The MGEC Executive Board changes about half its members each year. That allows all members greater opportunity for participation. This year we are saying thanks to the following board members who have provided several years of service. Jason Radde (Director 2020-2022), Kevin Joyce (Director 2020-2022), Michael Kruse (Director 2021-2022), Justin Kraus (Director 2021-2022) and Forrest Hasty (President 2020 & 2021, Director 2018-2020, and Past President 2022). Thank you for your years of service, recruitment of others and willingness to always put forward your ideas! ... Read More >>
We Need Your Help!
The state doesn’t consistently provide MGEC with updates to your work and personal information. In the event of a state shut down, we need a way to communicate with our members via their personal emails. While the information provided by the state about new employees is current at the time of hire, they do not pass along updates to MGEC. Therefore, please help us by keeping your contact information current! Here is the link to update us on your information. ... Read More >>
Lunch with MGEC: Coming to a worksite near you!
As we continue to readjust our work lives coming out of COVID, MGEC is restarting our Lunch with MGEC meetings. We want to visit our member’s worksites so that we can reconnect and introduce new staff - in person! The visits will include some pizza (or other local favorite) and a chance to connect about your concerns and issues. To be inclusive, we hope those meetings, while in person, can also include those attending through the virtual environment. We hope that the MGEC Representatives, will contact us so we can develop a plan to establish which locations we are going to and when. We ... Read More >>
Vacation Donation
Sometimes our fellow coworkers experience life events where they run into severe hardship because they run out of benefits and are unable to work. You can make a huge difference in their lives! Consider donating some vacation so that our coworkers can continue to afford insurance premiums when they need it most. There are many employees needing your help. Some are employees in the MGEC Bargaining Unit. At least one of them has asked us to call your attention to his need. Please follow the instructions below to look into or contribute to this process. Log in to Self Service Portal using ... Read More >>
Traveling for Work
Employees often ask about traveling for work events or conferences. Sometimes the event or conference starts Monday morning and the employee travels during their off time on the weekend. It is common for the employee and their supervisor to balance the weekend travel time in place of other work time. When the employee travels on their weekend, that often saves the employer money (hotel, meals) and allows them to avoid the less productive time when employees travel on weekdays during the usual work hours. In those situations when the employer won’t work with the employee to balance personal ... Read More >>
Election Results
The 2023 Election results are in. Changes to the board take effect January 1, 2023 which include: Dan Sullivan (MnDOT) ascending from Vice President to President, Fernando Nacionales becoming Vice President, Benton Campbell (PCA) as Secretary Newly elected Directors include: Carroll Aasen (MnDOT), Brandon JB Nelson (MnDOT), Mike Rude (Military Affairs), Luke Schuette (DPS), Mark Trogstad-Isaacson (MnDOT) ... Read More >>