Michigan Association of
Governmental Employees
Where the "excluded" are "included"
MAGE - Is the Michigan Association of Governmental Employees, a non-profit corporation. Formed in 1980, MAGE represents active and retired State of Michigan Employees who are or were at date of retirement classified as not exclusively represented (NEREs). The purpose of MAGE shall be to provide to the membership professional representation and pertinent information in labor relations, compensation and retirement matters.
Posted March 6th, 2023
It is time to submit nomination forms for Delegates to the upcoming 29th OPEIU Triennial Convention. The convention will run from June 10 through June 16, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read More >>
The 2023 OPEIU Scholarship Application Period is Now Open!
Posted January 30th, 2023
Enclosed in this article are links to the 2023 OPEIU Scholarship applications, rules and regulations. Please remember to complete the application fully, then send to the MAGE office so we can verify for OPEIU that your membership is in good standing. Read on for the link to the applications.Read More >>
Legislative Report January 2023
Posted January 27th, 2023
On Wednesday, January 11, the first Democratic “trifecta” opened the new session. Though legislative leadership was actually elected in November, 2022, after the elections, the opening votes of the 102nd legislature made official Michigan’s first woman elected to the post of Senate Majority Leader (Winnie Brinks, D - Grand Rapids), and Michigan’s first Black Speaker of the House (Representative Joe Tate, D - Detroit). The greater Lansing region is also experiencing a quite a spike in influence, as Governor Whitmer, the Senate Appropriations Chair (Senator Sarah Anthony, D - Lansing), the House Appropriations Chair (Representative Angela Witwer, D - Grand Ledge), and the Senate Majority Floor Leader (Senator Sam Singh, D - East Lansing) are all from the Lansing area.Read More >>
Congratulations to the 2022 MAGE Scholarship Winners
Posted November 1st, 2022
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 MAGE Scholarship and Student Debt Reduction Awards. Every year MAGE offers our members and their families a chance to be awarded a $1,000 scholarship or student debt reduction award. Applications are accepted beginning June 1st through the last weekday of August every year. These awards help ease a small portion of the financial burden that is tied to higher education. MAGE wishes all recipients of this year’s scholarships and student debt reduction awards the best on their future endeavors. Read on to learn a little bit about our 2022 award winners! It pays to belong! Read More >>
Dues Reauthorization Reminder
Posted September 15th, 2022
MAGE members are not required to reauthorize their payroll dues deductions. Please read on for more information. Read More >>
Together we can Achieve More!
Feel alone? As a MAGE member you are not alone! We need to stand together - stronger than ever before- and work to protect our rights. After all, no one else will! As long time MAGE members know, there is untold strength in numbers. In spite of past successes, our future effectiveness in these difficult times rests in your hands. Only through membership growth can MAGE continue to work and win on your behalf. With each new member, our voice gets stronger. And that has never been more important than today.
To sum it up, you need us and we need you, now more than ever before! Join your fellow non-exclusively represented employees in protecting our future. Together, we can achieve more!
MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 Application - PDF Version
MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 Application - Online Version
MAGE Office
MAGE Office Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays. MAGE Address: 6920 S. Cedar, Suite 7, Lansing MI 48911.
MAGE observes the same Holidays as State offices, and is closed on those days. Questions? Call Us! 1-800-477-6243 Or email us at info@mage.org
Informational Meetings
Would you and your co-workers like to meet with MAGE representatives and hear what MAGE has to offer? We'll come in, buy lunch and discuss what MAGE can do for you. Just call the MAGE office at 1-800-477-6243 and we'll be happy to set this up for you.
OPEIU White Collar Publication
Click on the heading above to view the latest OPEIU - White Collar Publication.
Click here for the MAGE application for membership
MAGE- OPEIU Local 2002 members are represented by our professional labor relations staff, our legislative lobbyists, Capitol Services, and in Board approved litigation by Brandon Zuk, of the Fraser, Trebilcock firm. Members are afforded the opportunity to serve on the Board and MAGE Committees, and become directly involved with the day to day activities of MAGE.
