NAPE/AFSCME union members organized to win pay raises in our new State of Nebraska contract that takes effect on July 1, 2025. State employees with satisfactory or better performance evaluations for calendar years 2024 & 2025 will see salary increases between 6.5-20+% over the biennium. To calculate your July 1, 2025 pay raise, use our salary calculator by clicking here.
In addition to higher pay, union members also negotiated new benefits including:
- Minimum contract wage of $15/hour
- Six weeks of paid maternity leave for FML eligible mothers
- Multilingual premium pay of $1.75/hour for designated positions
- Sick leave can be donated across agencies for catastrophic illness instead of just vacation leave within an agency
- E bargaining unit vacation and sick leave equal to other units
- Higher NDOT and State Patrol overnight/weekend shift differentials
- Commercial Drivers License (CDL) premium pay for certain NDOT employees
- CDL trainer premium pay for NDOT
- Direct care shift differentials when working out of class
A complete copy of our July 1, 2025-June 30, 2027 State of Nebraska contract is available here.
Our union has organized over the past four years like never before. Our membership has grown every single month for the past four years, and as a direct result, we’ve had more power at the bargaining table to improve our salaries and working conditions. We won the right to negotiate our contracts in 1987, and with record high membership, we’ve bargained the highest wage increases in state history over the past two bienniums.
While we’re excited about our recent success, we have to keep organizing. Public employees, and the essential services we provide to our fellow Nebraskans, are at risk in our state and federal budgets. If you are not a union member, will you join us today and stand with your colleagues to ensure we have the strongest voice to advocate for ourselves and our neighbors?
