In a unanimous decision released January 20, 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court sided with NAPE/AFSCME union members in a three year old case that started with a blue jeans ban and ended with the affirmation of employee rights by the state’s highest court. In December 2019, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) […]
Tentative Agreement Includes 10-27% Salary Increases For All NAPE/AFSCME Members Ratification Meetings Begin January 9 Behind the energy, support, and action of union members, our contract negotiations team is proud to announce that it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the State of Nebraska for the July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025 biennium. The tentative […]
Our contract negotiations team has reached a tentative contract agreement with the State of Nebraska for the July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025 biennium. The tentative agreement ensures that all NAPE/AFSCME members will see the largest salary increases in the thirty-five year history of the State Employees Collective Bargaining Act. Over the course of the biennium, […]
Our Department of Education and State College System contract negotiations teams have been hard at work fighting for the best contracts in history. December 31 is the deadline to reach an agreement in accordance with State law. If the parties are unable to reach an agreement by December 31, the statue allows the parties to […]
NAPE/AFSCME member Cody Warren is a Maintenance Repair Worker at Peru State College. In November, a student reported that she had been harassed by a man driving through town, and provided a general description of the offender. The general description led management to believe that Cody was the offender. Cody received a formal Notice of […]
NAPE/AFSCME represents hundreds of Child/Family Services Specialists across the state. These employees do vital work to ensure the safety of Nebraska’s most vulnerable children. As part of their work, CFS Specialists have access to sensitive personal information about individuals that are a part of the CFS NFOCUS system. Strict policies are in place to safeguard […]
NAPE/AFSCME Member Ruth Smith is a Social Services Worker at the Buffalo County Courthouse in Kearney. She’s also a union steward who is very familiar with our NAPE contract and its requirements. When employees pointed out safety issues to management at their office and nothing was done, Ruth knew the exact steps to take to […]
NAPE/AFSCME Member Julie Burkhardt is a Staff Care Technician II (CNA) at the Central Nebraska Veterans’ Home in Kearney. After working at CNVH for over 30 years, Julie is an expert in the policies and procedures for staff at the Veterans’ Home. Since overtime is regularly needed at the facility, our contract grants each employee […]
Earlier this year, NAPE/AFSCME had a significant grievance victory enforcing provisions of the contract concerning call back pay. An arbitrator ruled in NAPE’s favor that employees who are called back for duty are guaranteed a minimum of two hours of pay, regardless of whether the work is performed remotely or at the worksite. After hearing […]
With a few months of winter to go we have already experienced freezing temperatures, icy roads, and snow storms across the state. This has led to office closures and hazardous travel conditions. It has also generated great questions from our NAPE/AFSCME members. When can you be forced to use vacation leave? And when can I […]
Our negotiations team spent two days before Christmas at the bargaining table as we continue the hard work of fighting for our best contract ever. Behind the support of NAPE/AFSCME union members, we have made significant progress. The deadline to reach an agreement is Friday, December 30 and the negotiations team is cautiously optimistic that […]
Our negotiations team was back at the bargaining table all day on Friday, December 16 and made some headway on our priorities, but much work remains as we approach the December 31 deadline to reach an agreement. Please join the negotiations team for a virtual update on our progress on Monday, December 19 at 7pm […]
Our bargaining team spent all day Friday, December 9 at the bargaining table as we continue the hard work of fighting for our best contract ever. Thanks to the action of NAPE/AFSCME union members, the State withdrew its proposal to freeze minimum salaries through June 30, 2025. While this is a good sign, we remain […]
As part of our NAPE/AFSCME contract negotiations December Action Days, union members gathered over their lunch hour at the Capitol in Lincoln to call attention to the importance of investing in state employees. After the State of Nebraska proposed freezing minimum salaries through June 30, 2025, union members turned out to talk to Senators about […]
Union members elected to our negotiations team began contract negotiations with the State of Nebraska in September. Our team is committed to the priorities voted on by union members including salary increases that outpace inflation, early retirement incentives, paid parental leave, greater pay out of sick leave, bilingual premium pay, access to remote work assignments, […]
During the final thirty days of contract negotiations, all state employees are invited to join union members in “NAPE/AFSCME Action Days” to show solidarity and support of our negotiations priorities. Union members received “Action Days” materials in the mail in late November. Click here for a copy of the mailer. Action days will be as […]
NAPE/AFSCME will be hosting a virtual update from our contract negotiations team on Mondays in December. We have multiple bargaining scheduled each week and want to keep the membership informed on our progress. Webinars will begin at 7pm central/6pm mountain time on Monday, December 5, 12, & 19. Please register by visiting bit.ly/napewebinar. You will […]
Union members are holding NAPE/AFSCME Action Days throughout the month of December. To increase awareness, we are asking all of our members state-wide to participate in our NAPE/AFSCME Action Days! Action Days begin on Wednesday, November 30 with our first “Wear Green Wednesday.” We are asking all state employees to wear green on each Wednesday […]
Union members are holding NAPE/AFSCME Action Days throughout the month of December. To increase awareness, we are asking all of our members state-wide to participate in our NAPE/AFSCME Action Days! On every Friday in December, we are asking our members to wear stickers to show their support for our negotiations team! Stickers were sent by […]
NAPE/AFSCME Member Kristal Millstead has dedicated over 34 years of her professional life to the Department of Health and Human Services, working most of that time as a Child Support Enforcement Operations Specialist. Kristal has been an outstanding employee during her time with DHHS, always receiving glowing performance reviews and never being disciplined over her […]
