MNCORA President Wade Laszlo just met with House Leader Niska to get the ball rolling on a new bill to get a CO seat on the PERA Board! We will keep you posted as to the progress.

  I am running for the Public Employees Retirement Association Board ( PERA ). Ballots will be arriving at your home January 2-10, 2023. If elected I will represent the Retirees, Disabled and Survivor beneficiaries of the PERA pension with all of the passion I have given to the members in my previous stewardship's . I would greatly appreciate your vote. Experience : Detention Deputy,  Hennepin County Sheriff's Office ,   Hennepin County Jail 1990 to 2016. Union Steward  Teamsters Local 320 mid 1990's - 2011. Elected as a  National Delegate  to the 2011 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention. Union Steward  Minnesota Public Employees Association (MNPEA) 2011-2015. Served as an  advisor to the Minnesota Senate's   Telecommunicators Pension Benefits Working Group   2021. President Minnesota Correctional Officer Retirement Association   MNCORA   Over the years I have negotiated numerous La...

We are proud to announce that MNCORA President Wade Laszlo has filed his paperwork to be on the ballot for the upcoming PERA Board elections. He has the endorsement of the MNCORA Executive Board. He is running for the Retired, Disabled and Survivor representative.  If successful he will be the first Corrections Officer, retired or otherwise to hold a spot on the PERA Board. What can you do? When PERA mails out the ballots VOTE!

On February 15th the 911 Telecommunicators Pension Benefits Working Group made their presentation to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement .  MNCORA submitted a letter  into written testimony and MNCORA President Wade Laszlo testified before the Commission on behalf of MNCORA defending the PERA Correctional Pension. Below is the entire presentation MNCORA testimony begins around the 17:53 time mark with another vital point made at the 25:20 mark. This was a hearing only. It is unclear at this point what recommendations if any will come out of this presentation. MNCORA will be monitoring.