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April 7, 2017
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COMMENTARY: Frontline workers are HCMC’s greatest asset

By Carmen Brown and Sara Franck, AFSCME Council 5
MINNEAPOLIS

We work at Hennepin County Medical Center and we are shocked by our CEO’s account of 200 layoffs. We’re deeply concerned that the elimination of positions will compromise the quality of care that patients deserve.

Community
April 7, 2017
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Skilled respiratory therapist laid off at HCMC

MINNEAPOLIS

Robert Grabko, one of a handful of people in Minnesota nationally registered both as a pulmonary function technologist and an asthma educator, is among those laid off by Hennepin County Medical Center.

Community
April 4, 2017
HCMC worker Karma Gangkhar

Workers allege 'messed up shifts, assignments' at HCMC

MINNEAPOLIS

Hennepin County Medical Center worker Karma Gangkhar says the process of laying off workers at the facility has resulted in "messed-up shifts and assignments."

Community
April 2, 2017
Regina Dickson

HCMC office specialist describes discrimination

MINNEAPOLIS

Hennepin County Medical Center Office Specialist Regina Dickson describes how she feels discriminated against for her age, race and union activism.

Community
March 30, 2017
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HCMC workers tell the stories behind the layoffs

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS

Workers at Hennepin County Medical Center are speaking out about the effects of some 200 layoffs at the downtown Minneapolis hospital and clinic.

Community
March 30, 2017
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Marlon Gaston: Honored employee, union steward

MINNEAPOLIS

For two decades, Hennepin County Medical Center environmental services worker Marlon Gaston has been making the hospital clean and safe for patients. Gaston, a Local 977 steward, is nearing retirement, and AFSCME believes he’s being discriminated against due to his age and union activity. This is his story.

Government
March 29, 2017
AFSCME DOTH 2017

Public employees urge safe staffing, adequate funding

By Randy Croce, Workday Minnesota
ST. PAUL

More than 1,200 members of AFSCME Council 5, the largest union of state employees, participated in the annual Day on the Hill at the Minnesota Legislature Tuesday.

Government
March 20, 2017
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Unions urge Franken to stop privatization of Medicare, Social Security

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
ST. PAUL

As part of an on-going campaign to stop the privatization of Medicare and Social Security, union and Working America members delivered petitions signed by several hundred Minnesotans to the St. Paul office of U.S. Senator Al Franken Monday.

Worker Power
March 19, 2017
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Union leaders struggle with next steps after 2016 election

By Mark Gruenberg, Press Associates Union News Service
SAN ANTONIO

Four months after their shocking defeat in the 2016 election, leaders of the nation’s unions are still struggling to figure out why – and what to do next.

Community
March 18, 2017
AFSCME Protests Layoffs at HCMC

Workers protest Hennepin County Medical Center layoffs

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
MINNEAPOLIS

AFSCME members and supporters marched outside Hennepin County Medical Center Friday, protesting the layoff of 131 workers as HCMC claims to face “financial challenge.”

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