Nebraska Association of Public Employees

  • Don't take your benefits for granted!

    The pay and benefits associated with your job did not appear by magic. Union members worked long and hard to put those benefits into place. You must know that in the "new economy" employers often take back benefits that employees worked hard to earn. The good news is that with a strong, united NAPE/AFSCME, not a single contract benefit can be eliminated or reduced unilaterally by the state. By standing up with NAPE/AFSCME members you can influence our union priorities and strengthen our union fight to preserve key benefits.

  • OWH Public Pulse – Sunday October 2, 2011

    Time to fix child welfare system

    State Auditor Mike Foley has provided Nebraskans an example of what a committed, ethical and relentless advocate for the public good an elected official can be by his extensive examination of the conduct of the Heineman administration's decision to privatize Nebraska's child welfare services.

    Foley found it to be a wanton disregard for professional management at best and a jeopardizing of our state's most vulnerable children at worst.

    Our union, along with advocates for children in the child welfare system, stated at this idea's inception that it would not improve a system that had very real challenges and that it would most likely destabilize a population of neglected children.

    A recent audit has identified the very issues that advocates and union members predicted would prove to be the downfall. The lessons from this debacle need to be heeded. Statutory changes need to occur that provide checks and balances that could prevent the type of ignorant and calloused decisions that created this fiasco.

    It is time for the Department of Health and Human Services and the governor, who is ultimately responsible, to stand up and take responsibility for this failed system.

    Julie Dake Abel, Lincoln
    Executive director, Nebraska Association of Public Employees

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    Please Contact NAPE Office and we will send you a membership application card to fill in. You may also fill out our contact form online and we will be in touch to start the registration process.
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    Outside of Lincoln 800-522-6273

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    • AFSCME Plan’s McEntee to JP Morgan Chase: “Don’t Hedge on Independent Board Chair; the Stakes Are Too High to Leave Jamie Dimon Unsupervised” May 11, 2012
      “Wall Street greed and conflicts of interest drove our economy into a ditch. JP Morgan Chase shareholders need to act together and tell the board that we want meaningful controls over risk and real oversight of management. We need an independent chairman of the board. The stakes are too high to leave Jamie Dimon unsupervised. Dimon denied that the ‘London Wh […]
    • AFSCME Statement on President Obama’s Remarks on Marriage May 9, 2012
      “President Obama’s announcement today recognizes a fundamental American right – that every citizen is entitled to respect and dignity, and the equal protection of our laws. For too long, lesbian and gay Americans have been denied the right to marry the person they love, raise a family and live as equal citizens in our country. They are denied access to pensi […]
    • AFSCME Urges Shareholders to Remedy Excess Pay at Dean Foods May 1, 2012
      AFSCME is recommending that shareholders of Dean Foods (DF) vote against the ratification of executive compensation at the company’s annual meeting on May 16, 2012. “Greg Engles is living high on the hog but shareholders have been left with scraps,” said President Gerald W. McEntee, whose 1.6 million members participate in public pension funds with combined […]
    • AFSCME’s McEntee: Legislation Pits Women & Children’s Health Against Student Loans April 27, 2012
      “Congressional Republicans used the tactic of divide and conquer in putting forth HR 4628. They are shamefully trying to pit funding for cervical cancer screenings and children’s immunizations against affordable student loans. It is a political smoke screen designed to shield their big business buddies,” stated AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee. “House Republic […]
    • AFSCME Remembers Mark Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO April 10, 2012
      AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee and Secretary-Treasurer Lee A. Saunders issued the following statement today on the death of Mark Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. “The sisters and brothers of AFSCME are deeply saddened at the passing of Mark Ayers. Mark was a stalwart in the labor movement, a fierce advocate for hi […]

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