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LOCAL 8 BARGAINING UNITS
LOCAL 8 REPRESENTS EMPLOYEES WITHIN FOUR BARGAINING UNITS COVERED BY SEPARATE CONTRACTS IN RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
CLICK ON THE UNITS BELOW TO VIEW THE CONTRACTS
STEWARDS
The steward is a representative of the labor union in the workplace. Stewards take on a number of roles: providing leadership in the workplace; organizing co-workers to take collective action; communicating with workers, union leaders and management; and representing members by informing them of their rights. Paramount to the steward's duties is to protect the contract language of the collective bargaining unit. Local 8 stewards are trained to represent employees in all four bargaining units.
Send all requests for union respresentation, questions about your union contract, possible violations of your union rights or contract by supervisors/managers to:
L8STEWARDS@AFSCMEL8.ORG
Below are the stewards representing AFSCME Local 8.
NAME | PHONE | BASE LOCATON | COUNTY JOB |
CHIEF STEWARD Meg Ledbetter | 651-266-3296 | 360 Wabasha-RCAO | Senior Legal Secretary |
Mario Lee, President | 651-248-2491 | Sheriff Patrol-RCSO | Animal Control Officer |
Anna Christie, Vice-President | 651-266-2740 | LEC-RCAO | Assistant County Attorney 3 |
Douangta Vang-Sitcler | 651-266-1571 | Plato-Public Health | Public Health Nurse |
Julie Comine | 651-724-6003 | Maplewood Library | Senior Library Administrative Assistant |
Sade Kelly | 651-260-0600 | 555 Cedar-Public Health | Social Worker 2 |
Liz De La Torre | 651-470-1928 | Plato-Public Health | SOS Advocate |
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