If you have attended one of MGEC’s recent member meetings, you may recall one of the items included in the presentation was “MGEC helps ensure our members receive uniform application of contract language.” MGEC represents members in multiple State agencies; not every office or District interprets contract language in the same way. While MGEC can’t usually influence which discretionary/optional requirements are applied by the Agencies or Districts, such as whether to require meal receipts or not, we do try to make sure our members are treated fairly and reasonably and respond to members’ ... Read More >>
Activity/Organization updates
Election Candidates
Each year MGEC holds elections for half of the MGEC Executive Board. The board provides governance for the union and direction for the MGEC staff. Any MGEC Full Member is eligible to run for any open office. Nominations are still open through October 11th for you to self-nominate if you have interest in any of these positions. Just express interest by e-mailing Dana Wheeler or calling him at 651-774-0996. In 2019, the following positions are available: Vice President (this is a 3-year term with the roles of 1 yr. Vice President, 1 yr. President, 1 yr. Past President), Treasurer and five ... Read More >>
Annual MGEC Elections
Our Annual Minnesota Government Engineering Council (MGEC) Elections are coming up soon. We encourage you to consider running for an office and holding a leadership position in your labor union. MGEC Directors and Officers are critical to the sound governance and operations of your labor union. Volunteering in these positions provides members the opportunity to gain valuable experience in managing projects and tasks; creating content for the website; collaborating, problem solving, and interacting with management, legislators, MGEC staff and other union members- both inside and outside of ... Read More >>
Six Hundred Eighty-Four
I’d like to take this opportunity to extend a personal “thank you” to our 684 members who completed the MGEC Member Survey. There were many thoughtful responses provided in the comments section; our Negotiating Committee is already reviewing the information and incorporating the results into the framework for our meetings with the State in early September. A participation rate of over 67% is outstanding. No surprise to us, the most frequent comments were with respect to wages. There were several consistent themes within those comments. Some of the strongest sentiments were related to fair ... Read More >>
PE Exam Review Class
PE Exam Review Classes will be starting Tuesday August 27th! If you are planning on taking the PE exam this fall or later, and want to register for the PE Exam Review Classes, please contact kari.torkelson@mgec.org. MAPD & MGEC Full Members: No Cost MGEC Supporting Members: $60.00 MGEC Represented Non-Members: $200.00 State Employees: $200.00 Non-Members (outside of State employment): $400.00 2019 Fall Class Schedule Location: MGEC Office, 5874 Blackshire Path, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076, Lower Level Conference Room ... Read More >>
MGEC Visits with more members in St. Paul
While the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is home to most MGEC members (about 80%), MGEC also represents engineering and land surveying professionals at 12 other state boards, commissions, departments, colleges, and agencies. We are continuing our outreach visits to non-MnDOT member locations; we’re working to make sure all our members, know we value their input and feedback. Following our meeting with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) (Feb 12), Dana Wheeler and Kari Torkelson (from MGEC) and Derrick Dasenbrock (MGEC President) visited with nearly all our MGEC members ... Read More >>