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State Colleges Negotiations Team Makes More Progress

Our state colleges bargaining team has continued to make progress at the negotiation...

Members Attend Supreme Court Argument in DHHS Dress Code Case

On November 2, 2022 the Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the...

State Contract Negotiations Continue

Negotiations with the State of Nebraska have continued throughout the month of October....

Tecumseh Member Wins Grievance Challenging Unjust Disciplinary Action

NAPE/AFSCME member Tyler Poteet is a Food Service Worker at the Tecumseh State...

Norfolk Members Reclassified After Filing Grievance

NAPE/AFSCME member and union steward Brian Bierschenk works for the Department of Health...

Bellevue Nurse Has Unjust Discipline Overturned

NAPE/AFSCME Member Sarah Wilkins is a Registered Nurse at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans’...

Military Department Steward Helps Grow New Employee Membership

Mary Schmidt-Rodriguez is a Marketing & Communications Specialist at the Nebraska Military Department...

NAPE/AFSCME Members Vote – Election Day is November 8

Union members across Nebraska understand the importance of voting on Election Day –...

BOD Appoints Two New Members, Conducts Business at Fall Meeting

The NAPE/AFSCME Board of Directors held its regular quarterly meeting on October 22...

State Contract Negotiations Underway

Contract negotiations began in September with the State of Nebraska.  Our union negotiations...

NAPE/AFSCME Membership Reaches 25 Year High

Our union began contract negotiations with our largest membership in twenty five years....

State Colleges Contract Negotiations See Early Progress

NAPE/AFSCME members elected by their peers from the support staff at the Nebraska...

Alliance DHHS Members Prevail In Safety Grievance, Win Protections

NAPE/AFSCME member Jessica Collins is a Social Services Lead Worker with DHHS. Jessica...

Lincoln Behavioral Health Practitioner Has Unjust Discipline Overturned

NAPE/AFSCME Member Frankie Scalzo is a Behavioral Health Practitioner II at the Community...

Lincoln Member Transfers Agencies, Is Awarded Back Pay After Supervisor Denies Leave

NAPE/AFSCME member Vicki Ayres recently transferred from DHHS to the Nebraska Military Department....

Supreme Court to Hear DHHS Dress Code Case November 2

In December 2019, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services unilaterally changed...

NAPE/AFSCME Endorses General Election Candidates

The NAPE/AFSCME Government Affairs Committee is a group of Democrat, Republican, and Non-Partisan...

Hundreds of NAPE/AFSCME Members Rally for Raises in Lincoln

On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 hundreds of NAPE/AFSCME members gathered on Centennial Mall...

Contract Negotiations Begin

Following months of planning and preparations, negotiations for our new labor contract begin...

Negotiations Kickoff Rally – September 13

All state employees are invited to attend a contract negotiations kickoff rally on...

Over 1,100 State Employees Became NAPE/AFSCME Members in Past Year

NAPE/AFSCME membership has grown at a rapid pace over the course of the...