St. Peter Local 404

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 Addiction Recovery Enterprise (CARE) facility in St. Peter and 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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California’s child care providers win historic union election in landslide

LOS ANGELES – In a union election victory 17 years in the making, child care providers across California have

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Pelosi joins AFSCME in calling for state, local aid amid soaring virus cases

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday joined AFSCME President Lee Saunders and front-line public service workers from states experiencing surges in coronavirus cases to urge the Senate to approve

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AFSCME joins Poor People’s Campaign virtual event, a ‘call for moral revival’

AFSCME joined a virtual gathering of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, a movement that seeks to shift the moral narra

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Protesters with signs "We want to live free"

AFSCME Praises Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers

AFSCME praised today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that extends protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to millions of LGBTQ workers.

National AFSCME News

Trump’s executive actions slammed as handiwork of a ‘corrupt, incompetent’ president
Rather than resolving the coronavirus crisis, the White House is choosing to take possibly illegal actions. This is not what our nation needs. — Aug 10
Mental health counselors in Illinois win voluntary recognition of their union
Management at Chicago’s “O” School has finally done the right thing and recognized the union that their workers have formed through AFSCME. — Aug 7
Labor leaders join their voices together to call on Senate to pass Heroes Act
Labor leaders jointly called on the Senate to pass the House-approved Heroes Act, which includes nearly $1 trillion in federal aid to states, cities and towns. — Aug 6
Veterans will be disproportionately affected if the Senate fails to provide state, local aid
Veterans face a double whammy if the Senate fails to provide federal aid to states, cities, towns and school districts – loss of their jobs and loss of public services. — Aug 5
UNAC/UHCP grows by 1,350 members – an organizing success in the age of COVID-19
UNAC/UHCP welcomes 1,350 Northern California health care professionals after waging a successful organizing campaign despite the COVID-19 pandemic. — Aug 4

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