We are aware of emails going around that seem like they could be from MGEC board members or other MGEC people. They seem to be scraping contact information from our website to engage people with their nefarious websites. As always, please be careful of who you are responding to with particular attention to email addresses and websites. Make sure the domains are correct (.mgec.org, not a bit.ly or some such) and not suspicious. ... Read More >>
SAVE THE DATE
This year’s MGEC Annual Meeting and Golf Event are scheduled for MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd. Like last year, we plan on having a 9-hole golf tournament with a shotgun start at 2pm at Oak Marsh Golf Course in Oakdale, MN. After the golf event, we will hold the Annual Meeting and Dinner at about 5:30pm. Come for the Golf Event, the Annual Meeting and Dinner, or both! Registration along with additional information coming soon. ... Read More >>
President’s Response to Telework Policy Changes
The announcement by Governor Walz yesterday about the state’s telework policy changing June 1 to require most state agency employees to work in-person for at least 50% of their scheduled workdays each month was as much of a surprise to MGEC as we’re sure it was to you. We only learned about the policy change after hearing about it from your fellow MGEC members. There was no attempt to communicate with MGEC by anyone at MMB, the Governor’s Office, nor any agency about this sudden and significant change. We’re completely blindsided. MGEC and the other union partners met with MMB earlier ... Read More >>
Bargaining Update
The results of the MGEC membership survey are in! We are now in the process of collating and analyzing the results to determine what our membership needs. To those FULL MGEC members who completed the survey, THANK YOU. Your voice is critical as we move forward. MGEC has notified both the State of Minnesota and the Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS) of our intent to begin negotiations. This is the first step in the bargaining process and lets the BMS know that bargaining is on the horizon, which can be helpful if we decide that we need to bring in a mediator to reach a settlement. It ... Read More >>
Health Insurance Bargaining
Unlike regular contract negotiations where each of the state’s unions negotiates their individual contracts with the State, the healthcare plans offered to employees are negotiated jointly in a coalition. Because having different healthcare plans for each collective bargaining group would lose economies of scale and be difficult to manage, this approach has been beneficial to state employees by using the leverage of a massive pool of insured people to achieve plan offerings that meet people’s needs and are fiscally prudent. Healthcare negotiations run in tandem with normal contract ... Read More >>
Scholarships
Do you have someone in your family studying in a STEM field? MGEC has several scholarships available: the Connie Mentor Memorial Scholarship and the Family Members Scholarship. Applications opened March 1st, and applications will be accepted through June 30th. ... Read More >>