USW Local 9460  will be holding its December general membership meeting at 5:30pm.  The meeting will be held at the union office in Room 202 of the Duluth Labor Temple.

The USW Local 9460 Executive Board will be holding its December meeting at 4pm.  The meeting will be held at the union office in Room 202 of the Duluth Labor Temple.

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.

The legislation, introduced by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), would direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires health care and social service industry employers to develop and implement comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.

"Our members mobilized all across the country and across industries to collect more than 80,000 signatures in support of this bill because they know it affects all working people," said USW International President Tom Conway. "This is how we make progress – by finding common ground and solidarity around issues that impact everyday Americans and making our voices heard."

Three weeks ago, hundreds of Steelworker activists descended onto Capitol Hill for a legislative conference where they also marched to the Department of Labor to hold a rally in support of the bill. They were joined by several legislative leaders, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), before walking the halls of Congress to speak to their representatives about the legislation.

Workplace violence is the third-leading cause of death on the job, and health care and social service workers are among the most vulnerable. Women are disproportionately affected, with two out of every three serious workplace violence events suffered by women.

"It is past time for these workers to have the protections they need," said Conway. "We hope Majority Leader Mitch McConnell does what's best for them, their patients, and their families by bringing this bill to a vote in the Senate, where we believe it will see the same support as it did in the House."

Your Negotiating team meet back with the company to restart the 2019 negotiations. Things went very well and we made alot of progress. Today is a different story with only a few items left on the table those being medical and wages the company it trying to increase medical premiums with no wage increase. We are in for a fight and will continue as long as we have to for a fair contract. More to come;

The more to come:

Company wants Us to pay 20% of the medical costs each month and only give a 2% wage increase each year. Please spread the word we are going to be in a hard fought fight over these 2 issues and we need to voice where we stand on this. We the Negotiating team will continue to fight we need your help.

CONGRATS WINNERS

FIRST QUARTER -  GEORGE HAYWOOD

SECOND QUARTER - WILF EDWARDS

THIRD QUARTER - GARY RITCHIE

FINAL  -  JON EHLER

FINAL REVERSE - PAUL BURKHOLDER