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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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With SNAP benefits set to end, Alaska eligibility worker sees perfect storm brewing
Cutting SNAP benefits will be a gut punch for needy Alaskans, member says.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art workers announce plans to join AFSCME
Workers at the LA County Art Museum are forming a union through AFSCME.
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A Wisconsin eligibility specialist sees 'desperate' situation as funding for SNAP, Head Start ends
A Wisconsin eligibility specialist warns of serious harm to communities as funding for SNAP and Head Start runs out on Nov. 1.
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Federal workers win as judge further halts Trump’s shutdown layoffs
Federal workers won big this week as a federal judge further barred the Trump administration from carrying out layoffs based on the shutdown.
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More Philly cultural workers join wave of union organizing
Workers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania are joining AFSCME.
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.