Who do you call first?

Questions put to any State MMB-HR staff, any inquiry whether something seemed wrong or was incompetent or harmful business practice, always gets professional, prompt, accurate and confidential answers. That said, any responses by HR come from those who were hired with everyone understanding that the employer's points of view. interests, investments and reputation will never fall second to those of employees.  Some confidential employees at HR work within an AFSCME contract but HR are never elected by AFSCME members and their state HR duties are not compensed from any AFSCME payroll. Follow the money.

Same questions, asked by members or non-members, put to sworn Local union or Council officers, the exact same questions, receive confidentiality that is just as legally required but by definition union answers reflect fewer employer interests than employer answers, and the order who is asked questions first alters answers big time!

Local 695 contacts and trained stewards are spread across the 10,000 square mile area of MnDOT District 1A in Northeastern Minnesota. At contract (and other hectic times) only one authorized staff person from Council 5 might be available for Field Representative covering all of Northern Minnesota.

Members are advised to find, meet and personally know face-to-face who currently serves as their genuine, Local-approved and AFSCME-trained steward as well as nearest area or shop contacts.  The faces may be the same but are previously reliable familiars still with AFSCME?  Promotions happen that fast, sensitive disclosures should not made to the latest new supervisor.

Volunteer contact persons and current elected officials are listed on Local 695’s shingle posted on worksite Union bulletin boards. Voice-call or SMS (texting) contact info (for daytime working hours) is on record (accessed via member account login) at https://members.afscmemn.org/

Council 5 call desk:
    SSP-C5-MAC 651-450-4990, (1-800-652-9791)
    Hermantown-C5-NE: 218-722-0577 (forwards to SSP-C5-MAC)

Local E-Board maintains a private business mailbox within 695’s paid domain:
    PRESIDENT at AFSCMELOCAL695.ORG

The State Electronic Device policy 1438 makes abundantly clear anyone who does a contact with personal devices on state networks, or on any state device, must agree they understand doing so they totally forfeit of any expectation of privacy.