2008 MAPE GRC Legislative Core Priorities:

• MAPE supports the ratification of our contract agreement with the State of Minnesota.
• 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 opposes any efforts to eliminate or reduce our current retirement and pension benefits.
• MAPE supports significant efforts to fix our health care system, including, but not limited to, the creation of a 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 2008 Legislative Positions.