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Welcome: You're a Steelworker Now

Introductory Slide Show for New Members

Our local union has put together a slide show for new members.  We are hoping to start emailing this to everyone once they are hired at any of ou...
learn and lead: become a steward

Steward Training Has Been Rescheduled

Our local had planned on holding a steward training on April 2.  Mother Nature, however, had other ideas, and sent a snow storm.  That train...

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 me...

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Green Book Contract Survey

Green Book: Contract Negotiations for the Green Book will be starting this Spring. To get ready, our Workers Information Network has been distributing fliers on how to do our online contract survey. We're also sending out info on that via our text alerts network.

Green Book Contract Survey

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Duties of Union Officers

With the election of our union officers coming up this April (watch your mail for nominations and election notices), we thought it would be useful to list all of the elected union offices we have, and what their role and duties are.  The language below is taken from the United Steelworkers C

Duties of Union Officers

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Red Book Negotiations Update #1

The union's negotiations with Essentia Health over our Red Book contract have experienced a number of delays.  Below is a PDF of flyer that is currently being distributed by our Workers Information Network updating Red Book members on what the cause of the delays has been, and what the union

Red Book Negotiations Update #1

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Nominations for Union Officers

Our local union will be holding elections for all of our officers this April (President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasuer, Outer Guard, Inner Guard, Guide, 3 Trustees, Unit Presidents, etc.).  Ordinarily we hold physical meetings where members can come and n

Nominations for Union Officers