cassie Tomasetti, an accountant in the finance office and an AFSCME Local 791 member, told the Hibbing City Council on Feb. 4 that after lengthy negotiations on Jan. 12 the union and the city had reached a tentative agreement and asked the council to "uphold the tentative agreement, as it was understood and approved by both parties." She described city employees as the people who plow streets, collect garbage and staff essential services and warned a strike would affect every resident who…
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