Too often state employees find themselves in interviews with HR alone. Sometimes they are asked to recount something they witnessed. But sometimes these interviews can transition an employee from being a witness of an event to the subject of an investigation. As a union-represented employee, you have rights in these situations that aren’t otherwise available. One of the most important is your right to have a union representative present in such a meeting, also known as your Weingarten right. Any meeting with management can involve your Weingarten right if you reasonably suspect the outcome ... Read More >>
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License Renewals
It’s that time again to renew your professional license. License renewals are due by June 30th. Every year we receive calls from members whose renewal didn’t get processed properly and they pay a fine to MN Board of AELSLAGID and face discipline from the employer. Make sure to confirm your renewal went through. You can verify online or call 651.296.2388. ... Read More >>
Last Chance to Submit Scholarship & Award Applications
The deadline for Scholarship and Award nominations is Thursday, June 30, 2022 by 5:00pm. If you plan on submitting a Scholarship application, be sure to submit both the application and the transcript. Incomplete applications will not be considered for the award. If you know of any of your coworkers (must be a Full Member of MGEC) who have outstanding technical skills; share expertise with their peers; have outstanding effort in civic or other community service or outstanding service to the MGEC community: please consider nominating them for one of the two MGEC awards. Individuals can be ... Read More >>
Ethics Seminar Certificates
Thank you MAPD for co-sponsoring the professional ethics seminar, Justin Weinberg for a great job speaking and to those that attended. Certificates have been emailed. The last certificates were emailed out on Saturday, April 30th. If you haven’t received your certificate then one of the reasons below may explain why: have you checked your span/junk folder? (both registration and certificates have been found in those folders) make sure to check the email address with which you registered (certificates were emailed to the email address you used to register) did you call into teams (no ... Read More >>
MN 2050 Partnership
Where the ASCE report card tries to condense into a single letter the condition of our vast systems of infrastructure for public consumption, the MN 2050 group is building a coalition of infrastructure organizations to leverage ASCE’s condensed message into action. The action starts with a consolidated and coordinated voice for infrastructure. Founded in 2008 and known for its collaboration with Twin Cities Public Television to create documentaries to tell the story of the importance of asset management, MN 2050 is reconstituting its efforts after a pause during COVID. MN2050 works to ... Read More >>
ASCE Report Card
On Wednesday, April 26th, the American Society of Civil Engineers issued its quadrennial report card for the status of infrastructure in the State of Minnesota. Despite our state’s unofficial state motto as being “above average”, the GPA Minnesota earned is “C”. As members of MGEC, we’re already keenly aware of the state’s inconsistent efforts to maintain and modernize our infrastructure, but the ASCE’s report card attempts to bring the infrastructure conversation to new audiences. Even in 2022, many citizens narrowly associate road networks with the term “infrastructure”, but not much ... Read More >>