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We're Hiring: Full-time Organizer

UMN AFSCME Organizer Position Description

AFSCME Local 3800 is an organizing-focused, member-driven, progressive labor union representing 1500 University of Minnesota clerical workers throughout the state.

We're Hiring: Full-time Organizer

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED ON 2021 CONTRACT!

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED ON 2021 CONTRACT!

FINAL TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED ON 2021 CONTRACT!

AFSCME protects the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from political meddling

The Trump administration is no longer able to politicize the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, thanks to AFSCME.  

The administration has abandoned its plan to appeal a judgment that AFSCME, local governments, and other organizations won in June protecting PSLF. 

AFSCME protects the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program from political meddling

Workers get paid a lot less in states with anti-union laws, report shows

Workers who live in states with anti-union laws – the so-called “right-to-work” states – earn on average 6.7% less than those who live in states favorable to collective bargaining, a

Workers get paid a lot less in states with anti-union laws, report shows

Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high

Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the hig

Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high