Local 1500 Negotiations Updates - Take Action Now!

As AFSCME Local 1500 heads into negotiations with the State over our contract and our insurance (as a SEGIP coalition with other state employee unions), we need to hold together to win fair wages and health coverage that keeps us and our families safe and secure.  We are currently facing the threat of a 16.8% increase in premiums and a State-wide budget crunch that the Employer is proposing to mitigate by decreasing its contribution to premium cost-sharing, raising co-pays and out-of-pocket maximums, and instituting coinsurance.

We need to move NOW, through online and in-person actions, to let the Employer know that we will not stand for the State balancing its budget with the wages and benefits we earn.

Please take time to fill in the sign below with the reasons you value our SEGIP state insurance plan, take a picture of yourself/a group of your coworkers holding up your sign(s), and send your picture to us at: wjohnmeier@afscme65.org.

Thursday, June 5 | 4:30-6pm
Minnesota Park, St. Peter
We joined MAPE members at Minnesota Square Park in St.Peter to demand a fair contract for all state employees, and to stand against proposed healthcare cuts.

RALLY FOR DIGNITY
Monday June 23 | 8:00 - 10am 
Minneapolis Delta Hotel NE (1330 Industrial Blvd NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413) (Conference Center Entrance) 
Join us & support your insurance coalition team as they start their FIRST DAY of PUSH WEEK with the Employer! Insurance increases affect ALL of us! Bring your union signs/banners and help us kick off PUSH WEEK - this is our time to come together as a union family and fight hard for our values. Every union may make a speech about to why this fight is important for our members, families, and communities. We hope to see you there! Need more AFSCME gear?