Bargaining Updates

Is there is any timeline set for when the contract will be signed? It’s likely to be January 2023. How the backpay is calculated? Backpay is typically provided for hours worked from the effective date of the contract (likely to be July 1, 2021 to the date of …

MGEC secured James Lundberg as arbitrator for the Interest Arbitration of the MGEC contract for 2021-2023. The hearing will be Sept. 7-9. The arbitrator may allow two more weeks for briefs to be submitted. If that happens, we may have an arbitration award by mid to late …

Our contract continues to move along in the process toward arbitration.  The next steps in the process are to select an arbitrator and set dates for arbitration.  A list of 7 potential arbitrators has been provided to MGEC and the State.  We research past cases that …

What’s new? January 18th the Subcommittee on Employee Relations of the Minnesota Legislature passed contracts and plans for employee groups in the Minnesota State university system. They also passed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) pertaining to use of sick leave related to …

After several days of bargaining without making significant progress towards a voluntary agreement, MGEC suggested the process continue with the assistance of a mediator. The first day of mediation for the 2021 – 2023 Contract was November 23.  We worked hard to make …

The first day of bargaining with the state was postponed from June 24th to July 28th. With the legislature still in session, bargaining with AFSCME and MAPE was delayed and will continue into late July.  The state recently informed MGEC that they would not be ready to …

The Negotiations Committee has been working since last August to review the contract and draft proposals to revise contract language. A negotiation survey was sent out through email on February 17th.  It will remain open until February 26th.  Please …

Members voted to approve the tentative agreement for a new contract for 2019-2021. At the time of the vote, 995 MGEC members were eligible to vote. Of the 725 members who voted, 88.5% (642) voted to approve the contract. Next steps: MMB will submit …

On Monday, January 27, 2020, the MGEC Board discussed the tentative agreement at great length. The majority of the board voted to send the contract language to the membership with a recommendation to accept the contract. The board determined that additional …

On January 22, 2020, after the second day of mediation the MGEC Contract Negotiations Team entered into a tentative agreement for the 2019-2021 MGEC contract. This was the ninth total day of negotiations. Shortly after 6PM, and after significant …

Thursday, December 19th, marked the 8th time MGEC met with representatives from the State’s bargaining team in 2019, and the first day of mediation. There is some small progress to report. The MGEC negotiation team and the State signed a Memorandum of …

Five days of negotiations were originally scheduled between the MGEC team and the State team at the MnDOT Training Center in Shoreview, MN. We met on each of those days and have now scheduled two additional days for meetings on October 31 and November 1. The negotiation …

    Your MGEC negotiating team began negotiations with the State one week ago on Tuesday, September 3, 2019.  It seems fitting that negotiations began the day after Labor Day, a U.S. Federal Holiday since 1894 which honors the American labor movement and the …

It’s time for our 2019 member survey, so we know your priorities prior to beginning bargaining with MMB in September. This year the survey is being conducted in Constant Contact, which is the new platform we are using to send out our mass emails. We are aware that many …

MGEC elected to start our negotiations later than usual in 2019; we will first be meeting with State negotiators in September. Your MGEC insurance team has been actively participating in the early insurance bargaining. This gives your MGEC negotiating team more time to …

You may have already heard about the State meeting with other unions. This year, MGEC is having later meetings than usual with the State in an effort to reduce the time and effort spent on our own contract negotiation- making our MGEC …