Local 8: Ramsey County

Local 8 comprises employees within five bargaining units covered by separate CONTRACTS in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

The units are

Assistant County Attorneys

General County

Professional Employees

Public Defenders

Public Health Registered Nurses

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Independence Mental Health Institute in Independence, Iowa

Following Attack, AFSCME Iowa Nurse Speaks Out for Safe Workplaces

Following

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AFSCME CABHS staff break ground at the new 16-bed hospital in Willmar

New CABHS Facility a Victory for Patients, Workers and Willmar

Back in 2015, workers at the Children’s Adolescent Behavioral Health Services facility found out about a budget plan to transition the program out of the state’s hands and into the private sector a

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A Crowd of people applaud while two men in the center shake hands, while one displays a signed document

Nevada State Employees Gain Collective Bargaining Rights

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has signed into law a historic bill granting 20,000 state workers the right to collectively bargain.

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Breakfast with Rep. Dean Phillips

Last week members of over a dozen labor unions were joined for a breakfast roundtable by a very special guest: freshman Congressman Dean Phillips.

Local 8 General Membership Meeting - Noon Monday 8 July 2019 in Plato Building Bluffs Room (2nd floor left-Public Health left).

At these meetings we discuss how our Local's dues are spent and workplace issues that need to be addressed as a group.