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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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AFSCME National Updates
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AFSCME health care workers in South Florida win much-needed pay increase
Members of AFSCME Local 1363 who work for Jackson Health System in South Florida won a much-needed 4% cost-of-living adjustment.
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Fighting for their patients, UNAC/UHCP Kaiser workers mount second strike
Members of UNAC/UHCP who work at Kaiser Permanente in California and Hawaii went on unfair labor practice strike to demand Kaiser come to the table and bargain in good faith over better staffing levels and better wages, among other things.
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Home care providers in Santa Barbara County, Calif., win strong new contract
Home care providers in Santa Barbara, Calif., who are members of United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930) won a strong new contract.
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Bilingual nurse in Illinois is latest winner of Never Quit Service Award
Noemi Golden, a registered nurse for the Madison County (Ill.) Health Department and member of AFSCME Local 799 (Council 31), is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.
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Trump administration admits to mishandling private Social Security data
The Justice Department admitted that employees of DOGE had, in fact, jeopardized the security of Americans’ personal Social Security data.
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.