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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...
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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...
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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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April 29 Women of Steel Conference

The USW District 11 Women of Steel will be having a day long conference on April 29 in Shakopee, Minnesota from 9:30am to 3pm.  At our monthly membership meeting we voted to send anyone from our local's Women of Steel committee who would like to attend, plus up to 3 folks who aren't on the c

April 29 Women of Steel Conference

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Contract Ratified at Ecumen Lakeshore

Thank you to everyone who fill out and mailed in their negotiations survey.  Our Negotiating Committee used them for when contract negotiations took place on February 11th.  We have reached a tentative agreement with the employer, and by the time you get this newsletter the vote will ha

Contract Ratified at Ecumen Lakeshore