Category: Blog
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 [...]
HANDS OFF MEDICAID!
Tuesday, May 13th from 12pm – 12:45pm at the Paul D. Wellstone Federal Building join AFSCME Local 34's Member Action Team for a lunchtime rally again [...]
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 [...]