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Apr. 18, 2023

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Chicago City Council passes ordinance to support workers’ right to organize

A flurry of advocacy by Chicago union members provided a final push for enactment of a “labor peace agreement” to protect human service workers from management retaliation.

Chicago City Council passes ordinance to support workers’ right to organize

Apr. 04, 2023

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The union difference brings justice to wrongly fired psychiatric hospital workers

Something wasn’t adding up for Tyler Rioff and Jeff Heithmar, two wrongly terminated employees of McLean Hospital in Massachusetts who got justice through their union.

The union difference brings justice to wrongly fired psychiatric hospital workers

Jan. 17, 2023

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United We Heal apprenticeship in Oregon snags nearly $900K in federal funding

AFSCME’s United We Heal campaign has long been securing a voice on the job for behavioral health workers and helping them improve at their jobs.

United We Heal apprenticeship in Oregon snags nearly $900K in federal funding

Oct. 25, 2022

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AFSCME supports legislative proposal to study mental health in the workplace

Many AFSCME members work in high-stress fields such as public safety, health care, emergency medical services and firefighting.

AFSCME supports legislative proposal to study mental health in the workplace

Oct. 14, 2022

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New Jersey behavioral health workers ratify first contract with SERV after years of standing united

After a nearly three-year battle to secure their voice on the job, the residential counselors and maintenance workers at SERV Centers of New Jersey in Mercer County voted unanimously to ratify their first contr

New Jersey behavioral health workers ratify first contract with SERV after years of standing united