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Dear Colleagues, The COVID-19 Task Force met on Thursday, May 5th. May 19th will be the next scheduled time that the task force will meet. Here are the notes from the meeting: MDH Updates Revised IHE Guidance to align with CDC Community Levels, incorporate the previous “scenarios” document The COVID 19 Task Force will review scenario recommendations […]

Dear Colleagues, The COVID-19 Task Force meeting was canceled for this week due to there being no MDH meeting. May 5th will be the next scheduled time that the task force will meet. However, here are the latest notes Rebecca John sent on community level tracking: As of Tuesday, April 26, cases in Hennepin and […]

Dear Colleagues, Saturday’s rally was an incredible showing of solidarity. Our resolve to finish this contract with a living wage and affordable healthcare was on full display for the community to see. We heard moving speeches from staff and student leaders that touched on all aspects of how austerity affects them at Augsburg: A staff […]

Dear Colleagues,The COVID-19 Task Force met this week on April 21st. Here are the notes from the meeting: Minnesota Department of Health Updates Community level: Minnesota remains low Federal judge voided CDC’s mask mandate for public transit, which was to last through May 3; CDC continues to recommend masking on mass transit Shared studies on […]

Dear Colleagues,  The COVID-19 Task Force meeting was cancelled for last week. April 21st will be the next scheduled time that the task force will meet. At the next meeting, one item that will be discussed is whether these meetings will be moved to every other week in order to align with the updates from […]

Dear Colleagues, Please join us on Saturday, April 23rd as we hold a rally to tell the administration that we want to finish this contract!The rally will be in Murphy Square from 11 am to 1 pm on April 23rd.Please fill out this form to confirm you are going: https://forms.gle/Vh7UHCL7G8KmQnkp9Here is the Facebook event for the […]

Dear Colleagues,  The COVID-19 Task Force met this week on April 7th. Here are the notes from the meeting:  Minnesota Department of Health Updates COVID rates remain low. For week of 3/6 (most recent available statewide data) 25% of MN specimens identified as BA.2. Initial data (Feb. 2022) suggests BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1, […]

Dear Colleagues,The administration gave us a response to our wage proposal at the March 23rd bargaining session.Though we appreciate that there is finally a written counter proposal from admin on the table, we expected better. Here’s a summary: Minimum salary Non-Administrative (hourly): $18.00/hour Administrative /Professional (hourly): $19.00/hour Assistant Coach/Athletic staff: $40,000 annually All other bargaining-unit positions:* […]

Dear Colleagues, The COVID-19 Task Force had a meeting on Thursday, March 24th. Here are the meeting notes from the Augsburg Staff Union representative. Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Updates: COVID rates are low, expected to be even better in the 3/24 CDC Community Levels report. MDH is seeing upticks in norovirus, influenza, etc. Reported […]