CGMC Labor & Employment Committee

The CGMC Labor and Employee Relations Committee (“CGMC Labor Relations Committee”) is currently the CGMC’s only non-lobbying committee. Please click here to read a letter from the Committee Co-Chairs.

Its purpose is twofold:
1) To develop a coordinated effort to help greater Minnesota local units of government manage personnel issues and negotiate labor contracts; and

2) To make available expert and coordinated advice and direct representation, at a significantly reduced rate, on personnel, employment and labor relations issues facing greater Minnesota local units of government.

Services provided through the CGMC Labor Relations Committee include:

Conducting labor relations seminars and developing a communications network for cities;
Performing statistical analyses;
Compiling, monitoring, and summarizing contract settlement data and arbitration awards to assist cities in negotiations and arbitrations;
Monitoring and reporting on state legislation impacting labor and employment laws;
Publishing a quarterly newsletter; and
Providing a variety of individual city consultation services on day-to-day labor relations and employment law issues and direct representation of local units of government in negotiations and grievance and interest arbitrations. Please click here for a handout describing the consultation services available through the Committee.

The CGMC Labor Relations Committee also conducts major research projects. For example, the Committee has developed a user-friendly, annotated reference manual for local units of government describing how Minnesota’s various labor relations processes (e.g., labor negotiations, mediation, arbitration, etc.) currently work and identifying problems and possible solutions to improve such processes. Please click here for a handout regarding the manual.

For information on how to join, please click here for a handout answering Frequently Asked Questions about the committee and details about program services and costs.

Please click here for a list of the current members of the CGMC Labor and Employee Relations Committee.

Please click here for a membership form to become a member of the CGMC Labor and Employee Relations Committee.

Questions? Click here for a list of our staff to assist you.