MAPE in the News
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July 9, 2025: Star Tribune - Minnesota’s ‘Queen of Walleye’ raises millions of fish in a DNR basement - Genevieve Furtner, Local 101
June 27, 2025: Minnesota Reformer - Minnesota State Worker Unions Reach Tentative Deal with Administration
June 27, 2025: Star Tribune - Minnesota Public Worker Unions tout wins in tentative agreement contract deals with state
June 27, 2025: MPR News - Unions representing thousands of Minnesota state workers reach tentative contract agreements
June 23, 2025: KARE11 - Macalester workers unionize, join MAPE
June 6, 2025: Reformer - Minnesota state workers say they’re ready to strike over return-to-office — and other labor news
June 5, 2025: Star Tribune - Gov. Tim Walz confronts rift with labor allies as he mulls third term
June 3, 2025: Pioneer Press - MN government return to office order kicks in as shutdown layoffs loom – Twin Cities
June 2, 2025: WCCO-TV - Minnesota policy change takes effect as many state employees begin working in-office 50% of the time - CBS Minnesota
May 31, 2025: Star Tribune - Thousands of Minnesota state workers are about to return to the office
May 30, 2025: MPR - Friction builds between Walz, public sector unions
May 7, 2025: Star Tribune - Minnesota’s high schoolers graduated at record rate in 2024 - Michael Diedrich, Local 1002
May 7, 2025: St. Cloud Live - Union leaders rally stress unemployement insurance, public sector work
May 7, 2025: Star Tribune: Looking for a cheaper, tariff-free way to remodel? Try salvage - Melissa Wenzel, MPCA
May 1, 2025: KTTC - Rochester locals take part in nationwide ‘May Day Protest’
May 1, 2025: Post Bulletin - Rochester May Day rally draws strong crowd for workers' rights
April 30, 2025: Star Tribune: Brooks: Trump’s cuts dump on Minnesota’s ‘Team Diarrhea’
April 29, 2025: Distance shortened for state workers ahead of return-to-office order
April 15, 2025: KSTP - Walz won’t back down from ‘back to the office’ order
April 1, 2025: Star Tribune - Minnesota Department of Health cuts 170 workers in response to federal funding cuts
March 30, 2025: MPR - Minnesota union employees demand Walz halt half-time in office policy
March 27, 2025: WCCO - Minnesota state employees need to work in the office at least 50% of workdays, Gov. Walz says
Press Conferences
Press Releases/ Media Advisories
June 27, 2025: MAPE secures contact tentative agreement
June 23, 2025: Macalester College staff vote to unionize with MAPE
June 20, 2025: State government unions hold rally to protest escalating health care costs being negotiated in new state contracts
May 6, 2025: Macalester College staff demand union election, join forces with MAPE
April 9, 2025: State workers march in response to federal funding cuts, agency layoffs on April 10
April 2, 2025: MDH layoffs impact MAPE members
March 25, 2025: MAPE and AFSCME denounce Walz’s unilateral decision to revoke telework agreements for state employees