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Steelworkers! Join the NDP and be part of our political work for a better Canada.
The United Steelworkers is an activist union, fiercely determined and committed to the fight for economic and social justice in Canada and around the world. Steelworkers lead strong advocacy campaigns for safer workplaces, protection for wages and pensions, investing in job creation, better trade laws, social programs and more. We initiate Steelworkers Vote programs to communicate, educate and mobilize our membership.
Steelworkers! Join the NDP and be part of our political work for a better Canada.
The USW is politically engaged, because laws and politics have a big impact on our workplaces and our communities, and together we can be a force for positive change.
Steelworkers are at the forefront of important campaigns affecting all working people, from improved pension security and protecting public health care, to demanding real benefits from foreign takeovers and greater corporate social responsibility.
Decade-long campaign led by the daughter of a deceased uranium miner has led to victory for workers subjected to aluminum dust inhalation “treatments” in their jobs.
“This is a gross injustice for workers who have spent the last two years struggling with the toll that COVID-19 has inflicted on them and on the residents in their care.”
It’s time we did better in Ontario. Voting for better means voting for the Ontario NDP with Andrea Horwath as Premier and voting out the failed government of Doug Ford and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives (PCs).
In our union’s proud history of promoting and supporting equality, Steelworkers celebrate Black History Month each February.
“Promises and pretty words are meaningless if they are not promptly followed by concrete measures to help injured workers and their families.”
Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care (LTC) and home care services face critical and growing staffing crises.
The Occupational Disease Reform Alliance (ODRA), made up of clusters of workers experiencing work-related illnesses, is calling on the Ontario government to fix the broken Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) system.
USW and CFLPA to train members to "Be More Than a Bystander" and stand up against all forms of gender-based violence.
Bob Gallagher
Department Head, Communications & Political Action
416-544-5966