Nearly 500 delegates to AFSCME Council 6's Negotiations Assembly voted overwhelmingly Saturday to reject the State of Minnesota's last offer and strike in September. The recommendation will be voted on by the 19,000 members of Council 6 during the week of Aug. 27 at polling places across the state.
The ballots will be counted Sept. 1. If members reject the state's offer, a strike would begin Sept. 17.
It would be the first strike by the state employees in 20 years. A 1981 walkout by AFSCME Council 6 members lasted 22 days.
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Negotiations between Council 6 and the State of Minnesota began in late February and broke down Aug. 1.
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The state's last offer on the two-year contract included a 2.5 percent general wage increase and significant health insurance cost increases for AFSCME members. The union's last offer to the state included a 6.5 percent general wage increase and more equal sharing of insurance cost increase between the employer and employee.
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AFSCME Council 6 Executive Director Peter Benner said the state's wage offer does not keep pace with inflation or with other recent contract settlements. 'The state's last offer on health insurance would expose our members to out of pocket costs as high as 25 percent of their take home pay,' Benner said.
'The delegates have considered what the State of Minnesota has offered its employees and determined that it is just not good enough,' he added.
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