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Chequamegon Clinic Contract Ratified

Yesterday the tentative agreement that our Union Negotiating Committee had made with St. Luke's for the Chequamegon Clinic was voted on.  It was a close vote, but the majority voted to ratify it.  We want to thank everyone who turned out to vote, we had a great turnout!

New Vice President and Red Book Unit Chair

When an elected office of our union opts to resign before the end of their three year term, our Executive Board appoints someone to fill the remainder of that term. Tonight our E Board met and voted to fill our vacant Vice President and Red Book Unit Chair positions. Jared Jank was appointed to the role of VP, and Zac Tuominen was appointed Red Book Unit Chair. Congratulations to both! And thank you to everyone who applied for those roles. We very much appreciate people stepping up and being willing to fill these roles.

September Membership Meeting Cancelled

We apologize for the late notice, but we are going to have to cancel our September membership meeting that was scheduled for 5:30pm today.  All 5 of our top officers are out sick or injured and will be unable to attend, so we have nobody to run the meeting.  If you have an issue that you wanted to discuss, our office admin will be present at the Labor Temple to take down your issue and pass it on to our officers.  Please pass this on to anyone you know who was planning on attending.

Sept. 26 St. Luke's Informational Picket

We want to thank everyone who attended our Sept. 16 community action in support of the tech workers at St. Luke's.  The turnout was fantastic, and we got a great response from the community!  We plan to keep the momentum going with a day long informational picket in front of St. Luke's Hospital on Sept. 26.

Community Action: St. Luke's ~ Your Workers Deserve Better!

The tech workers at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth are currently engaged in some tough contract negotiations. So far St. Luke's has refused to offer the kind of compensation and safe staffing levels that these workers deserve. After all of the sacrifices that healthcare workers have made these past couple of years, it's time we demand that employers start caring for the caregivers!

Sept. 6 Red Book Update

The Red Book negotiating committee has put together a video update on how talks are going with Essentia, as well as a summary of what our planned next steps are.  You can view the video update on our facebook page, or via this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZ4-9BMuNzbZY65MTxY6Rn_MIsIRvWuc/view?usp=drive_link

Phone St. Luke's CEO!

Tuesday, Sept. 5, we’re asking everyone to call St. Luke’s CEO Eric Lohn and tell him that SLH Tech workers deserve a fair contract with decent wages and safe staffing levels! Dial (218) 249-5475. Spread the word!

Aug. 25 Red Book Update

The union's Red Book negotiating committee met with the employer this Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately no progress was made. We are still pushing back and going round and round on the employers proposal for "flexible scheduling".