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Raising the Bar on Women’s Health and Safety

Most workplaces and safety equipment have been designed to suit male workers. When we take women into account, we make workplaces safer.

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Corporate Criminal Liability 2004-2024

A review of legal cases since the enactment of the Westray amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada.

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Day of Mourning merchandise order form

Day of Mourning is approaching! Don’t forget to order your merchandise.

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Emergency Response Team (ERT)

The ERT offers caring and compassionate support to USW members, families and co-workers dealing with a workplace tragedy.

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New Worker Awareness program

The United Steelworkers is the health and safety union. Many workplace injuries and illnesses happen because a worker is new to a job and unaware of the hazards. Most injuries happen to new workers in their first three months on the job. Help new and young workers by sharing your knowledge and experience.

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The David Ellis Scholarship

Every year in Canada, 30 young workers are killed on the job. Another 40,000 are injured, many of them seriously. 

The David Ellis Scholarship is a health and safety scholarship award available to children and grandchildren of any Steelworker member. Each year, District 3 Director Scott Lunny, District 6 Director Kevon Stewart and District 5 Director Dominic Lemieux are offering three scholarships of $1000 in each Canadian USW district to help selected high school students continue their education at university, college or another educational institution. The David Ellis Scholarship is part of the New Worker Awareness Program. 

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April 28th, National Day of Mourning

Every year on April 28th, the National Day of Mourning, your local unions in regions across Canada honour and remember all workers who have been killed or critically injured while on the job, including workers who have died from an occupational disease.

Day of Mourning Message from the United Steelworkers Canadian Directors 2021 National Day of Mourning Posters
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Health, Safety & the Environment photos

View the Health, Safety & the Environment photo gallery on Flickr.

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Featured resources

Finding good PPE for women

Misc. Resources
October 18, 2024
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Report of the USW Task Force on Increasing Accessibility at Union Events

Booklets & Manuals
April 23, 2024
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Accessibility Checklist for USW Local Union Events

April 18, 2024
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News

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20th Anniversary of Westray Law

March 22, 2024 | Media Releases

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. – Twenty years after the enactment of the Westray Law that holds corporations criminally responsible for workplace deaths and injuries, the struggle continues. At the end of March, 2004, 12 years after the tragic, needless and preventable deaths of 26 miners in the Westray Mine explosion in 1992, important amendments to the […]

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USW expresses concern over Metro Vancouver crane collapses, joins calls for B.C. government to release report on deadly Kelowna incident

February 22, 2024 | Media Releases

The United Steelworkers union (USW) is expressing deep concern regarding the recent crane incidents and the recent crane collapses in Burnaby and Surrey and is joining calls for the B.C. government and WorkSafeBC to release the report from the deadly Kelowna crane collapse in 2021. “These incidents underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive examination […]

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Hygiene facility regulations and requirements by jurisdiction

Policy
December 16, 2024
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A poster portraying the effects of racism and systemic racism on overall health. There are two racialized people wearing their work outfit in the centre of the poster.

The effects of racism and systemic racism on overall health

Misc. Resources
December 3, 2024
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Finding good PPE for women

Misc. Resources
October 18, 2024
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Justice Conference 2024 materials

Booklets & Manuals
September 23, 2024
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Corporate Criminal Liability: 2004-2024

Research & Publications
May 24, 2024
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Report of the USW Task Force on Increasing Accessibility at Union Events

Booklets & Manuals
April 23, 2024
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Accessibility Checklist for USW Local Union Events

April 18, 2024
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Supporting good mental health: Practical steps for USW local unions

Booklets & Manuals
January 15, 2024
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