The local is responsible for:

• Enforcing rights under collective bargaining agreements
• Assisting members in finding employment through its referral service or hiring hall
• Providing apprenticeship and training programs
• Enforcing legal rights, such as those extended to workers under the National Labor Relations Act
• Promoting job safety as guaranteed under OSHA
• Protecting against discrimination in employment by enforcing both contract rights and legal rights such as those found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

Local 1091 is governed by an Executive Board and serves nearly 1,000 members and active retirees and their families across Northern Minnesota and three counties in Western Wisconsin.

Local 1091 represents members in Minnesota in Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Kanabec, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine, and Southern St. Louis counties and in Wisconsin in Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties doing work in the following:   

• Commercial Building
• Highway & Heavy
• Plaster Tenders
• Environmental
• Hazardous Waste Removal
• Landscaping
• Commercial Cleaning
• Gas Distribution
• Mainline Pipelines

Monthly membership meetings are held every third Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Duluth Labor Temple: 2002 London Rd, Duluth, MN 55812.

Essentia Health nearing completion on March 2023. Photo: Duluth News Tribune