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As we are all aware, we are working under a contract whose term ran through June 30th, 2021. However, the terms of the contract remain in effect until a successor agreement is reached voluntarily or an order from an arbitrator is in place. MMB asked MGEC to return to mediation July 29th. The outcome was a Tentative Agreement (TA) which MGEC will send out to the membership for a vote. If the majority of the voting members reject the TA, we continue to arbitration but new dates will be selected. If the majority of the voting members accept the TA, the agreement still has to go to the Legislative ... Read More >>

Too often state employees find themselves in interviews with HR alone. Sometimes they are asked to recount something they witnessed.  But sometimes these interviews can transition an employee from being a witness of an event to the subject of an investigation. As a union-represented employee, you have rights in these situations that aren’t otherwise available. One of the most important is your right to have a union representative present in such a meeting, also known as your Weingarten right. Any meeting with management can involve your Weingarten right if you reasonably suspect the outcome ... Read More >>

It’s that time again to renew your professional license. License renewals are due by June 30th. Every year we receive calls from members whose renewal didn’t get processed properly and they pay a fine to MN Board of AELSLAGID and face discipline from the employer. Make sure to confirm your renewal went through. You can verify online or call 651.296.2388. ... Read More >>

The deadline for Scholarship and Award nominations is Thursday, June 30, 2022 by 5:00pm. If you plan on submitting a Scholarship application, be sure to submit both the application and the transcript. Incomplete applications will not be considered for the award. If you know of any of your coworkers (must be a Full Member of MGEC) who have outstanding technical skills; share expertise with their peers; have outstanding effort in civic or other community service or outstanding service to the MGEC community: please consider nominating them for one of the two MGEC awards.  Individuals can be ... Read More >>

Thank you MAPD for co-sponsoring the professional ethics seminar, Justin Weinberg for a great job speaking and to those that attended. Certificates have been emailed. The last certificates were emailed out on Saturday, April 30th. If you haven’t received your certificate then one of the reasons below may explain why: have you checked your span/junk folder? (both registration and certificates have been found in those folders) make sure to check the email address with which you registered (certificates were emailed to the email address you used to register) did you call into teams (no ... Read More >>

Where the ASCE report card tries to condense into a single letter the condition of our vast systems of infrastructure for public consumption, the MN 2050 group is building a coalition of infrastructure organizations to leverage ASCE’s condensed message into action.  The action starts with a consolidated and coordinated voice for infrastructure. Founded in 2008 and known for its collaboration with Twin Cities Public Television to create documentaries to tell the story of the importance of asset management, MN 2050 is reconstituting its efforts after a pause during COVID. MN2050 works to ... Read More >>