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Notice of the April 19, 2024 USW 9460 Election Results

Here is a list of the winners for the offices in our local union election [please note that we are waiting for some official paperwork from the company that handled our election, so these are unofficial results]:

• President: Lindajean Thompson

• Vice President: Tiffany Shaw

Green Book Negotiations Update #2

The Green Book Negotiating Committee met this week to draft proposals, which they will be presenting when negotiations start next week. To make sure everyone is in the loop, we have set up a Communication & Action Team. It's a network of volunteers from various departments who will serve as the transmission belt for information between the membership and the Negotiating Committee. Here is a list of the CAT.

Green Book Negotiations Update #1

Contract negotiations with Essentia Health for the Green Book unit will be starting next week. Your union has been gearing up and is planning on sending out regular updates as things start to unfold. For our first update, we want to share with you the list of who is on your Negotiating Committee. We'll also be sending this update out over our text alert network, so if you don't get a text about this later today, reach out to us so that we can make sure you're signed up to get those alerts!

District 11 Town Hall Meetings

The most important work we do as a union involves bargaining and enforcing good contracts to secure fair wages, dependable benefits, and safe working conditions. However, whether we like it or not, workplace health and safety, wage and overtime regulations, retirement security, even our right to organize and bargain collectively, are all tied to local, state, and federal laws and the people making them.

Essentia Green Book Negotiations Survey

If you work at Essentia Health and are covered by the Green Book contract, we're asking you to fill out this survey. Our Negotiating Committee will use it for drafting the proposals that they will be presenting to the company during contract negotiations. We're asking folks to fill this out by the end the week. Please forward the link to any of your co-workers who haven't had a chance to fill it out yet. Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B7232PG

St. Luke's Hospital Negotiations Survey

Contract negotiations with St. Luke's will be starting on April 15. We're asking folks to fill out a survey to help the union Negotiating Committee draft proposals. Please fill it out by March 22. Here is a link to the survey form: https://forms.gle/2Dyjy8zjYHmAHMvg6

Red Book Contract Was Ratified

Today was the vote on the Red Book Tentative Agreement.  It passed, so it will now become our new contract.  Thank you to everyone for their participation and solidarity.  It has been a long, hard fought road!

Red Book Contract Vote

Just a quick reminder that the Red Book contract vote will be tomorrow (Thursday) from 6:30am to 7pm. You can vote in either Duluth or Superior. In Duluth we'll be in the SMMC Justice Room from 6:30am to 8:30am, then from 8:30am to 7pm we'll be across the hall in the Mission Room. In Superior we'll be in the Pattison Room, which in on the lower level next to the cafeteria. Please note that you must vote in person. See you there!