Minnetonka Union Security Officers Reach Tentative Settlement

The union representing Twin Cities security officers said today it has reached a tentative settlement with the workers’ employers following a one-day strike this week.

The union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26, said the tentative accord came late Thursday with six security firm contractors who together use the services of about 2,000 security officers.

Local 26 janitors and security officers work in more than a dozen Twin Cities communities including Eden Prairie, Burnsville, Eagan, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lakeville, Maple Grove, Mendota Heights, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Roseville, St. Louis Park and Woodbury.

SEIU Local 26 security officers waged their one-day strike on Wednesday, then won the tentative contract after their bargaining committee conducted marathon negotiations on Thursday, the union said. The union said the security officers’ contract contains many of the same provisions as those gained by 4,000 SEIU Local 26 janitors in their contract settlement last weekend.

The contract is a first for 1,000 suburban security officers, who joined Local 26 two years ago, according to the union.

The workers contract includes, among other things, protection for full-time jobs, wage increases over three years and improvements in health care.