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Report on the Next Gen District 11 Conference

This was the first ever District 11 Next Gen conference that took place in Kansas City Missouri, and 10 of our members were able to attend. These incl...
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Holiday Cards for Local Veterans

Our local union is going to be doing holiday cards for local veterans against this year.  Swing by our office anytime from 2 to 7pm on December 8...
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Essentia Guest Services Welcome Meeting

Several months ago the Guest Services workers at Essentia Health rejoined our union.  Since then we have been in negotiations with the company ov...

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Ecumen Lakeshore Contract Ratified!

The tentative agreement that had been reached between Ecumen and the Union Negotiating Committee has been approved unanimously. Thank you to the Negotiating Committee for their hard work, and for everyone who voted.  Congrats to the Ecumen workers on your new contract!

Ecumen Lakeshore Contract Ratified!

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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