Delegate Assembly (DA)

2025 Delegate Assembly Recap is available here.

Budget Forum

The Finance Workgroup held two Budget Forums to walk through the budget that delegates will vote on during the Delegate Assembly. The budget documents are available in the MAPE portal for registered delegates and alternates.
 

Resolutions

The following four resolutions have been approved by the Executive Committee to be heard at this year’s Delegate Assembly. Final decision on whether the resolution(s) will be on the floor at DA lies with resolution authors, so there’s a possibility all four resolutions may not be heard at DA.

• View recording of the Resolution Forum

• Individual and Group Meals Allowed for Hybrid Meetings

• Locals Providing Out-of-State Travel Allowed

• Stipends Increased and Expanded

• Fixing the Date of Delegate Assembly Submissions

• 2025 Constitution & Rules Report

Political Council Legislative Agenda

The Political Council provided an overview of the Legislative Agenda that will be voted on at Delegate Assembly.

• Legislative Agenda 2026

• View recording of the Legislative Agenda Forum
   

Parliamentarian Overview

The DA runs using the Standing Rules and Robert's Rules and delegates will need to follow these rules through all discussion and voting processes.

• View recording of the Parliamentarian Review

Join the PAC

Ready to step up your political action? Join the MAPE-PAC Board! 

The MAPE PAC is seeking members to fill two vacancies on their Board to help lead the fight for a pro-labor legislature.  If you are interested in Minnesota politics this is your chance to play a direct role in shaping endorsements, building political power, and electing candidates who stand with state employees. 

We are looking for members who: 

• are a dues-paying member of MAPE  

• are a MAPE PAC contributor  

• are ready to commit to at least 20 door-knock or phone-bank shifts for MAPE-endorsed candidates in swing districts during the 2026 campaign cycle. 

What the MAPE PAC Board does: 

The MAPE PAC Board directs political action by deciding which candidates to support, making financial contributions, and organizing members to volunteer on pro-labor campaigns.  

As a PAC Board member, you will help screen and endorse pro-labor candidates, mobilize Minnesota voters through door knocks and phone banks, and build the power we need to win for MAPE members at the Capitol and in our next contract.  

If you are interested in joining MAPE PAC Board, please contact Tanner Fritsinger at tfritsinger@mape.org from your non-state email address by Nov. 10. 

Resolutions and Other Proposals

Resolutions are items that, according to MAPE governing documents, ONLY the Delegate Assembly as a governing body can modify. Those governing documents are the MAPE Constitution and the Election Rules.   

Other proposals that modify bylaws are welcomed and encouraged. These proposals can be reviewed and approved, per bylaw, by the Board of Directors.   

The Board of Directors approved an updated process that provides resolution and proposal writers with support, knowledge and training on how to make changes to their union’s governing rules. This process allows for a full review of the implications of the proposed changes before delegates or the board adopts the language. This provides a higher level of scrutiny while honoring the authority of both the Assembly and the board.

These changes were made to strengthen our union by allowing more members access to this vital process and improve how we allocate our resources. Find more information about: 

Resolutions – Learn who can submit, how to submit and the process. 

Resolutions are language proposals that propose to modify the MAPE Constitution and Election Rules; only the Delegate Assembly can approve. 

Other Proposals – Learn how these are different from resolutions, who can submit, how to submit and the process. 

Proposals are language changes the board may change, per MAPE’s bylaws. These changes can also be made by the Delegate Assembly, but our bylaws grant those powers to the Board when the Assembly is not in session. Generally, these would be language changes to the bylaws, policy and other governing documents outside of the Constitution and Elections Rules.  

All Delegate Assembly Officers can be found at the bottom of this page under the "Officers" tab, and here.