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Negotiations Committee (Team) negotiates our contract with the administration. During contract negotiations, this committee requires a lot of time and focus.

State Contract Negotiations Update - Employer Breaks off Mediation
Submitted by mcody on May 10 2012 - 1:22pm

MAPE’s Negotiations Team returned to the bargaining table Wednesday with the state to try and hammer out a contract through voluntary mediation. After 15 hours, the employer broke off negotiations. The issues that remain unresolved are health care, compensation and including state employees in the Dayton Administration’s government redesign plan.  

MAPE members were at the forefront of advocating for government efficiency in 2010 when they presented the Pawlenty Administration with close to $350 million in savings and yet the door remains closed for their participation in state government redesign. 

MAPE members sacrificed their wages and benefits during the 2011 government shutdown when negotiations broke down between the Dayton Administration and the Legislature. Our hard working members deserve fair compensation and healthcare benefits and have sacrificed enough.

Although a voluntary settlement can still be reached with a mediator, MAPE’s negotiators are preparing for arbitration. 

Help us get the employer back to the bargaining table – call Governor Dayton TODAY and ask him to direct his team to return to the table and work out a fair contract settlement. Governor Dayton can be reached at (651) 201-3400 or 1-800-657-3717.     

                        

                       

Voting ends today on ‘best’ contract offer from governor's team
Submitted by mcody on Apr 11 2012 - 8:01am

Members asked to reject contract offer, send negotiations to binding arbitration

  • Electronic voting ends at 11:59 p.m. TODAY (Wednesday, April 11).
  • Results will be announced Monday, April 16. (AFSCME will announce results April 16 as well.)

Voting ENDS TODAY on the "best” contract offer from the governor's team. Voting procedures were included in informational packets that were sent out to MAPE members via U.S. mail. If you need to have your voting credentials sent to you via e-mail from the vendor conducting the vote, SBS, please e-mail your request for your voting credentials to: support@directvote.net

MAPE's Negotiations Committee and the Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend that members reject the “best” contract offer from the governor’s team. Voting “no” means contract negotiations will be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution.

MAPE’s Negotiations Committee received the “best offer” from the governor’s team March 1. MAPE and AFSCME negotiators both received the same offers on compensation, insurance and changes to the Corrections Early Retirement Plan. After rejection of the offers by both MAPE’s and AFSCME’s negotiation teams, the state mediator proposed arbitration.

For more information on the “best offer,” please see the negotiations report at this MAPE website address: www.mape.org/mape/news/mape-negotiations-report-17

A number of the contract informational meetings were packed with standing-room-only crowds. For more photos, please go here: www.mape.org/mape/news/members-hear-details-contract-offer

 

Voting is underway on ‘best’ contract offer from governor's team
Submitted by mcody on Mar 29 2012 - 11:04am
Local 1001 contract informational meeting
Members of Local 1001 packed the conference room in Roseville to hear the details.

Members asked to reject contract offer, send negotiations to binding arbitration

Voting is underway on the "best” contract offer from the governor's team. Voting procedures were included in informational packets that were sent out to MAPE members last week via U.S. mail.

The following timeline has been established for this contract vote:

  • Electronic voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, April 11.
  • Results will be announced Monday, April 16. (AFSCME will announce results April 16 as well.)

MAPE's Negotiations Committee and the Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend that members reject the “best” contract offer from the governor’s team. Voting “no” means contract negotiations will be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution.

MAPE’s Negotiations Committee received the “best offer” from the governor’s team March 1. MAPE and AFSCME negotiators both received the same offers on compensation, insurance and changes to the Corrections Early Retirement Plan. After rejection of the offers by both MAPE’s and AFSCME’s negotiation teams, the state mediator proposed arbitration.

For more information on the “best offer,” please see the negotiations report at this MAPE website address: www.mape.org/mape/news/mape-negotiations-report-17

A number of the contract informational meetings were packed with standing-room-only crowds. For more photos, please go here: www.mape.org/mape/news/members-hear-details-contract-offer

 

Members pack contract informational meetings to hear details of contract offer
Submitted by mcody on Mar 21 2012 - 11:31am

MAPE members asked to reject 'best offer' from governor’s team, send contract negotiations to binding arbitration

Local 1001 contract informational meetingMembers of Local 1001 packed the conference room in Roseville to hear the details.

Local 2101 contract informational meeting

MAPE Statewide President Chet Jorgenson (right) answered members' questions at the Local 2101 meeting.
Local 2101 contract informational meetingPaul Wehrmeister (right), Region 2101 director and negotiator, talked to members about the details of the "best offer."

Sandy DunnSandy Dunn, Region 9 director and co-chair of the Negotiations Committee, gave the details of the contract offer to her region's members. 

Mike LandersMike Landers, Region 10 director and co-chair of the Negotiations Committee talked about the contract offer with his region's members.
Region 9 members listen to cotnract detailsRegion 9 members listened to details about the contract offer they will soon be voting on.

