Troopers Secure 10.5% Raise, Considered Joining National Police Union

Troopers secure 10.5% raise, considered joining national police union

A petition to decertify from Montana Federation of Public Employees and join the Fraternal Order of Police was withdrawn after the MFPE reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement that has since been ratified.

Troopers secure 10.5% raise, considered joining national police union during the bargaining process

Montana Highway Patrol troopers will get a 10.5% raise under a contract their union recently reached with the state Department of Justice. During negotiations, the troopers eyed joining a national police union and leaving the state’s largest public employees union, but in the end didn’t jump ship. The cohort of the Association of Montana Highway Patrol Troopers filed a petition with the state labor department in late September to decertify from …