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.
To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Women of Steel in District 6, the D6 Women’s Committee is making a quilt. We are asking women/women’s committees across the District to submit a quilt block. Each block should be reflective of the women in your area and showcase the talents of Sisters of Steel. Challenge your women’s […]
USW Local 7913 Women of Steel Kayla Merke and Alecia McLeod were invited to YWCA Brandon’s Power of Being a Girl Conference. The all-day conference hosts young women in Grade 6-8 and is designed to empower young women. Workshops focus on topics such as “self-esteem, healthy relationships, dating, discrimination, body image, sexual health, bullying and […]
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a chance for us to learn about, celebrate and remember the women who have made a difference in our union, our community, province and country. Women’s History Month has been celebrated in October in Canada since 1992 after a group of women from British Columbia campaigned for greater […]
October 5, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – At the October 4th Sisters In Spirit vigils throughout the country, we heard family members describe their disappointment and concern about the delays in starting the National Inquiry. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) would also like to express our disappointment and frustration with the lack of substantial progress in […]
