Is your local a contributor to the Family & Community Education Fund (FCEF) but stuck as to what events to host? Feeling too busy to brainstorm a project? We can help!
The FCEF has over 20 project templates on its website – pick the event that best suits the interests of your membership and find event planning tips, resource lists, and more! Visit these templates here.
It’s easy to connect national USW campaigns to your members. Raising the Bar on Women’s Health & Safety is a great initiative to participate in, and helps you get women more involved in your local. Find all the materials you need to give a short presentation on this campaign at usw.ca/RaiseTheBar. FCEF contributors leading Raising the Bar events can easily secure funds to pay for food and swag costs. Reach out to Gabriele, the FCEF Coordinator, for help with drafting your project submission.
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) says the federal government’s response to the U.S.-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum is insufficient to protect Canadian jobs and industry. “Steelworkers are on the front lines of this trade war. Jobs are already being lost and more are at risk every day,” said Marty Warren, USW National […]
June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, is a time when many United Steelworkers (USW) local unions in Canada join in celebrations with the Indigenous people whose traditional territory they live and work on. Our union has great resources to support local unions who want to start – or increase – their efforts to build good […]
SUDBURY – United Steelworkers (USW) Local 6500 in Sudbury is calling for Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to engage in the good-faith negotiations needed to bring an end to a month-long labour dispute with its 3,600 employees and to restore services desperately needed by injured workers and surviving spouses of workers killed on the […]