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Informational Picket Held at Chisholm Health Center

This past Friday the nurses at the Chisholm Health Center held an informational picket. The facility is owned by St. Francis and the nurses are repres...

Letting Rural Health Care Bleed Out

When Marketa Anderson’s daughter sustained injuries in a car crash, an ambulance rushed her to the emergency department at Fairview Range Medical Cent...

Regional Clinics Negotiations Update #2

We met with Essentia this week for Regional Clinic contract negotiations. Despite having been very far apart on wages up until now, we did make s...

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02 Jun, 2022

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02 Jun, 2022

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LSCHC Support Staff Contract Ratified

you to everyone who turned out to vote yesterday on the Support Staff contract for the Lake Superior Community Health Center. We had a great turnout. The tentative agreement was ratified and will now go into effect.

LSCHC Support Staff Contract Ratified

31 May, 2022

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31 May, 2022

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LSCHC Support Staff Ratification Vote

The Support Staff unit at Lake Superior Community Health Center will be voting on a tentative agreement that the union has reached with the company.

LSCHC Support Staff Ratification Vote

31 May, 2022

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31 May, 2022

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Essentia Health Regional Clinics Update #2

The union and Essentia Health had another negotiating session for the Regional Clinics (Ely, Hibbing, Spooner, Hayward and Ashland) today. There was a modest amount of progress on some of the remaining non-economic issues under discussion.

Essentia Health Regional Clinics Update #2

23 May, 2022

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23 May, 2022

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Essentia Health Regional Clinics Update #1

We just wrapped up our first negotiating session today for the Essentia Health Regional Clinics (Ely, Hibbing, Spooner, Hayward and Ashland). We began by exchanging proposals regarding non-economic matters.

Essentia Health Regional Clinics Update #1

23 May, 2022

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23 May, 2022

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Essentia Health Red Book Update

We've been getting a lot of requests for updates on what the status is of the Year 3 Red Book wage re-opener. Rest assured, we haven't forgotten about it. We had hoped to begin the wage re-opener quite a while ago, but have been unable to nail down dates with Essentia Health.

Essentia Health Red Book Update

15 Apr, 2022

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15 Apr, 2022

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April Membership Meeting Moved to April 26

We want to give everyone a heads up that this union month’s membership meeting has been moved from April 19 to April 26. It will still be at 5:30pm in the basement of the Labor Temple, as usual. The reason for the meeting being moved is that a number of our people will be out of town

April Membership Meeting Moved to April 26