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Nominations for International Union Officers

This Fall the United Steelworkers are having elections for their International officers.  Note, that this is different than our elections for our...

New Additions to Our Executive Board

Congrats to Samantha Adolfs and Tiffany Shaw on being appointed to our local union's Executive Board! Samantha is an MLT at Essentia Health and was ap...

Contracts Ratified for Essentia Health Regional Clinics

The tentative agreements between USW 9460 and Essentia were ratified last week. Congrats and thank you to everyone at Ely, Hibbing, Spooner, Hayward a...

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23 Dec, 2019

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23 Dec, 2019

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Support the Deer River Clinic Workers!

The workers at the Essentia Health Clinic in Deer River have reached an impasse in their negotiations with Essentia. They have announced they will be holding a two day strike on Jan. 2 and 3.

Support the Deer River Clinic Workers!

22 Nov, 2019

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22 Nov, 2019

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Workplace Violence Bill Passes U.S. House

After a months-long campaign bolstered by United Steelworkers (USW) activists, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309) reached the floor of the U.S. House today and passed 251-158.

Workplace Violence Bill Passes U.S. House

16 Aug, 2019

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16 Aug, 2019

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Local 9460 Stands in Solidarity With the MNA

The Minnesota Nurses Association is currently engaged in contract negotiations with both Essentia Health and St. Luke’s. Their negotiations have been tough, so they decided to hold an informational picket on August 20 to both put pressure on Esssentia and St.

Local 9460 Stands in Solidarity With the MNA

07 Aug, 2019

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07 Aug, 2019

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Looking to Fill Vacancies: Trustee and Unit Presidents

Officers in our union are elected every three years. But from time to time, elected officials leave their office early, be it because of retirement, taking a job somewhere else or any of the myraid of things that sometimes come up in our lives. When that happens, the union's Executive

Looking to Fill Vacancies: Trustee and Unit Presidents

20 Jun, 2019

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20 Jun, 2019

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Steelworker Pension Meetings

In March our union had planned to tour a representative of the Steelworkers Pension Trust around the region, but as some-times happens in the Northland, inclement weather caused the tour to be cancelled.

Steelworker Pension Meetings

22 Apr, 2019

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22 Apr, 2019

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Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to our three scholarship winners - Matthew Rukavina, Morgan Karasek and Rhianna Lees! Matthew won our tech school scholarshhip, and Morgan and Rhianna won our two 4 year college scholarships. All winners will be getting a packet in the mail with all the information the

Scholarship Winners