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.
Canadian women still take home, on average, 30% less each year than what men earn. We call that shortfall “the gender wage gap.” And it’s even greater if you are a racialized woman (over 35%) or an Aboriginal woman (over 40%). The gender wage gap has been with us a long time! Even now, when […]
Ontario women still take home, on average, 31.5% less each year than what men earn. For women in the Atlantic, they get between 15%-34% less. We call that shortfall “the gender wage gap”. And it’s even greater if you are a racialized woman (over 35%) or an Aboriginal woman (over 40%). The gender wage gap […]
Stand up against hatred! Over the past year, we have seen high-profile examples of hatred and discrimination of women. Top Canadian female political leaders, including Alberta premier Rachel Notley, have spoken out about the hate-filled messages they receive on a daily basis, because they are women who dare to lead. South of the border, for […]
Happy International Women’s Day! 2017 is a special year for District 6 because it is the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Women of Steel program here in this district. Thirty years ago, then District 6 director Leo Gerard understood the political issues of the day and was sensitive to the demands of the […]
