Duluth nurses ratify contract
|
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association approved a new contract with SMDC Medical Center in Duluth with 95 percent supporting the pact, the union announced.
UNITE HERE, five hotels reach contract settlements
|
Five Minneapolis area hotels have settled contracts with UNITE HERE Local 17, the union reported.
Mediators call Duluth hospitals and nurses back to bargaining table
|
Federal mediators have called Duluth nurses and business executives at two area hospitals – SMDC Medical Center and St. Luke\’s – back to the bargaining table.
Workers say Sky Chef is dragging its feet in contract talks
|
Workers who prepare, package and provide the in-flight food served by airlines like Delta, are mobilizing a public campaign to get their employer, LSG-Sky Chefs, to negotiate in earnest with their union, UNITE HERE.
Duluth nurses authorize strike
|
Hundreds of Duluth nurses turned out Wednesday and cast a historic vote for patient safety, overwhelmingly authorizing their nurse leaders to call for a one-day strike.
Duluth nurses vote Wednesday whether to authorize strike
|
After months of negotiations and a refusal by SMDC Medical Center business executives to put their rhetoric about patient safety issues into writing, more than 900 SMDC nurses are being encouraged to vote Wednesday to reject the administration\’s contract offer and instead authorize a one-day strike.
Union withdraws charges against Murrays, but vows to keep up pressure
|
UNITE HERE Local 17 has told the National Labor Relations Board that it wants to withdraw the charges filed against Murrays Steakhouse by Local 17 this past April.
Bakery workers accept wage freeze
|
Bakers Local 22 members employed by Lund Food Holdings ratified a new two-year agreement with no concessions, but including a two-year freeze on wages.
Great Lakes sailors continue pickets on Liberty Line
|
Liberty Line vessels on the Great Lakes have names like American Courage, Fortitude, and Integrity. The names also define 80 members of United Steelworkers Great Lakes Seamen Local 5000 who continue their 10-month picket in a lockout/strike with the Liberty Division of the American Steamship Line.
Duluth RNs to conduct informational picketing
|
More than 1,300 Duluth nurses will conduct informational picketing from noon to 5 p.m. on Monday, July 12, outside SMDC Medical Center to call attention to unsafe staffing levels.