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Just as they did last year -- but this time with fewer people -- union workers 

About a dozen union workers protested today outside the headquarters of the 

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)

The workers, mostly from MnSCU, are upset that the outgoing chancellor of MnSCU was offered a $50,000 performance bonus on top of his $360,000 a year salary this summer. And the protesters say performance incentives for MnSCU college presidents and executives, as much as $12,000 and typically offered in the fall, should be held back this year in light of the state's budget problems.

Carrol Partridge is a plant maintenance engineer at MnSC's 

MnSCU officials say performance pay is a part of some employee's contracts, and that the board of trustees has discretion over whether the bonuses are handed out.

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Just as they did last year — but this time with fewer people — union workers are protesting MnSCU executive pay. MPR’s Tim Post reports: About a dozen union workers protested today outside the headquarters of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system in downtown St. Paul. The workers, mostly from MnSCU, are upset…

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