2009 MAPE GRC Legislative Core Priorities:

• MAPE opposes any efforts to reduce or downsize state government to establish or balance the state’s budget.
• MAPE opposes any efforts to eliminate or reduce our current retirement and pension benefits.
• MAPE supports equitable compensation and fair treatment of all state employees.
• MAPE supports the right of all workers to earn adequate wages, organize labor unions and bargain collectively.
• MAPE supports significant efforts to fix our health care system, including, but not limited to, the creation of a single payer, universal health care system.
• MAPE opposes privatization, outsourcing or contracting of state services when bargaining unit employees could be utilized in the performance of those services.

For more detailed information, please visit the 2009 Legislative Positions.

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