Contract Negotiations: Get Involved
Contract Action Teams
A Contract Action Team, or CAT, is a group of members working together to amplify the work of the Negotiations Committee and union during the contract negotiations process that is going on right now. In previous cycles, various Contract Action Teams worked on:
- specific issues or contract language that was important to them,
- helped mobilize co-workers to attend actions,
- supported the contract through social media or contacting their Legislator,
- facilitated listening sessions, and much more.
MAPE is your union and this is your contract. Being a part of your Region’s Contract Action Team is the way to make sure we win the best contract possible. Not sure your Local? Look it up here.
Sign the Petition
Put your name to a fair contract!
In less than two weeks we’ll begin negotiations over our next contract. We want Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) to know how many members support our 2023-2025 bargaining platform. There’s support in numbers, so add your name to the petition to urge MMB to work with us on real solutions. Sign here to support a fair contract.
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Share why our proposals are important to you
For Minnesota to be the best state in the country, we need a state workforce that is valued and respected. That value and respect starts with a fair and strong MAPE contract. Why are MAPE's proposals important to you? Share now.
Solidarity Actions
Ongoing:
- Wear MAPE gear
- Post picture of you in MAPE gear and/or video on social tag @MAPEmn and use hashtage #MAPEContract
- Use MAPE zoom background or MAPE Strong background
- Engage with MAPE content on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
- Share why this contract is important to you
ACTION UPDATES
Hundreds of DHS Employees disappointed Commissioner did not meet with them about MAPE contract proposals
Nearly 250 MAPE members gathered Monday for what they thought would be a meeting with Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jodi Harpstead to discuss MAPE’s contract proposals and ask for her support. The commissioner was a no show and more than halfway through the meeting had a staff member contact MAPE to say she would not be attending the meeting.
MN State MAPE members show their support as the Negotiations Team bargains for a strong contract!
MN State members showed their support for the MAPE Negotiations team while at the Minnesota State Frontline Workers Conference.
Members take action to fight for a strong contract
A contract is only as strong as the support of our members. Therefore, MAPE members have been taking action! Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) members from Local 301 organized and showed up in numbers at the Lafayette Park cleanup event that was scheduled as part of MPCA's Earth Month. MPCA Deputy Commissioner Peter Tester was there and members asked for his support of a sustainable contract.
Members at the Dept. of Corrections ask leaders to support supplemental bargaining
MAPE members at Department of Corrections facilities across the state gathered to ask Wardens of the prisons, Supervisors in the Field and Directors in the Central Office for support as we negotiate supplemental proposals.The biggest goal: fix health insurance for Corrections retirees, which costs up to 10 times as much for MAPE members compared to those Corrections retirees from other unions. Some of the leaders promised their support!