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.
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!
Bargaining language and other tools to take action against domestic violence, harassment and other forms of violence.
At 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.
Long-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.
Not surprisingly, child-care services were often closed during the first year of the pandemic. A 2021 survey of Steelworkers by the USW National Women’s Committee shows that mothers, more often than fathers, added those child-care duties to their workload, while still doing their paid jobs. Not all parents are women, but women bear a disproportionate […]
Statement from Myles Sullivan, USW District 6 Director Dear Steelworkers, Today I would like to share thoughts of optimism, gratitude and tremendous pride in our great union. At an installation ceremony this morning for United Steelworkers’ international officers in Pittsburgh, I was sworn in as Director of USW District 6 and officially became a member […]
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 […]
On February 7, 2022, 40 members of USW Local 9211-14 rallied in the streets of Alexandria, Ontario, to demonstrate their frustration and disappointment with the concessions tabled by their employer, The Palace Alexandria, a Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility and Retirement Home, in their latest round of bargaining. Although Local 9211-14 members are essential workers and […]
