LOCAL 9460 ~ the Northland's healthcare workers union

 

Recent News

The Rapid Response project of the United Steelworkers is holding a Mock Lobby Day class. This is a training for how to lobby elected officials on behalf of the union. The class will be on March 26 down in St. Paul, MN. At our last membership meeting we voted to send up to nine members to this class.

After a 49 day strike, the Essentia Health Deer River workers represented by the Service Employees International Union have won their strike.  We offer our congratulations to our union siblings for their well deserved and hard fought victory.  We were proud to stand in solidarity with them.

This coming Wednesday there is going to be a solidarity rally in Duluth in support of the striking workers at Essentia Health Deer River. The Deer River workers, who are part of the SEIU union, have been on strike for over a month.  These courageous workers have been out there on the picket line every day - no matter how cold - even on Christmas and New Years. They are fighting to get their wages brought up to the same level as Essentia workers at other facilities, and they're refusing Essentia's proposals to be able to move workers between any facility.  

Today is Day 19 of the strike at Essentia Health Deer River. This is an open ended ULP strike by our union siblings in the SEIU union. At the heart of the strike is the fact that Deer River is the lowest paid Essentia facility. Shame on Essentia, and kudos to the workers for taking a stand!