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USW Welcomes Minnesota DNR Decision to Issue Permits for Planned PolyMet Mine

EVELETH, Minn. (Nov. 1) — The United Steelworkers union (USW) today said that it welcomed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announcement that it had issued permits for a planned mining project in northeastern Minnesota.

USW Welcomes Minnesota DNR Decision to Issue Permits for Planned PolyMet Mine

Contract Ratified!!

Our votes are counted and verified.  Information will be posted on  the property soon.

Text received from the USW last night:

Contract Ratified!!

Tentative Agreement Reached

Negotiating Committees from all 4 USW locals approved a Tentative Agreement with Cliffs!! Look for info on upcoming ratification meetings from your CAT Teams.

Tentative Agreement Reached

Sept. 28: Bargaining Team Makes Progress, Health Care Proposal Would Not Include Employee-Paid Premiums

Our USW bargaining committee met with Cliffs representatives this week in Pittsburgh and made significant progress toward finalizing a new agreement with the company. Our current agreement is scheduled to expire on Oct. 1.

Sept. 28: Bargaining Team Makes Progress, Health Care Proposal Would Not Include Employee-Paid Premiums

Sept. 28: Bargaining Team Makes Progress, Health Care Proposal Would Not Include Employee-Paid Premiums

Our USW bargaining committee met with Cliffs representatives this week in Pittsburgh and made significant progress toward finalizing a new agreement with the company. Our current agreement is scheduled to expire on Oct. 1.

Sept. 28: Bargaining Team Makes Progress, Health Care Proposal Would Not Include Employee-Paid Premiums

Sept. 25th update

For those of you that don't receive the bargaining updates via the text update system, we received this information this afternoon.  September 25th 2018:

Sept. 25th update