The USW is committed to promoting a clean, healthy environment, along with good community-supporting jobs today and for the future. We know that both are possible, which is why the union is out front on issues like North American procurement policies that prioritize sourcing from clean local industries, a fair and just transition for workers and their families, using energy and other natural resources more efficiently and reducing carbon.
USW advocates for putting working people at the centre of policies about the climate crisis, working alongside local Indigenous communities and those most affected to create solutions.
The USW is a founding partner of Blue Green Canada and the Blue Green Alliance in the U.S. Blue Green Canada brings together workers and environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a clean, thriving and equitable economy.
Tuesday afternoon, delegates discussed a number of resolutions to continue the USW’s advocacy work in the forestry and industrial sectors, including when it comes to international trade.
Some 450 USW activists attended the 58th Annual Assembly of Quebec Steelworkers from November 23 to 25 in Rivière-du-Loup.
The United Steelworkers union welcomes the news of the new deal by Vale Canada to supply battery-grade nickel sulfate to General Motors (GM) to manufacture electric vehicles. The nickel that Vale will be providing GM will be mined in Canada, from Vale operations in Sudbury, Ont., Voisey’s Bay, N.L. and Thompson, Man., with Steelworkers members.
