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February Membership Meeting

Just a reminder that our union's February membership meeting will be this coming Tuesday (Feb. 17) at 5:30pm.  We'll be meeting in Room 202 of th...
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Help Stop the Elimination of Recreational Therapist Jobs @ Essentia

Essentia Health has announced that they will be eliminating nearly all of their Recreational Therapist positions.   The reasons cited are “budget...
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Local 9460 College Scholarships for 2026!

It's that time of year again!  The application period for the 2026 United Steelworkers Local 9460 college scholarships is now open.  Childre...

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Red Book Negotiations Update #4

The Redbook negotiation committee completed another long day of bargaining with Essentia. Instead of offering all of their proposals at once, Essentia chooses to release them throughout the day. Overall, the company’s proposals were very much a mixed bag.

Red Book Negotiations Update #4

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Local Union Election Results

Local Union Election Results: The counting of the ballots has been completed, and the candidates in the contested races have all been notified off the results. We had two contested races. Brenda Simon was re-elected Treasurer of the Local and Kelli Ritz was re-elected Guard.

Local Union Election Results

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April 16 Red Book Negotiations Update

The union Negotiating Committee met with Essentia Health today.  We were able to wrap up the initial, non-economics portion  of negotiations (stuff relating to contract language clean-up and clarification), and we presented our economic proposals.  The company didn’t respond to our

April 16 Red Book Negotiations Update