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Interested in Becoming a Union Steward

Interested in becoming a union steward? Our union is going to be holding two steward trainings in the month of October. They are one day long, from 9a...
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Oct. 3 Women of Steel Meeting

There will be a Women of Steel District 11 Council meeting on Oct. 3 in Plymouth, MN. It's a day long meeting that will include a tour of the Loram Ma...
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Twin Ports & Iron Range Labor Day Picnics

We want to invite all of our members to the Twin Ports and the Iron Range Labor Day picnics!  Both will be on Monday, September 1. The Twin Ports...

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Red Book Update #2

The union's negotiations with Essentia Health over our Red Book contract are set to resume this month.  Below is a PDF of flyer that is currently being distributed by our Workers Information Network updating Red Book members on future negotiations dates!

Red Book Update #2

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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