 
Public Employees:
Proud to work for Montanans
MEA-MFT
is proud of our reputation as Montana's leading advocate for
quality public services and public employees.
MEA-MFT has over 2,500 public employee members, including
local and state employees. They range
from county assessors to chemical dependency counselors, from
state wildlife biologists to correctional officers, from chemists
to licensed practical nurses.
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We we do for public employees
Professional
development: MEA-MFT offers conferences and workshops
especially for public employees on topics such as communication
skills, workplace conflict, interview skills, time and stress
management, workplace safety, and more.
We
also offer leadership training, labor-management relations,
grievance processing, and contract negotiation.
These events are free as part of your membership.
Better public support: Montana's nationally
acclaimed Work That Matters
campaign shows how public employees contribute to Montana's
economy and communities. It's part of our effort to build
public support for our members and the valuable work you do.
Better
salaries & working conditions: MEA-MFT works year-round
to improve salaries and benefits for all public employee members
through collective bargaining.
We have won significant pay raises for state employees in
the last several legislative sessions. Read
more about our success in the 2007 Legislature.
Protecting you, your job, your family:
Our highly skilled staff help members resolve all kinds of
work-related issues. Their help is free to MEA-MFT members.
Click
here to contact field staff.
Member benefits: Through our two national affiliates,
MEA-MFT offers valuable member
benefits programs with low-cost, high-quality insurance
and discounts for you and your family. Check out our member
benefits.
Better labor-management relations:
MEA-MFT negotiated the creation of a Labor-Management Training
Initiative to help management and labor leaders in Montana
solve problems amiably.
Better retirement: By lobbying the
state legislature, MEA-MFT has won several cost-of-living
increases (Guaranteed Annual Benefit Adjustment) for retirees
in the Public Employee Retirement System and Teachers Retirement
System.
Your voice in issues that affect you:
Politicians affect every aspect of your job. MEA-MFT keeps
track of legislative bills to make sure your concerns are
represented.
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Your voice in MEA-MFT:
MEA-MFT's Board of Directors includes several public employee
members. Click
here to contact board members.
Hot links:
AFT
public employee site
AFT
health employee site
Join us!
Click here for information on joining MEA-MFT.
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