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EMS workers in Detroit Lakes vote to unionize
May 12, 2025 // Emergency medical staff at Essentia in Detroit Lakes have voted to form a union. St. Mary’s Essentia Health Medical Service Staff is joining AFSCME Council 65. EMT Logyn Saewart says the vote was an overwhelming majority to join. As a privately-owned service, he says they don’t get the state funding other departments do. He says this will help address the labor shortage in his field.
Union, Case reach contract agreement, averting strike at Fargo manufacturing plant
May 6, 2024 // The previous six-year contract expired on April 28, but the union and company agreed to extend the contract and continue negotiations. The union was asking for a pay raise, the retention of health care benefits, and job protections. The deal covers nearly 700 union members. Union Business Agent Jeremy Pearson says the contract contains significant improvements over the company’s original offer. Most notably, Pearson said the union will keep its healthcare insurance plan. He said the company had proposed replacing it with a self-insurance program.