The Membership Benefits Program provided directly by OPEIU to all active members of MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 includes:
- Identity Theft Protection for you and your family in the same household - from IDIQ - activate by calling 800-637-5680 or register at www.OPEIUidProtect.com
- Nation Safe Drivers $200 per year benefit - provides 2 tows or service calls up to $100 each per year. Please note the year begins at the time of your first call. To receive a tow or service call NSD at 1-800-617-2677 Producer Code: 74046 Plan Code B - you are a member of MAGE OPEIU Local 2002 and your MAGE number is your State of MI Employee ID number.
- A $7,000 Life Insurance Benefit
- A $7,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Benefit
- A $500 Disability Benefit
- OPEIU Union Scholarships - Howard Coughlin Scholarship worth over $6,000 plus John Kelly and Romeo Corbeil scholarships.
- Union Plus Benefits - Scholarships and a wide range of high quality benefits with great values in many areas, including credit card with 0% interest for 12 months and mortgage services, legal services, auto purchases and rentals, travel & recreation and many more - visit www.unionplus.org
- MAGE Scholarships and Student Debt Reduction Awards at $1,000 each (usually 3 or more awarded each year). Winners are randomly selected from all applicants. Click here for the application and instructions.
RETIREES - may join MAGE for $25 per year or for a $60 annual fee you can be an Enhanced Retiree Member
Enhanced Retiree Benefits include: $2,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Policy, Towing/service Benefit for 2 calls per year up to $100 each, Identity Theft Protection, Union Plus Discounts and Membership in the WellCard Health Program.
WAGES- COORDINATED COMPENSATION PANEL PROCEEDINGS UPDATE AS OF DECEMBER 19, 2022
Following discussions between MAGE and the Office of the State Employer, the Civil Service Commission on December 19, 2022 approved the following which will be implemented as of October 1, 2023. MAGE dues will increase by the same percentage of the general wage increase each year.
The Commission approved a 2 percent base pay increase of your salaries effective October 1, 2023.The Commission also applied many changes to employee and retiree insurance rates. Follow the link Here for more informaiton.
Click here to see MAGE's Coordinated Compensation Proposal for FY 23/24.
Together we can Achieve More!
Feel alone? As a MAGE member you are not alone! We need to stand together - stronger than ever before- and work to protect our rights. After all, no one else will! As long time MAGE members know, there is untold strength in numbers. In spite of past successes, our future effectiveness in these difficult times rests in your hands. Only through membership growth can MAGE continue to work and win on your behalf. With each new member, our voice gets stronger. And that has never been more important than today.
To sum it up, you need us and we need you, now more than ever before! Join your fellow non-exclusively represented employees in protecting our future. Together, we can achieve more!
MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 Application - PDF Version
MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 Application - Online Version
MAGE Office
MAGE Office Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays. MAGE Address: 6920 S. Cedar, Suite 7, Lansing MI 48911.
MAGE observes the same Holidays as State offices, and is closed on those days. Questions? Call Us! 1-800-477-6243 Or email us at info@mage.org
Informational Meetings
Would you and your co-workers like to meet with MAGE representatives and hear what MAGE has to offer? We'll come in, buy lunch and discuss what MAGE can do for you. Just call the MAGE office at 1-800-477-6243 and we'll be happy to set this up for you.
OPEIU White Collar Publication
Click on the heading above to view the latest OPEIU - White Collar Publication.
Click here for the MAGE application for membership
MAGE- OPEIU Local 2002 members are represented by our professional labor relations staff, our legislative lobbyists, Capitol Services, and in Board approved litigation by Brandon Zuk, of the Fraser, Trebilcock firm. Members are afforded the opportunity to serve on the Board and MAGE Committees, and become directly involved with the day to day activities of MAGE.
