By Paul Bocking, Project Officer – Steelworkers Humanity Fund. Labour activists across Mexico are raising awareness among their coworkers on their rights at work. In 2022, their efforts contributed to a series of union victories at companies including St. Gobain in Morelos, where nearly 2000 employees manufacture car windows, to VU on the US-Mexico border, where […]
The Women’s International Solidarity Program of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is pleased to introduce two new international project partners based in Nepal and Brazil, selected through a recent call for proposals for international development projects and worker-led initiatives supporting women workers. Earlier this year, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund launched a pilot call for proposals […]
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Kanela Villanera is a proud member of USW Local 1-306 (Agropur Dairy Cooperative) in Miramichi, N.B. Kanela Villanera is on a mission for high-quality milk Kanela Villanera has found her niche in the milk industry. The quality control technician at Agropur’s Miramichi plant in New Brunswick finds motivation every day in a maxim: “All you […]
By Jessica Farias, Project Officer – Steelworkers Humanity Fund. In October 2022, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) enabled the participation of international partners from Peru and Mexico to the National USW Women’s Conference in Québec City, providing a unique opportunity for Canadian and International union women to gather, share and learn from each other. Estela Ospina, […]
USW Local 1998’s Staff Appointed Unit at the University of Toronto has ratified its contract with 94.8% voting in favour. The 5,800-person group includes workers who provide administrative and technical support to faculty, students and other members of the university community.
By Guillaume Charbonneau, Executive Director of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. The year 2022 saw a lot of action at the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, following two years marked by pandemic restrictions. Our partners around the world and in Canada were able to resume their in-person activities, often by maintaining virtual components that allowed them to reach […]
The United Steelworkers Communications and Political Action Department is seeking a permanent full-time bilingual legislative assistant in Ottawa, effective immediately. The successful candidate will support the staff of the Ottawa Legislative Office, as well as union staff located other offices as needed. This is an in-office position based in Ottawa. The successful applicant must be […]
Steelworkers and unions across our country can take pride in our many recent achievements as we celebrate Labour Day this year. Building on a resurgence of activism and militancy that arose during the pandemic, our members are demanding, and winning, some of the best collective agreements we’ve seen in generations. In the overwhelming majority of […]
The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is donating a total of $20,000 to provide support in response to the most recent wave of wildfires affecting parts of British Columbia. B.C. is experiencing one of the worst fire seasons on record with more land affected than previous record-breaking years. Thousands of people have been put on evacuation […]
From October 18 – 20, 2023, USW District 3 will be hosting a regional school in Winnipeg at the Union Centre (275 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4M6). We will be offering Bullying & Harassment, Unit Chair Training and Financial Officers training. online pharmacy buy aciphex no insurance with best prices today in the USA We […]
The United Steelworkers Canadian National Office is seeking to hire a full-time Equity Rights Representative. The position will be based in the Union’s Toronto office.The position will be in the Education and Equality Department. In collaboration with the department leader, other staff of the department, and other staff assigned to national equity committees, this staff […]
Golfers and volunteers gathered to participate in the 4th Annual Steelworkers Charity Golf Tournament in support of The Twinkie Foundation.
In 2023, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1998 celebrated 25 years as a chartered Steelworkers local union. There are over 10,000 members who work at the University of Toronto, Victoria University, University of St. Michael’s College and University of Toronto Schools and Local 1998 is one of the union’s largest local unions.
By Donna Hokiro, president, Local 1944, United Steelworkers union By now, many, if not most Canadians are familiar with the ubiquitous ads propagated for so long by telecommunications giant Telus Corp. For more than two decades, Telus has attempted to build a “friendly” corporate brand with a marketing campaign based on videos and images of […]
Show your support for September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Orange Shirt Day – by ordering USW orange T-shirts for your local union. The day honours the Indigenous children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities that were and continue to be […]
During our last International Constitutional Convention in August 2022, delegates passed a resolution to mandate the creation of a Veterans Committee at the local union level. While we recognize that in Canada, not every local union will have veteran members, we want to create space for veteran members to connect and interact with each other […]
MONTREAL / TORONTO / VANCOUVER – After months of speculation, Telus has finally revealed this morning how many jobs it intends to cut, delivering a devastating blow to good jobs, working people and their families and the communities where they live, says the United Steelworkers union (USW). Telus will cut 6,000 jobs, including 4,000 here […]