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Solidarity rally for Telus call centre workers fighting forced relocation
Members of the labour movement will attend a July 27 rally to support USW Local 1944, employees of Telus, in their struggle against office closures.
In our union’s proud history of promoting and supporting equality, Steelworkers celebrate Black History Month each February. We acknowledge the accomplishments of Black Canadians in society, recognize the achievements of activists in our union, and, encourage Steelworkers to continue the struggle for equality. We also know that despite advances in equality, racism has played a significant part in our national experience. This experience has led to discrimination against Black immigrants and Canadians in our workplaces.
Black and racialized Steelworkers of all backgrounds are also part of a larger community of equality-seeking groups. To promote equality for all racialized Steelworkers, the union created the USW National Anti-Racism Working Group (NARWG) in 2021. Drawn from membership and staff selected by each district, the NARWG was created to help the union develop initiatives against racism in all its forms. The NARWG will be provided its first plenary session at the upcoming National Policy Conference in April this year. We look forward to hearing about its activities in 2022 to combat racism and anti-black racism in the union, our workplaces and our communities.
Combatting racism and anti-black racism is not an effort solely for racialized Steelworkers. Action as a whole union must include non-racialized allies. To build solidarity across local leadership and membership, we urge you to:
The principles of equality are essential to Steelworker solidarity in our workplaces, and social justice in our communities. We ask all Steelworkers to join us in celebrating Black History Month this February. Beyond that, we urge you to continue the fight for equality, always.
In solidarity,
Marty Warren
National Director for Canada
Scott Lunny
USW District 3 Director
Dominic Lemieux
USW District 5 Director
Myles Sullivan
USW District 6 Director
Members of the labour movement will attend a July 27 rally to support USW Local 1944, employees of Telus, in their struggle against office closures.
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The United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944 has launched a nationwide campaign calling on the public to support Canadian call centre workers who are losing their jobs with TELUS. You are encouraged to tell your representatives in Ottawa that it is time to stand up for Canadian call centre workers, our communities and our local […]