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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 members in Columbus fight back against public health cuts
In Columbus, Ohio, AFSCME members are fighting federal public health funding cuts.
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As government reopens, fight to protect families is ‘far from over’
As the federal government shutdown ended, AFSCME President Lee Saunders said the fight to protect working families is “far from over.”
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As Project 2025’s assault continues, AFSCME fights back
As Project 2025’s goals near the 50% mark, AFSCME is fighting back.
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Detroit Institute of Arts workers stand together to form a union
Employees at the Detroit Institute of Arts are forming a union through AFSCME.
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He gets the job done, even if he has to get ‘dirty to the bone’
Daniel Ellis, a skilled laborer for Houston’s Wastewater Operations Branch and member of HOPE AFSCME Local 123, is the latest winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.
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.