Pension Fight update

Here's the update on the fight against HF4796.

We've received many petitions from across the State from CO's opposing this Bill to add dispatchers to the Correctional Plan.

Those have been forwarded to the entire Pension Commission and we will continue to pass on more as they are still coming in.

Some jails also participated in a card mailing campaign. Over 3,000 have been mailed to date.

This is the second run at the PERA Correctional Plan to add dispatchers. They need to know you are not for it and a weaker pension.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED AND PASSED THE PETITIONS AND CARDS!

MNCORA's Bill to get a seat on the PERA Board has yet to be heard!

If it is not heard the bill will die.

What can you do? The Chair of the Pension Commission is Representative Her. This is her contact information:

Phone 651-296-8799 E-mail: rep.kaohly.her@house.mn.gov

The Vice chair on the Senate side is Senator Frentz. This is his contact information:

Phone 651-296-6153 E-Mail sen.nick.frentz@senate.mn

PLEASE contact them and ask them to have the Pension Commission give it a hearing and then contact your Representative and Senator and ask them to support these Bills. They are HF4342 and SF4464

Session summary, wins and lossses

Governor Walz signed into law the Pension Omnibus Bill yesterday, May 15. It was a busy year for MNCORA and PERA Correctional Plan Legislation. MNCORA with your help was able to stave off yet another attempt to add dispatchers to our pension. Your petitions, calls and thousands of cards mailed to legislators was a success. Sadly we are not out of the woods. Rep. Wolgamott and Rep. Her both told MNCORA that the bill to add dispatch to our pension wouldn't be added to this year's Pension Omnibus Bill, but did not say the issue was dead for next session. MNCORA had a Bill to add a Correctional Officer to the PERA Board authored by Representatives Niska , Scott and Novotny on the House side, and a companion Bill in the Senate by Senators Bahr , Abeler and eventually Frentz . Sadly Pension Commission Chair Kaohly Her did not even allow our Bill a hearing. We will be back with this next year! Another bright note was the passage of a Bill raising the high 5 multipl...

Correctional Officers Federally Recognized as Public Safety Employees

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New Bill for Corrections seat on the PERA Board

MNCORA thanks Representatives Peggy Scott and House Leader Harry Niska for Authoring HF708 in the House and senators Cal Bahr and Jim Abeler for authoring the bill in the Senate SF1556 . Next step is for the LCPR to hear this Bill. Here's a link to the Pension Committee (LCPR). It's very important to contact them and ask them to give it a hearing for it to move on. https://www.lcpr.mn.gov/members.htm

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