The 911 Telecommunicators Pension Benefits Working Group meets again on November 9th.
The Agenda is out with 2 important Items:
3. ACTION ITEM Preliminary vote: Is it the recommendation of the working group that 911 telecommunicators should receive enhanced pension benefits? (Note: this does not put 911 telecommunicators in a specific plan; that would be discussed under Item #4.) • Darlene Pankonie, Chair
4. DISCUSSION ITEM If the majority vote on Action Item #3 is "Yes": − What enhanced benefits are recommended by the working group? − Should the working group recommend that 911 telecommunicators be moved into a specific plan; i.e., a correctional plan?
What can you do?
MNCORA is sending a letter stating our opposition to adding the 911 Dispatchers.
LELS sent along testimonial letters as stakeholders with their letter from dispatchers wanting in the PERA Correctional Plan.
Correctional Officers are stakeholders of the Correctional Plan they seek to add Dispatchers to.
We are asking Correctional Officers and Retirees to send a letter of opposition to adding 911 Dispatchers to the PERA Correctional Plan send to:
Talking Points:
-State where you work, or worked and for how long.
-State why you are opposed to adding 911 Dispatchers to the PERA Correctional Plan.
-Did your time before entering the PERA Correctional Plan transfer in? If you've become licensed did your Correctional time credit follow you? They seek to join the Correctional Plan with past credit!
-How long before you were, or will be vested in the PERA Correctional Plan?
-Have you been assaulted or witnessed a CO assaulted on the job?
-Have you become sick with Covid or other diseases from inmates or know CO's that have?
-Put your first and last name at the bottom, or at least first name and last initial.(LELS letters are anonymous!)
We will be sending our letter to the Working Group before the Tuesday meeting and would like to pass CO letters along too, and will continue to accumulate for future actions.