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The United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944 is expressing concern over the ongoing payroll debacle at Telus, reflecting collective distress and frustration over the company’s recent implementation of a new payroll system. USW Local 1944 asserts that Telus has betrayed its workforce by subjecting them to eight weeks of widespread pay chaos, reminiscent of the […]
The year of 2023 marked an end to 18 years of service for Doug Olthuis as Department Leader of the Global Affairs Department and Executive Director of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. Doug was the third and the longest serving director of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. His visionary leadership, strategic thinking, and unique expertise paved the […]
SHERBROOKE, Que. – A massive expansion of the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has further exposed the need for greater rights for exploited workers, members of the Syndicat des Métallos/United Steelworkers union (USW) from across Quebec are asserting on the final day of their 59th Annual Assembly. The explosion in temporary foreign worker recruitment […]
Congratulations to all USW scholarship winners for this school year! Scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 school year will open in the new year – please stay tuned. USW Indigenous Scholarships 2023 District 3 District 6 USW Post-Secondary Scholarships 2023 District 3 District 5 (Quebec) District 6 National Locals
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is looking forward to the potential passing of legislation tabled in the Ontario legislature by the New Democratic Party to ban the use of replacement workers during labour disputes in the province. Ontario Members of Parliament are voting on the bill today. USW Ontario Director Myles Sullivan said […]
Hudson’s activism and ability to increase awareness and understanding among her co-workers has been a defining moment in solidarity-building in her union and workplace
At the 17th biennial convention of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) on Tuesday, educational assistant Laura Walton, grocery store clerk Ahmad Gaied, and community worker Jackie Taylor were elected to be the next executive officers of Canada’s largest labour federation starting January 1, 2024.
Nearly 300 locked-out Rogers Communications workers, members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944, Unit 60, will be heading back to work on Wednesday after voting to ratify their new collective agreement. A tentative agreement was reached on Friday and voted on last night with 96% in favour of ratification. On Nov 6, the […]
SHERBROOKE, Que. – The growth in precarious employment and a huge expansion of the federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) are at the top of the agenda for 500 members of the United Steelworkers union (Syndicat des Métallos) from across Quebec who are gathering this week in Sherbrooke for their 59th annual conference. The three-day […]
Read below the Time Magazine’s short interview with Roxanne Brown, the United Steelworkers’ International vice president at large. Roxanne Brown is the international vice president at large for the United Steelworkers, the U.S.’s largest industrial workers union. She was instrumental in bringing the concerns of skilled labor into the process of crafting and passing the Inflation […]
Partners at the Fairway Plaza Starbucks location in Kitchener, Ont., are the newest employees to vote yes to joining the United Steelworkers union
Frédérique Martineau, a dedicated Starbucks partner and shift supervisor for almost five years, was fired due to her outspoken support for unionization among Starbucks workers, according to Starbucks management. Martineau, who had recently been transferred to the 16th and MacDonald Street store after the closure of the unionized Dunbar Starbucks, expressed her disappointment and sense […]
On behalf of four local unions of the United Steelworkers union (USW), representing over 4,000 Teck employees in British Columbia, USW Western Canada Director Scott Lunny reserved the union’s support for the proposed sale of Teck’s steelmaking coal operations (Elk Valley Resources) to Glencore plc, a Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company. “While we […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is donating $10,000 to Oxfam Canada to support civilians in Gaza who are currently at risk of starvation and lack medical assistance, in what Oxfam has described as a humanitarian catastrophe. “Amid the crisis unfolding, it is critical that we support the hundreds of thousands of civilians […]
USW staff representative Carla Thibodeau is this year’s recipient of the Women in Leadership Award, given by the New Brunswick Federation of Labour (NBFL).
275 workers working at Leggett & Platt Canada have voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union. The vote took place over a 48-hour period and concluded yesterday, sealing the overwhelming win for workers.
Union ready to fight to improve bill and make it law – November 9, 2023 OTTAWA – The new federal anti-scab legislation marks another victory for workers coming out of the New Democrats’ supply and confidence agreement with the government. Banning the use of replacement workers in the event of a strike or lockout has […]