ADN is reporting Union is riled, seeks probe in Alutiiq deal
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SEIU: Native group didn't deserve security contract, union claims.
By PAULA DOBBYN
Anchorage Daily News

Published: April 26th, 2005
Last Modified: April 26th, 2005 at 06:30 AM

A union with nearly 2 million government and private-sector members wants the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate how a $450 million contract awarded to an Alaska Native company is being handled.

The Service Employees International Union says at least 17 private security guards employed by Alutiiq, a subsidiary of Kodiak-based Afognak Native Corp., plan to file claims with the Labor Department saying they were shortchanged on pay.

Alutiiq says the union is misinformed and is engaged in a smear campaign with the goal of increasing its membership.

"It's unfortunate that we're being pulled into the middle of it," Dusty Kaser, Alutiiq's chief executive, said Monday.
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