The Michigan Civil Service Commission has established an Employee-Employer Relations Rule which creates a system of collective bargaining for determining conditions of employment including compensation for state classified employees. Upon election of an exclusive representative, all conditions of employment for unit employees are established through negotiations between the Office of the State Employer, as the Governor's representative, and the exclusive representative.
The Rule provides for the state personnel director to establish bargaining units of eligible employees in broad occupational groups with a community of interest. Currently there are 11 units eligible for collective bargaining; of these, 10 units comprising approximately 71% of the total state classified work force are represented by exclusive representatives. Employees in supervisory, managerial and confidential positions are ineligible for exclusive representation and collective bargaining.
The following chart provides a brief description of each unit, identifies the exclusive organization which represents employees in the unit, and offers a link to the contract covering employees in the unit.
Unit Code - Unit |
Exclusive Representative |
Contract |
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A02 - Safety and Regulatory: Employees in this unit are involved in one or more of the following activities: conducting inspections or investigations designed to detect violations of federal or state statutes, rules, regulations; enforcing these rules, regulations, or statutes; appraising the grade, condition, or sanitation of food, objects, activities, or procedures; protection of person, buildings, grounds, or natural resources. There are approximately 1,452 employees in this unit. |
Michigan State Employees Association |
MSEA |
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A31 - Labor and Trades: Employees in this unit perform skilled and semi-skilled trades work as well as general labor activities. There are approximately 3,140 employees in this unit. |
Michigan State Employees Association |
MSEA |
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C12 - Security Unit: This unit includes non-professional employees involved in direct custody and treatment of inmates under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and residents of state facilities for the criminally insane. Approximately 5,018 employees are included in this unit. |
Michigan Corrections Organization |
MCO |
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E42 - Human Services Support: This unit consists of classifications engaged in the delivery of paraprofessional human services to the citizens of the State. There are approximately 553 employees in this unit. |
SEIU 517M |
HSS Unit |
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H21 - Scientific and Engineering Unit: Employees in this unit perform work in the areas of the physical and biological sciences or in the field of engineering or architecture through applying principles, theories, practices, and methods generally learned through a four-year or advanced post-secondary course of study. Approximately 2,417 employees belong to this unit. |
SEIU 517M |
S&E Unit |
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L32 - Technical Unit: Employees in this unit provide support services in the area of science and engineering. There are approximately 1,021 employees in this unit. |
SEIU 517M |
Technical Unit |
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T01 - State Police Enlisted Unit: This unit consists of all non-supervisory enlisted positions, including sergeants, in the Michigan State Police. Approximately 1,646 employees are in this unit. |
Michigan State Police Troopers Association |
MSPTA |
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U11 - Institutional Unit: This unit includes all non-professional, classifications which provide indirect or direct services to patients or residents of state facilities, excluding correctional security classifications. Approximately 1,454 employees are in this unit. |
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees |
AFSCME |
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W22 - Human Services Unit: Employees in this unit perform work in the areas of counseling, education, rehabilitation, and other assistance for the socially disabled or disadvantaged through applying principles, theories, practices, and methods learned through educational degrees, special training and experience. There are approximately 10,283 employees in the Human Services unit. |
United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America |
UAW
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W41 - Administrative Support Unit: This unit includes all occupational groupings engaged in preparing, transcribing, recording, filing, systematizing, maintaining, and routinely dispensing of records, reports, communications, and information by manual process and by operating various office machines and equipment. Also, this unit includes employees who use work products from clerical classifications and exercise judgment in the application of statutes, rules, regulations, or policies including positions supporting business and administrative activities. Approximately 5,507 employees are in the W41 unit. |
United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America |
UAW |
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Y23 - Business and Administrative Unit: Employees in this unit perform work in such areas as personnel, accounting, training, auditing, commercial, and business fields, information, and other fields related to business, commercial, and administrative support, through applying principles, theories, practices, and methods learned through educational degrees, special training and experience. There are approximately 6,809 employees in the Y23 unit. |
Non Exclusively Represented |
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Y98, Y51, Y99 - Managerial, Supervisory and Confidential designation: Managerial, supervisory and confidential employees are ineligible for exclusive representation. Employees in these classes perform duties as defined in Civil Service Rule 9, Definitions. There are approximately 2,768 managers, 4,958 supervisors and 1,561 confidential employees. |
Ineligible for Representation (NERE) Employees may belong to a Limited Recognition Organization (LRO) and are covered under the |
Updated 11/29/23