A number of the meetings have been packed with standing-room-only crowds as MAPE members attend contract informational meetings to get the details on the contract offer from the governor's team.

MAPE's Negotiations Committee and then the Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend that members reject the “best” contract offer from the governor’s team. Voting “no” means contract negotiations will be submitted to binding arbitration for resolution.

The MAPE Board also established the following timeline for considering and voting on this “best offer”:

  • Electronic voting will be used by MAPE members for this election. Voting instructions and information on the “best offer” will be mailed via U.S. mail to all eligible members beginning March 28. Voting begins at 8 a.m. April 4 and ends at 11:59 p.m. April 11.
     
  • Results will be announced April 16. (AFSCME will announce results April 16 as well.)

Contract informational meetings continue through April 3. To view an updated copy of the informational meetings, please go to this MAPE website address: www.mape.org/mape/news/contract-informational-meetings

MAPE’s Negotiations Committee received the “best offer” from the governor’s team March 1. For more information on the “best offer,” please see negotiations report at this MAPE website address: www.mape.org/mape/news/mape-negotiations-report-17

Local 101 contract informational meeting

Region 1 members at the Department of Natural Resources were briefed on the contract offer from MAPE Negotiator and Region 1 Director Carol Johnson (standing, back.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAPE and AFSCME negotiators both received the same offers on compensation, insurance and changes to the Corrections Early Retirement Plan. After rejection of the offers by both MAPE’s and AFSCME’s negotiation teams, the state mediator proposed arbitration.

MAPE Negotiations Report 17
Submitted by mcody on Mar 2 2012 - 8:45am

MAPE Negotiations Report 18March 2, 2012

Marathon negotiations between MAPE and the governor’s team ended late last night with a “best offer” by the state that the MAPE Negotiations Committee subsequently rejected. The MAPE Board of Directors will review the offer at a special meeting on Friday, March 9.

The full health insurance linked in here.

What Your MAPE Negotiations Committee Fought For:

  • 2% Across-the-Board Salary Increase July 1, 2012
  • $500 lump sum on July 1, 2012
  • 1/2% Across-the-Board Salary Increase during the last full pay period of June 2013
  • Steps in contract years 2011-2013
  • $500 payment into a Health Reimbursement Account on January 1, 2013
  • No changes in health insurance for Tiers 1&2
  • Increase the annual dental cap from $1,000 to $1,500
  • Increase the number of hours of sick leave available to care for a parent from 24 to 32
  • No sub-contracting of bargaining unit work
  • Balancing on an hour-for-hour basis for overtime worked
  • A voice in the governor’s “Better Govern-ment for a Better Minnesota” — a plan to reorganize state government to reduce waste, save money, and deliver better ser-vices to Minnesotans. MAPE believes front-line workers have a great deal to offer in this arena.
 What the Governor’s Negotiator Offered:
  • 1% Across-the-Board Salary Increase July 1, 2012
  • Elimination of step increases in the second year
  • Health insurance increases in first dollar deductibles, office visit co-pays, emergency care, hospital and surgery co-pays, out of pocket expenses for prescription drugs and out of pocket expenses for medical care. In addition, a 10% co-insurance for “specialty drugs” that are often very expensive and essential to avoid death. (The full health insurance linked in here.)
  • Changes to the Correctional Employees Retirement Plan (CERP) for all eligible employees hired after January 1, 2013, including eligibility after 20 cumulative years of service in a covered classification with a minimum of five years immediately preceding retirement. Coverage would be limited to singles only.
  • Elimination of paid vacation, leaves of absence, sick leave, and other paid time off would not be counted toward overtime

 

What’s Next?

After the MAPE Negotiations Committee voted to reject the “best offer,” the mediator proposed arbitration in an attempt to avoid a strike and to settle this dispute.

Information meetings will be held around the state at every local. Watch the MAPE website for announcements. You will also be receiving a full information packet on the offer in the mail, which will also include directions on how to cast your vote.

MAPE Negotiatiosn Report

No premium increases for MAPE members during open enrollment
Submitted by mcody on Nov 1 2011 - 3:17pm

With open enrollment for state employees beginning tomorrow (Wednesday), the Labor Health Care Insurance Coalition negotiated an agreement late this morning with the State of Minnesota that resulted in no premium increases for MAPE members.  The agreement covers 2012 open enrollment which will last from Nov. 2 until Nov. 15, 2011. 

“With our members already taking a hit to their pocket books because of the state government shutdown in July, we wanted to make sure that they were spared any further financial hit this year,” said Jim Monroe, MAPE’s Executive Director.  “I also want to stress that this agreement is only for 2012 open enrollment as our state contract and health care negotiations are ongoing.”

For further information on open enrollment, please contact the Minnesota Management and Budget agency’s website at www.mmb.state.mn.us.

