AFSCME COUNCIL 65

EMS workers in Detroit Lakes vote to unionize

Detroit Lakes, MINN. (KVRR) — It’s a new day for emergency medical workers and their patients in Lakes Country. That’s after the emergency medical staff at Essentia in Detroit Lakes voted to form a union. St. Mary’s Essentia Health Medical Service Staff is joining forces with AFSCME Council 65. They’re the folks you’ll see if you have a medical emergency…

CHI St. Francis Health nurses vote to join union

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR) – Registered nurses at CHI St. Francis Health in Breckenridge have voted to join a union. The nurses will join AFSCME Council 65, which represents 15,000 workers in government, non-profits, and healthcare facilities in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. “As larger and larger healthcare systems continue to run small hospitals like ours, it’s important to have…