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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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PSA Info Meeting

Essentia Health is looking to combine the check in and check out roles in the Duluth Clinic buildings.  They have already made this change to the Dermatology Department, and they plan to roll it out in phases to the rest of the Clinic departments in the months to come.  The union has be

PSA Info Meeting

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HUC Info Meeting

Essentia Health is looking to move most (though not all) of the HUCs from an 8 hour to a 12 schedule.  The union requested to bargain over the proposed changes in working conditions.  Please attend this meeting to hear an update on how the negotiations have gone, to ask any questions, a

HUC Info Meeting

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Local 9460 Launches College Scholarship

We are excited to announce that our union local has just launched a new college scholarship!  Following research by our Scholarship Committee, we voted at our Feburary membership meeting to launche a new scholarship for the children of our members who will be attending technical or four year

Local 9460 Launches College Scholarship

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Welcome Our New Vice President!

There have been some changes to our union's Executive Board these past few months.  Following the resignation of Stacy Spexet as president in December, Adam Ritscher moved into that role.  Then at our January Executive Board meeting, we elected Deanna Hughes as our new Vice President.&n

Welcome Our New Vice President!

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New LSCHC Professional Contract

The members of the union's Professional Unit at the Lake Superior Community Health Center voted unanimously to accept the new contract that was negotiated between the company and the union.  It was a tough set of negotiations that began with the two sides very far apart, but by the end we ca

New LSCHC Professional Contract

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The Most Dangerous Job in America

Nurses and health aides in state-run residential care and nursing facilities experience the highest rates of injury and illness of any occupation, writes Ashley Nerbovig for the Business Times, making these the most dangerous jobs in the U.S.

The Most Dangerous Job in America