Category: Blog
Link Roundup: May 21, 2026
Lawmakers have approved $205 million in one-time funding to save the Hennepin County Medical Center. The ballpark sales tax, meanwhile, remains uncha [...]
Link Roundup: May 14, 2026
June 26, 2024-Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Entrance to the Hennepin County Medical Center's Emergency Room. (Photo by H. Jiahong Pan for AFSCME Local [...]
Members tell County Commissioners to address staffing shortages
Hennepin County is facing a $30 million budget shortfall next year.
The shortfall is partly caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by Co [...]
Updates To The Union Hardship Fund
In March, AFSCME Local 34 set up an hardship fund for members who have a financial hardship due to Operation Metro Surge, which resulted in federal a [...]
On International Workers’ Day, Workers Demonstrate For Dignity
By Casey Holmstrom and H. Jiahong Pan
Saving our hospital. Voting on a strike. Fighting for immigrant rights. Saving the planet. Addressing the pr [...]
Join Your Union For May Day Activities
May 1, 2025-Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA: Members of AFSCME Local 34 march on Cedar Street towards downtown Saint Paul. (Photo by H. Jiahong Pan)
Un [...]
Now Accepting Applications For Local 34 Hardship Fund
January 24, 2026-Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: A sign with instructions is mounted on a street pole at Nicollet and 26th Street in south Minneapolis. [...]
Hundreds of Thousands Turn Out In Minnesota For No Kings
By H. Jiahong Pan
Millions of people across the United States, including hundreds of thousands in Minnesota, turned out to the streets to protest [...]
Join Your Local For NO KINGS! March 28
June 14, 2025-Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA: Over 80,000 demonstrators rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol in protest of the Trump Administration as [...]
AFSCME Local 34 Solidari-Tee Design Competition!
Your Shirts and Merch Committee is hosting a T-shirt design contest!
Union members are invited to submit a T-shirt design for Local 34 to be voted [...]