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We are a union of nearly 900 members representing workers within the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, including the Forensic Mental Health Program (FMHP formerly MSH), Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP), Forensic Transition Services, and the Forensic Nursing Home. We also represent workers at the Community Behavioral Health Hospital (CBHH) in Rochester. We fight for dignity and respect in the workplace with better wages, better benefits, and better working conditions.
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C5 Fall Convention
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C5 Fall Convention
Check with your local president for information such as delegate nominations/election date(s), registration, workshops, lodging, and more.
C5 Fall Convention
Check with your local president for information such as delegate nominations/election date(s), registration, workshops, lodging, and more.
C5 Fall Convention
C5 Fall Convention
AFSCME National Updates
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Corrections Sgt. Dani Adams of Iowa warns of harm to rural hospitals from the so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Iowa corrections sergeant urges support for rural hospitals, at risk from the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
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Nurse Missy Bennett explains how the so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens care for seniors, working families
An AFSCME health care professional talks about the threats facing seniors and working families from the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
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Thank you, New York Rep. Pat Ryan, for standing with working families
Public service workers in New York, including AFSCME members, met with U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan to thank him for opposing the big, ugly bill.
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AFSCME members who keep our classrooms safe go back to school
Two AFSCME public safety members go back to school.
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AFSCME fights back as private prison corporation asks Supreme Court for a shield from accountability
AFSCME fights the private prison industry’s attempt to evade accountability.
AFSCME members make America happen.
With members in hundreds of different occupations, AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.