 

 

 

 

Amid Republican proposals aimed at eliminating vital services, MAPE’s negotiators meet
Submitted by mcody on Jan 15 2011 - 1:00pm

Negotiators review negotiations survey resultsWhile the new Republican House majority introduced a flood of bills that would irreparably damage vital services used by Minnesotans, MAPE’s Negotiations Team met Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 11-13, to work on proposals for MAPE’s 2011-2012 contract.

Remember the salmonella scare that killed three Minnesotans and nine nationally? It was MAPE members at the departments of health and agriculture who traced the link back to peanut butter manufactured at a Georgia plant. This led to national legislation resulting in improved safety standards that were signed into law by President Obama earlier this month. MAPE members make a difference and they help save lives.

What if there’s a massive chemical spill? How do we keep criminals off the streets? These are all services provided by MAPE members that the Republican majority wants to drastically harm or eliminate. MAPE members protect the health and safety of our state.

With these critical issues rumbling at the Capitol, MAPE’s negotiators reviewed the negotiations survey results and began drafting proposals based upon those results. For more information, please go to the following members’ only link: MAPE Negotiations Report 2


 

Don’t use work computers to fill out negotiations surveys!
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 20 2010 - 3:33pm

The negotiations survey is headed out to MAPE members’ mailboxes.

Members can respond to the survey online via the web address provided on the survey, but access IS NOT allowed from the state computer system (including MnSCU) -- if you attempt to fill the survey out from a work computer, the message you receive will say, "You are not authorized to view this page."

Please fill out the survey at home.

Members also can mail the paper form back via the U.S. Postal Service (using the envelope enclosed to the address specified for the survey.) Please do not e-mail completed surveys to the company servicing the Web site.

Completed surveys must be received by Jan. 5.

MAPE enters challenging environment for negotiating a new contract
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 6 2010 - 1:53pm

MAPE negotiations co-chairs Mike Landers (left) and Sandy Dunn.The work that MAPE members do for the people of Minnesota will rise to the top of the state Legislature's agenda as the new "small government, lower taxes" Republican majority assumes power. MAPE's staff is focusing on this new environment and realigning its work to meet the challenges of negotiating a new contract in a challenging environment.

We are starting by fine-tuning our Web site. As we move toward Jan. 3, the first day of the legislative session, we will be compiling  important news and analysis from local and state sources, and highlighting it on our front page. Today, we showcase Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant's Dec. 5 analysis of Gov. Pawlenty's approach to the state budget.

There has never been a more important time for MAPE members to voice their input to the MAPE Negotiations Committee for the 2011-13 contract. Please use the following form to provide input for negotiations of MAPE's 2011-20013 contract:

Who represents you on the MAPE Negotiations Committee? Go here for a list of members along with their contact information: MAPE Negotiations Committee

For reference, your 2009-11 contract is online at the following Web address: www.mape.org/mymape/contract

MAPE Negotiations Committee (Team) members, 2011-2013
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 2 2010 - 3:13pm

Below, members of the MAPE Negotiations Committee (Team) are listed, along with their contact information.

First Name Last Name Agency Local# Work Email
Carol Johnson DNR 0101 Carol.Ann.Johnson@state.mn.us
Thomas Campbell DHS 0201 Thom.Campbell@state.mn.us
Richard Andre PCA 0301 Richard.Andre@state.mn.us
Samir Sant Revenue 0401 sam.sant@state.mn.us
Carol Walsh DEED 0501 Carol.Walsh@state.mn.us
Marlon Griffing Commerce 0601 marlon.griffing@state.mn.us
Jon Larsen Admin 0701 Jon.Larsen@state.mn.us
Mark Dreyer MnDOT 0801 Mark.Dreyer@state.mn.us
Sandra Dunn Agriculture 0901 Sandra.Dunn@state.mn.us
Michael Landers Education 1001 Mike.Landers@state.mn.us
David Bruning Vet Affairs 1102 David.Bruning@state.mn.us
Ryan Goeken MnSCU 1201 Ryan.Goeken@saintpaul.edu
Brent Erickson Corrections 1302 Brent.Erickson@state.mn.us
Gregory J Williams Corrections 1401 Greg.williams@state.mn.us
Bryan Kotta MnSCU 1502 kotta@mnstate.edu
Scott Rood Revenue 1601 Scott.Rood@state.mn.us
Michael Terhune MnSCU 1702 mterhune@stcloudstate.edu
James Marka DOLI 1801 James.Marka@state.mn.us
Raymond Knutson DHS 1901 ray@mentalhelp.net
Steven Smith MnSCU 2001 jsmith@winona.edu
Paul Wehrmeister DHS 2101 Paul.Wehrmeister@state.mn.us
Chet Jorgenson Commerce 601 Chet.Jorgenson@state.mn.us
Mary  Baker   (Sec) PCA 301 Mary.Baker@state.mn.us

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