Ballots for the election of this year’s MGEC Director and Officer election have been sent to Full MGEC members. If you have not received a ballot, please reach out to mgec@mgec.org to ensure that we have your correct email. If you’re not yet a member of MGEC, become one today! Only Full members have the right to vote and run for MGEC office – don’t leave your future in someone else’s hands! ... Read More >>
Newsletters
2025 MGEC Annual Meeting and Golf Event
THANK YOU to the MGEC members who came out to this year’s Annual Meeting and Golf event! We had a great afternoon of golf as well as a productive annual meeting and dinner. Results of the golf tournament can be found here. The annual meeting recounted highlights of the prior year in labor relations issues affecting members, a presentation from MGEC President Corey Mathisen and Interim Executive Director Tony Kelly about MGEC changes in 2025, a budget breakdown, and a Q&A from those in attendance. 2025’s MGEC Scholarship winners were announced at the dinner. Congratulations to this ... Read More >>
FLSA Repayment News Flash
We have heard from a number of MGEC members who have received letters from MnDOT about “overpayments” made when employees worked authorized overtime in pay periods containing a holiday. These letters demand that employees respond by the end of the month and are ominous in tone. Neither MnDOT nor MMB have reached out to MGEC on this issue. As we have advised in prior communications, we recommend that employees do not consent to repayment at this time. Issues such as overtime, or any other interpretation of the labor agreement, fall firmly under the jurisdiction of the contract between ... Read More >>
Bargaining Update
Bargaining for the 2025-27 labor agreement between the state and MGEC kicked off Tuesday, September 9th with the exchange of proposals from both parties. The state came to the table with a list of 41 proposals and MGEC presented 34 proposals. Our proposals are each designed to expand MGEC members’ compensations and benefits; the state’s generally attempt to restrict or lessen them. The second round of bargaining, held Thursday the 19th, was more about either eliminating proposals or finding agreement on obvious topics like revising the dates of the contract. There are many styles of ... Read More >>
MGEC Election
MGEC is powered by its membership, and its Board of Directors is composed of people who work in the state service just like yourself. We have a deeply committed and active board, and there are opportunities to serve the MGEC membership by serving on the Board of Directors. MGEC Board members set their own interests aside to work to better the working conditions and compensation for every one of our members. Minnesota has strong laws that enable and protect our ability to collectively bargain and protect our members – don’t take them for granted! Consider taking your support to the next ... Read More >>
2025 Golf Tournament & Results
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the MGEC Annual Golf Tournament! We had 36 MGEC players across 9 teams playing alongside one of our sponsors from WSB! This event would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. We would like to extend a grateful THANK YOU to: WSB Bolton and Menk Bollig Here are how the teams fared for the day. ... Read More >>