Regional Planning Meeting - Mankato
Arb/Merit Training
Council 5 Executive Board Meeting
The Finance Committee meets at 10:00 AM; full Executive Board meetings begin at 11:00 AM.So. St. Paul Meetings are held at the AFSCME Building at 300 Hardman Avenue South; Duluth meetings are held at the Holiday Inn. Lunch is served at Board Meetings.
Council 5 Finance/Executive Board Meeting
Unless otherwise noted, all Finance Committee meetings will convene at 10:00 a.m., and full Executive Board meetings will begin at 11:00 a.m.All meetings take place at the AFSCME Council 5 office in South St. Paul, with the following exceptions:June meetings will be hel...
Council 5 Finance/Executive Board Meeting
Unless otherwise noted, all Finance Committee meetings will convene at 10:00 a.m., and full Executive Board meetings will begin at 11:00 a.m.All meetings take place at the AFSCME Council 5 office in South St. Paul, with the following exceptions:June meetings will be hel...
Council 5 Finance/Executive Board Meeting
Unless otherwise noted, all Finance Committee meetings will convene at 10:00 a.m., and full Executive Board meetings will begin at 11:00 a.m.All meetings take place at the AFSCME Council 5 office in South St. Paul, with the following exceptions:June meetings will be hel...
FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
1,000The University has added more than 1,000 administrators since 2001. Of these, 400 positions were added since a hiring freeze/pause began in October 2008.
House Bill Simplifies and Fixes PSLF, Overhauls Higher Education
A bill that has been introduced in the House of Representatives would simplify the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for current and would-be participants.
A Decade Later: Four Ways Working People Are Still Paying for the 2008 Financial Crisis
It was 10 years ago this month that the 2008 financial crisis kicked into high gear. When storied Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers shut down, bankers walking out of the building carrying cardboard boxes of their possessions made the perfect image for TV cameras.
AFSCME Council 5 Presidents' Meeting
This is an important meeting of Council 5 Local Union Presidents. If your local's president is unable to attend we strongly encourage sending someone in their place, such as your vice-president or another elected local union leader).If you plan on attending, please cont...
Caught in Limbo: AFSCME Member Struggles with Student Loan Forgiveness
As a public librarian for the Philadelphia Free Library, Sheila O’Steen embodies what we think of when we imagine a public service worker. Every day, she interacts with members of her community. Whether her patrons are young or old, affluent or impoverished, O’Steen sha...
Local 3800 Executive Board Meeting
Monthly meeting of the Local 3800 Executive Board. This meeting is only open to elected Executive Board members.
Brett Kavanaugh: No R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Women’s and Workers’ Rights
Like others around the world, I mourned the death last week of Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul set a new standard for enduring classic songs with both artistic and political impact, like her mega-hit “Respect,” which became an anthem for both the civil rights and wom...
2020 Minimum Wage Hikes to Benefit 7 Million Working People
The new year brings good news for millions of working Americans. Nearly 7 million of them are in line to get pay raises this year thanks to state and local minimum-wage hikes.
Injured on the Job, Corrections Officer Links Safety with Collective Bargaining Rights
The day after he was released from a hospital, a bruised and swollen Kelvin Chung told a state Senate committee that state employees like him need collective bargaining rights to advocate for safety on the job.
“I want you to see my face. We need a voice on the job, so...
Scholarships
AFSCME MN Council 5 offers three scholarships; two for high school seniors just beginning their higher education, and one for members continuing their own education.
Believe It or Not, Congress Seeks More Tax Cuts for the Rich
At a time when our country needs real investments in infrastructure, education and public services, congressional leaders are doubling down on tax cuts for the rich.
Cool Under Pressure
The work Joe Martinez does for the Los Angeles County Fire Department is emblematic of countless AFSCME members: he’s never in the spotlight and he’s always under pressure while lives are on the line.
Across the Nation, Workers Are Striking Like It’s 1986
Last year, nearly half a million workers went on strike across the nation, the largest number since 1986, when the country’s union membership rate was considerably higher (17.5%) than it was in 2018 (10.5%).
Union 101: Questions and Answers about AFSCME 3800
Are you a new clerical worker who has never worked in a unionized workplace? Have you been at the U for 10 or 15 years but have questions about your union that you've never had the opportunity to ask? Answers to commonly asked questions about your clerical union at the...
Minnesota Outperforms Wisconsin
A new report shows Minnesota is a better state for working people than Wisconsin by nearly every important measure.The Economic Policy Institute compared the two states’ records following the end of the Great Recession and the election of Gov. Mark Dayton and Gov. Scott...
Billionaire Spends Millions to Gut Public Pensions
Hardworking Americans’ right to retire with dignity is in danger because billionaires are spending a lot of money to take away our pensions.John Arnold is one of the worst offenders. He’s a former Enron trader who’s spent $50 million of his own fortune trying to gut ret...
Court Case Threatens Health Care for Millions
Today, the latest attempt by the Trump administration to repeal the Affordable Care Act will unfold at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, where oral arguments in Texas v. Azar will be heard. The case threatens the future of the ACA, which prov...
Public Charge Rule Would Turn American Dream into Nightmare for Millions
This summer, I joined thousands of union members at a rally in Philadelphia to speak out against the Trump administration’s family separation policy. I was there to represent our union’s vision and values. We reject an immigration policy based on fear and cruelty. We em...
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: A Broken Promise
Megha Desai is a public defender in Multnomah County, Oregon. In a given week, she might work upwards of 60 hours. Right now, she has about 145 open cases.“It's like a conveyor belt. Every day you work on your assigned cases, new ones roll in,” said Desai, a member of L...
Walleye Season: A Year-Round Labor of Love
While we’re known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota could just have easily adopted the moniker ‘Land of Abundant and Delicious Walleye,’ and no one this side of the Wisconsin border would have batted an eye.Each spring, anglers across Minnesota gear up for one of o...