MISSOULA AIRPORT CHAPTER SETTLES
MPEA’s Missoula County Airport Building and Field Personnel Chapter ratified a one-year agreement July 14, according to Missoula Field Representative Jeff Howe.
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GREAT FALLS UNIT RATIFIES 3-YEAR CONTRACT
MPEA’s City of Great Falls Chapter ratified a three-year contract June 22 and on July 7 it was approved by city commissioners on a 5-0 vote.
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CASCADE COUNTY GETS THREE-YEAR CONTRACT
A three-year contract for members of MPEA’s Cascade County Chapter got under way July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIME LAB
MPEA has been selected as the exclusive bargaining representative of the workers at the Department of Justice crime lab in Missoula. Members of the proposed MPEA chapter voted two to one for MPEA representation and add 24 new members to the association’s membership.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEGOTIATIONS
There have been two negotiation sessions between the Department of Justice and MPEA’s Highway Patrol Chapter, according to MPEA Field Representative Tom Bivins. Bivins said that as of Sept. 10 another date had been set but that negotiations were ongoing.
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SHELBY SCHOOL DISTRICT: TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT
Both MPEA’s Shelby School District chapters have completed work on new two-year contracts, according to Dick Letang, MPEA’s field services director.
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BELGRADE SCHOOL DISTRICT: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED
Negotiations are continuing between MPEA’s Belgrade School District Chapter and district management, according to MPEA field Representative Bob Chatriand, principal negotiator. The contract covers the district’s custodians.
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BOZEMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: AGREEMENT REACHED
The Bozeman School District Chapter of MPEA reached agreement on a one-year contract January 8, according to Bob Chatriand, MPEA Field Representative and principal negotiator.
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GENERAL FUND REVENUE
General Fund revenue collections through December are showing further weakness when compared to the revenue estimates used by the 61st Legislature for FY 2010. Individual income tax collections are lagging the HJR 2 revenue estimates more each month. Based on these trends, individual income tax collections could be below the HJR 2 estimates by $108 million for FY 2010.
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CRIMINAL INVESIGATORS: CONTRACT REMAINS OPEN
The MPEA contract covering criminal investigators within the Department of Justice remains open while an internal classification review is conducted to see if the nvestigators belong in band 6 or 7 in the broadband pay plan, according to MPEA Field Services Director Dick Letang.
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STATE’S BENEFITS OFFICIAL LEAVES FOR U-SYSTEM POSITION
Connie Welsh, administrator of the state’s health benefits division for the past nine years, has accepted a position with the office of the Commissioner of Higher Education to head the university system’s health benefits program, replacing Paul Bogumill, who is moving into the private sector. Welsh and Bogumill were two of the principals in the development of the new URx prescription drug system.
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MPEA-MUS LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Meeting Summary June 9, 2010
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