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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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In 2025, AFSCME public safety members showed up in full force
Learn how AFSCME public safety members flexed their union muscle in 2025.
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The Latest Assault on Working Parents
Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced it was freezing over $10 billion in critical federal funding set aside to help families afford child care and the rising cost of living.
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Pittsburgh city workers win big with new three-year contract
Municipal workers for the city of Pittsburgh who are members of AFSCME Local 2719 won a powerful new contract.
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AFSCME Public Service Spotlights: Celebrating the workers who keep our communities running
AFSCME’s Public Service Spotlight brings members’ contributions to TV screens across the country.
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A year of stellar success: Cultural worker organizing zooms to new heights in 2025
2025 was a spectacular year for AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United campaign. Find out more.
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.