Feaver retiring as president of state public employees union

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Eric Feaver, president of the Montana Federation of Public Employees, is retiring after 36 years in union leadership.

Amanda Curtis, a teacher and former state representative, was elected Friday as the union’s next president. Her duties will begin on June 15. She is currently the union’s second vice-president.

“We’re going to keep protecting pensions, bargaining better pay, benefits, and working conditions, and getting our members elected to office,” Curtis said during the union’s third annual conference.

Feaver became president of the Montana Education Association in 1984 and guided its merger with the Montana Federation of Teachers in 2000. He was elected president of the MEA-MFT and oversaw its merger with the Montana Public Employees Association in 2018.

He was then elected president of the Montana Federation of Public Employees, which has 23,000 members working in public schools; the university system; city, county and state government; and private health care.

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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Curtis