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Submitted by mcody on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 12:04pm
MAPE members can have a say in how to improve our health-care system.
From now through the end of June, MAPE members have an opportunity to participate in statewide community meetings to give the Bipartisan Health Care Reform Task Force guidance on how the current health care system affects their lives and what suggestions they might have to improve our health care system. The project is...
Submitted by kkillian on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:59am
House File 1974, which would eliminate certain contract terms after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, will soon receive a vote on the floor Minnesota Senate.
The bill would discontinue step increases and other employee benefits once a collective bargaining agreement has expired. HF 1974 punishes workers, but not management, for stalled contract negotiations and tilts the...
Submitted by mcody on Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:38am
MAPE Members Reject Administration’s “Best Offer” – Contract Negotiations will Head to Binding Arbitration. See statement below by MAPE Executive Director Jim Monroe:
Statement by Jim Monroe on State Contract Negotiations
April 16, 2012
“With all the votes counted and the results certified by MAPE’s Elections Committee, over 95 percent of MAPE...
Submitted by mcody on Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 1:55pm
ALEC is having trouble getting its legislation signed into law thanks to Governor Dayton’s veto pen. The GOP-controlled Legislature keeps sending ALEC model legislation Dayton’s way, but the governor has stood strong, recognized the thinly veiled proposals and has prevented ALEC from dominating the 2012 session:
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/04/asbestos-bill-veto-...
Submitted by kkillian on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 9:17am
Submitted by mcody on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 8:58am
Just last week, Coca Cola, Kraft Foods and software accounting giant Intuit joined Pepsi in severing their ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Many sources cited in news reports attribute the corporations’ decisions as a result either of pressure from socially responsible shareholder groups, the threat of national boycotts, or ALEC’s advocacy of “Stand...
Submitted by mcody on Monday, April 9, 2012 - 9:43am
Governor Dayton vetoed the voter ID constitutional amendment Monday and urged Minnesotans to do the same in November when the initiative appears on the ballot.
Here's the text of Governor Dayton's veto message on the voter ID amendment (PDF).
Submitted by kkillian on Monday, April 9, 2012 - 9:19am
Check out link to sound recording from MAPE/AFSCME Pension Teleconference
Multiple pension bills have been introduced this session that would severely impact state employees. These bills were recently the subject of a telephone town hall that MAPE members were asked to participate in. Many of these proposals have already received hearings in the Legislative Commission on Pensions and...
Submitted by kkillian on Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:09am
The Team MAPE PAC, the political arm of MAPE, is seeking applicants to join the political action committee. The deadline for applications is 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 13.
The Team MAPE political action committee endorses candidates who support MAPE issues. They work to elect endorsed candidates by providing financial contributions and grassroots support.
The ideal PAC board member...
Submitted by kkillian on Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 10:19am
Very early this morning (Thursday) the Minnesota House passed the proposed voter ID constitutional amendment. It will now head directly to the November ballot.
MAPE opposes the voter ID constitutional amendment because it will disenfranchise voters and essentially eliminate same-day voter registration. Opponents of voter ID have noted that this measure could prevent more than 700,000...
