Negotiating committee members have made nice strides in confining a whole lot of proposals to a smaller group that might profit most members. Claudia Hochstein of Native 301 stated, “We’re coming to a consensus on what we now have in place — proposals that can assist all members.”
“It was a strategic determination to slim down and pursue proposals that might profit our members and activate them,” stated negotiating committee co-chairman Adam Nowotny after the committee’s Jan. 27 assembly.
The negotiating workforce launched a high precedence platform (see beneath for key priorities). “Have you ever signed as much as help the platform? We want you to be on board and able to take motion,” stated negotiating committee co-chair Kristen Kirchhoff-Franklin.
To ensure that Minnesota to be the very best state within the nation, we want a state workforce that’s valued and revered. This worth and respect begins with a good and powerful MAPE contract. MAPE is bargaining:
- Renewing the state’s wage dedication to spend money on employees who construct their careers makes Minnesota’s companies the very best within the nation.
- Healthcare that prioritizes the well-being of MAPE members and their households over company income or sustaining a big SEGIP surplus.
- A office constructed on wellbeing, flexibility, and fairness that helps fashionable households, from child boomers to Gen Z.
Becoming a member of MAPE’s Contract Motion Crew (CAT) is one other means to assist get the contract members you want. MAPE can wield essential powers on behalf of greater than 15,000 skilled staff, however solely by organizing can we higher get management to listen to and act on our recommendation. For extra data, please contact a negotiator in your space.
Negotiators will participate within the upcoming Solidarity Saturday recruitment occasion on 25 February. All MAPE members are invited to hitch the organizing committee for a one-day member recruitment occasion. Individuals will meet on the MAPE workplace within the morning, exit to recruit new members for the day, and return to the MAPE workplace for the celebration.
The negotiating workforce and MAPE members will return to the Capitol for this 12 months’s lobbying day to assist safe help for a completely funded company, which is crucial to a robust MAPE contract and help for members and their work.
Telling your story to lawmakers is among the strongest actions you possibly can take to assist us obtain good interim contract agreements this 12 months and safe company funding within the finances.register right here