The Membership Benefits Program provided directly by OPEIU to all active members of MAGE-OPEIU Local 2002 includes:
- Identity Theft Protection for you and your family in the same household - from IDIQ - activate by calling 800-637-5680 or register at www.OPEIUidProtect.com
- Nation Safe Drivers $200 per year benefit - provides 2 tows or service calls up to $100 each per year. Please note the year begins at the time of your first call. To receive a tow or service call NSD at 1-800-617-2677 Producer Code: 74046 Plan Code B - you are a member of MAGE OPEIU Local 2002 and your MAGE number is your State of MI Employee ID number.
- A $7,000 Life Insurance Benefit
- A $7,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Benefit
- A $500 Disability Benefit
- OPEIU Union Scholarships - Howard Coughlin Scholarship worth over $6,000 plus John Kelly and Romeo Corbeil scholarships.
- Union Plus Benefits - Scholarships and a wide range of high quality benefits with great values in many areas, including credit card with 0% interest for 12 months and mortgage services, legal services, auto purchases and rentals, travel & recreation and many more - visit www.unionplus.org
- MAGE Scholarships and Student Debt Reduction Awards at $1,000 each (usually 3 or more awarded each year). Winners are randomly selected from all applicants. Click here for the application and instructions.
RETIREES - may join MAGE for $25 per year or for a $60 annual fee you can be an Enhanced Retiree Member
Enhanced Retiree Benefits include: $2,000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Policy, Towing/service Benefit for 2 calls per year up to $100 each, Identity Theft Protection, Union Plus Discounts and Membership in the WellCard Health Program.
WAGES- COORDINATED COMPENSATION PANEL PROCEEDINGS UPDATE AS OF DECEMBER 19, 2022
Following discussions between MAGE and the Office of the State Employer, the Civil Service Commission on December 19, 2022 approved the following which will be implemented as of October 1, 2023. MAGE dues will increase by the same percentage of the general wage increase each year.
The Commission approved a 2 percent base pay increase of your salaries effective October 1, 2023.The Commission also applied many changes to employee and retiree insurance rates. Follow the link Here for more informaiton.
Click here to see MAGE's Coordinated Compensation Proposal for FY 23/24.
Posted March 6th, 2023
It is time to submit nomination forms for Delegates to the upcoming 29th OPEIU Triennial Convention. The convention will run from June 10 through June 16, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read More >>
The 2023 OPEIU Scholarship Application Period is Now Open!
Posted January 30th, 2023
Enclosed in this article are links to the 2023 OPEIU Scholarship applications, rules and regulations. Please remember to complete the application fully, then send to the MAGE office so we can verify for OPEIU that your membership is in good standing. Read on for the link to the applications.Read More >>
Legislative Report January 2023
Posted January 27th, 2023
On Wednesday, January 11, the first Democratic “trifecta” opened the new session. Though legislative leadership was actually elected in November, 2022, after the elections, the opening votes of the 102nd legislature made official Michigan’s first woman elected to the post of Senate Majority Leader (Winnie Brinks, D - Grand Rapids), and Michigan’s first Black Speaker of the House (Representative Joe Tate, D - Detroit). The greater Lansing region is also experiencing a quite a spike in influence, as Governor Whitmer, the Senate Appropriations Chair (Senator Sarah Anthony, D - Lansing), the House Appropriations Chair (Representative Angela Witwer, D - Grand Ledge), and the Senate Majority Floor Leader (Senator Sam Singh, D - East Lansing) are all from the Lansing area.Read More >>
Congratulations to the 2022 MAGE Scholarship Winners
Posted November 1st, 2022
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022 MAGE Scholarship and Student Debt Reduction Awards. Every year MAGE offers our members and their families a chance to be awarded a $1,000 scholarship or student debt reduction award. Applications are accepted beginning June 1st through the last weekday of August every year. These awards help ease a small portion of the financial burden that is tied to higher education. MAGE wishes all recipients of this year’s scholarships and student debt reduction awards the best on their future endeavors. Read on to learn a little bit about our 2022 award winners! It pays to belong! Read More >>
Dues Reauthorization Reminder
Posted September 15th, 2022
MAGE members are not required to reauthorize their payroll dues deductions. Please read on for more information. Read More >>
OPEIU Local 2002
6920 S. Cedar, Suite 7
Lansing, MI 48911
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