The Women of Steel program gives women in our union the tools and skills we need to fight for and achieve equality and take leadership roles in our workplaces and in the USW.
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Steelworkers pride ourselves on being the health and safety union. Women of Steel are pointing to hazards and health issues they face as women workers. Let’s make women’s health and safety issues a priority for action!
Learn moreBargaining language and other tools to take action against domestic violence, harassment and other forms of violence.
Learn moreAt the largest ever International/ National Women’s Conference in Toronto in 2018, women from right across the union came together to build a bold plan of action to help guide our union and our activism at work and in our communities.
Learn moreLong-time government policies and deeply rooted social beliefs have put Canada’s Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit/LGBTQ+ people at greater risk of violence. USW helped in the call for a National inquiry, because an injury to one is an injury to all, and because Steelworkers and our family members are among the missing and murdered.
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More than 850 activists from across Canada and the United States gathered in Toronto for the United Steelworkers National and International Women of Steel Conference – a space defined by learning, solidarity and a renewed commitment to building power across the labour movement. From the moment delegates arrived, the energy was clear: this was more […]
TORONTO, March 31, 2026 – Marty Warren, United Steelworkers (USW) National Director for Canada, issued the following statement today on the death of Stephen Lewis: The United Steelworkers and our members across Canada mourn the loss of Stephen Lewis, one of the greatest friends our union has known. We offer our deepest sympathies to Stephen’s […]
TORONTO, March 29, 2026 – More than 700 United Steelworkers (USW) activists from across Canada and the United States are in Toronto this week to attend the union’s triennial International Women’s Conference. Under the theme Women of Steel – Education for a New Era, the four-day conference opens tomorrow, March 30, at 10 a.m., at […]
Members, retirees and labour leaders gathered to honour the life and legacy of Leo W. Gerard, whose leadership helped shaped the United Steelworkers and strengthen the labour movement across North America. Before becoming International President, Gerard served as District 6 Director, where he worked closely with members across Ontario and Atlantic Canada. Rising from the […]
