Nebraska Association of Public Employees union members attend a rally regarding contract negotiations in September at Centennial Mall. The tentative agreement the union has reached with the state includes salary increases over two years between 6.5% to 19%.
Nebraska’s largest public employees union reached a tentative contract agreement with the state this week that includes salary increases, a $15 minimum wage for contract work and paid maternity leave — but no work-from-home protections.
The tentative agreement comes after four months of negotiations between the state and the Nebraska Association of Public Employees, which is still waging a drawn-out legal battle with the state over Gov. Jim Pillen’s executive order in November 2023 that broadly ended remote and hybrid work for state employees.
Justin Hubly, the union’s executive director, said the state’s negotiators made it clear that they didn’t feel the need to bargain over the future of remote work after …
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