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DHHS employee and NAPE/AFSCME member Chris Malone became a state employee in February 2022 after the St. Francis Ministries outsourcing nightmare that NAPE/AFSCME had long

Teresa Morland has worked as a Child Support Enforcement Worker for the Department of Health and Human Services for over ten years and has worked

NAPE/AFSCME member Kathy Lovan is a Staff Care Technician II at the Western Nebraska Veterans Home (WNVH) in Scottsbluff. At 24-hour facilities like WNVH, it’s

Our state colleges bargaining team has continued to make progress at the negotiation table on behalf of our support staff members at Chadron, Peru, and

On November 2, 2022 the Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Department of Health & Human Services v. NAPE/AFSCME Local 61

Negotiations with the State of Nebraska have continued throughout the month of October. Our negotiations team remains committed to our salary proposal that, at a

NAPE/AFSCME member Tyler Poteet is a Food Service Worker at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. To help in areas where staffing was short, Tyler would

NAPE/AFSCME member and union steward Brian Bierschenk works for the Department of Health and Human Services in Norfolk. Back in 2018, Brian took on a

NAPE/AFSCME Member Sarah Wilkins is a Registered Nurse at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans’ Home in Bellevue. This spring, Sarah was shocked when she was placed

Mary Schmidt-Rodriguez is a Marketing & Communications Specialist at the Nebraska Military Department and has been a proud NAPE/AFSCME steward for more than two years.

Union members across Nebraska understand the importance of voting on Election Day – November 8, 2022! Electing pro-worker candidates at all levels of government, especially

The NAPE/AFSCME Board of Directors held its regular quarterly meeting on October 22 in Lincoln. The Board heard committee reports and conducted a lengthy business

Video update from our negotiations team. Contract negotiations began in September with the State of Nebraska.  Our union negotiations team elected by NAPE/AFSCME members began

Our union began contract negotiations with our largest membership in twenty five years. NAPE/AFSCME set a goal to have more than 2,000 active members by

NAPE/AFSCME members elected by their peers from the support staff at the Nebraska State College System began contract negotiations with representatives of the Board of

NAPE/AFSCME member Jessica Collins is a Social Services Lead Worker with DHHS. Jessica works in the Alliance local office along with a handful of other

NAPE/AFSCME Member Frankie Scalzo is a Behavioral Health Practitioner II at the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln. In January, Frankie was given a Statement of

NAPE/AFSCME member Vicki Ayres recently transferred from DHHS to the Nebraska Military Department. Vicki gave DHHS a ten-work-day notice that she would be transferring to

In December 2019, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services unilaterally changed its dress code by, among other things, banning denim jeans Monday-Thursday. Over

The NAPE/AFSCME Government Affairs Committee is a group of Democrat, Republican, and Non-Partisan union members that monitors legislation and political matters that are important to