Local 502 minutes June 21, 2018

Officers Present at the meeting
Vice President, Dan Kelly; Treasurer, Susan Lee; Membership Secretary, Chelsea Palmateer; Recording Secretary, Vernitta Moore.

1) Welcome and call to order:
Dan called meeting to order and presided over introductions.

Officers’ Reports:

a) Recording Secretary: Vernitta Moore
Minutes were approved.

b) Membership Secretary: Reported by Chelsea Palmateer
157 members, 10 associate members and 101 fee payers

Treasurer: Reported by Susan Lee Indicated balance, YTD. $11,715.00.

c) Regional Director: Caitlyn Reid
Thu Phan won special election for first Vice President. The Supreme Court should be ruling on Janus Monday June 21, 2018. Our membership is growing, were at a steady 70%.
Finances are in good shape. Regardless of the outcome MAPE will continue to fight for the professional employees no one will be treated unfairly.

Business Agent: Caitlin Reid
MAPE Executive Director Lina Jamoul was present at our meeting. Shared her personal story. Caitlin, Tonya and Scott are working diligently with HR on the private sector vacation credit. Holding HR accountable to the dates they are promising members that their paperwork will be processed. Caitlin is willing to assist any of the members on getting their paperwork processed. We do have a couple of action plans in place just in case.

d) Chief Steward: Ted Sitz
A lot of vacation grievances in 501 and 502. Three of the grievances has been prevailed. Work plans, coaching sessions and letters of expectation are not substitutions for annual performance appraisals. Letters of Expectation and corrective action plans are often used as discipline even though both documents have disclaimers stating, “This is not formal discipline”. These documents should not have punitive language and should not lead an employee to believe that the letter is actual discipline. Letters of Expectation regarding FMLA/ADA cannot be kept in your files that relates to medical.

e) Meet and Confer: Tonya Fitzgerald
Tonya and Scott Wasserman met with HR on the progress of where is DPS on the private sector vacation credit. Why is it taking so long, when other agencies have already begun awarding private sector credit? Meet and Confer are always looking for members to join. If there is a change that will make a difference in DPS for the better come join our team.

Adjournment:
It was moved and seconded to adjourn at 1:10 PM.

Next Meeting: June 21st, noon Bremer Towers
Respectfully Submitted, Vernitta Moore, MAPE, Local 502