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Addressing Duluth City Council on Negotiations With Essentia

Here is a link to video of Zac Tuominen speaking at last night's Duluth City Council meeting about contract negotiations with Essentia Health:  h...

informational picket in front of Essentia Health

Update + July 30 Informational Picket

Some of you will ask: if mediation is coming, why picket first? Here's the answer. A mediator has no authority to impose terms on anyone. What moves n...

Important July 16 Red Book Negotiations Update Meeting

Everyone covered by the USW’s Red Book contract is urged to make plans to attend this important membership meeting:WHEN: July 16 7:30am to 7:30pmWHERE...

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29 Jun, 2026

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Chequamegon Clinic Negotiations Update #1

Chequamegon Clinic Update: Contract negotiations began this past week between United Steelworkers Local 9460 and Aspirus. The Union Negotiating Committee is made up of four people, Steelworkers’ Staff Rep Michele Fredrickson, Local Union President Sue Wagner-Thomas, and two wor

Chequamegon Clinic Negotiations Update #1

26 Jun, 2026

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Red Book Negotiations #6

Essentia's most recent update says we haven't moved. Here are the facts from this past week of negotiations:

Red Book Negotiations #6

25 Jun, 2026

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Aspirus SLH Update #1

Aspirus Update: Today our union had our first day of bargaining with Aspirus SLH. We presented our non-economic proposals. We reached a few tentative agreements and made movement on others.

Aspirus SLH Update #1

21 Jun, 2026

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Red Book Negotiations #5

We had a very busy week at the bargaining table and want to share an update on our progress.

Red Book Negotiations #5

11 Jun, 2026

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Red Book Negotiations Update #4

Good evening Redbook members. We wanted to let you know that we took all of Tuesday to carefully go over each and every concern brought to our attention. We worked very hard to create economic proposals to address each issue you identified in the survey.

Red Book Negotiations Update #4

29 May, 2026

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Red Book and Aspirus Negotiations BBQ&A

United Steelworkers Local 9460 is holding a BBQ and Q&A event for members of the Red Book contract at Essentia Health and SLH Tech contract at Aspirus. The event will be on Thursday, June 4. The BBQ will run from 4-6pm and the Q&A meeting will run from 6-7pm.

Red Book and Aspirus Negotiations BBQ&A