Category: News
Concerns Raised About the Implementation of a Law Designed to Reform Child-Protection Policies and Keep More Families Together
Members of the Minneapolis NAACP raised concerns at the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday about the implementation of a new law [...]
AFSCME Fights Back Against Attempt to Freeze Funding for Vital Programs
This is the latest from what AFSCME is doing nationally to defend workers and programs:
(AFSCME) The new administration wants to freeze federal mo [...]
Rep. Ilhan Omar Makes Presentation at Henn. Co. Commissioners Meeting, Final AFSCME Council 5 Local Contract Approved
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the final AFSCME Council 5 Local contract, renewed an annual tradition at the governme [...]
Hennepin County Commissioners Discuss Funding Future of HHS Facilities Downtown
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners held several committee meetings on Tuesday while taking public comment for the first time. The largest dis [...]
Hennepin County Commissioners Open 2025 with Swearing-in Ceremony
The Hennepin County Commissioners held their first meetings of 2025 on Tuesday. Due to maintanance at the Government Center, meetings are being moved [...]
Breaking Down the 2025 Hennepin County Budget: Disparity Reduction and Public Works
(Source: Hennepin County) [...]
Breaking Down the 2025 Hennepin County Budget: Health and Human Services
It’s a new year in Hennepin County, Minnesota and we enter 2025 with a more than $3-billion-dollar budget, second to only to the entire state’s budge [...]
Hennepin County Commissioners Approve $3 Billion Dollar Budget and Labor Agreements for Six AFSCME Locals
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved a more than $3 billion bu [...]
Contract Campaign – 2024
We continue to bargain with AFSCME Locals 552, 1719, 2864, 2938 to get the best contract possible.
Our AFSCME Local 34 Table Team members, who ne [...]
Contract Update – 2/24/22
AFSCME Siblings,
Thank you to the Hundreds of you who showed up for our Informational Pickets on 1/19, in sub-zero wind chill tempera [...]