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Met Council union authorizes strike; rejects ‘discriminatory performance-based pay’
July 15, 2024 // AFSCME Council 5 and Local 668 leaders said Friday that 94% of union members who voted support authorizing a strike against the Met Council, the agency that oversees regional planning, wastewater treatment and mass transit in the Twin Cities. Union members, who do a variety of work for the council, are negotiating an employment contract and oppose performance-based pay increases they argue are "shrouded in secrecy and exacerbate pay inequities."