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.
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 […]
There are things trade unionists can do to tackle gender-based violence.
This week, more than 19 women from across Ontario gathered at the Steelworkers Hall in Hamilton to participate in the five-day Women of Steel: Developing Leadership course – a program designed to help women gain confidence, strengthen their communication and leadership skills and build solidarity within the labour movement. The course, co-facilitated by Charlotte Damery, […]
