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Jill Erzar: Minnesota's Ambassadors to the Natural World

Some people have wild stories about their coworkers. Jill’s, though, are unique.

Jill Erzar is a zookeeper at Como Zoo in St Paul. Her coworkers are giraffes, bison, reindeer, kudu, zebra, and other hooved animals of all shapes and sizes.

Jill Erzar: Minnesota's Ambassadors to the Natural World

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.

Walleye Season: A Year-Round Labor of Love

Local 66 Celebrates 100 Years

AFSCME Local 66 encompasses most of St.

Local 66 Celebrates 100 Years

One Local's Direct Dues Challenge

Cindy Ramsey is on fire.

The Local 701 member from Hutchinson, who works as a one-to-one caregiver in a state-run care facility for developmentally disabled adults, has spent the past two months on a mission to sign up her entire Local – all 192 members – for Direct Dues.

One Local's Direct Dues Challenge

Day on the Hill 2019: Making Our Voices Heard

Day on the Hill gives AFSCME members an opportunity to learn about the legislative process, then use that knowledge to engange in meaningful conversations and build relationships with the people we elect to represent us at the Capitol.

Day on the Hill 2019: Making Our Voices Heard