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Reviving Dr. King's legacy of love, compassion and service

AFSCME has a deeply personal and spiritual connection to Dr. King and the fight for civil rights and workers' rights. On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to support striking AFSCME sanitation workers.

Reviving Dr. King's legacy of love, compassion and service

MN Legislature: Respect Public Employees, Invest in Minnesotans

Rick Neyssen is a member of AFSCME Local 599, Council 5 and works at the St. Cloud Correctional Facility. Rick has been serving the people of Minnesota in this capacity for 28 years.

MN Legislature: Respect Public Employees, Invest in Minnesotans

AFSCME Council 5 Leadership Rebukes Assault on Democracy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 7, 2021

AFSCME Council 5 Leadership Rebukes Assault on Democracy 

AFSCME Council 5 Leadership Rebukes Assault on Democracy

Front Line Workers Need Our Help Now

Victoria Johnson of AFSCME Local 744, Council 5 at the Minneapolis Veterans Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota experiences the COVID-19 pandemic every day she steps into work.

Front Line Workers Need Our Help Now

Walker Art Center Workers Unionize with AFSCME Council 5!

December 1, 2020- After one year of focused internal organizing, workers at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota have successfully won voluntary union recognition and have now joined the AFSCME Council 5 family!

Walker Art Center Workers Unionize with AFSCME Council 5!