Local mining contest reconvenes in Manitoba with support from FCEF
USW Local 6166 hosts the annual King Miner Competition, where contestants compete in 11 above-ground timed skilled elements.
USW Local 6166 hosts the annual King Miner Competition, where contestants compete in 11 above-ground timed skilled elements.
USW Local 6285 members, who work at the Tacora Resources mine in Wabush, N.L., have a new five-year contract with several improvements in working conditions.
I would like to share two things our district is doing to support veterans in our union: the District 3 Veterans of Steel (VoS) network and Local Union VoS Committee. The VoS network is expanding on previous efforts to give past and currently serving members of the allied forces an opportunity to engage with other […]
The union reached a historic agreement with the university which brought in pay equity adjustments for some female-dominant job classes.
*** FOR DISTRICT 3 MEMBERS IN THE MINING SECTOR *** Member organizers have the opportunity to engage with non-unionized workers and help them build their own union. USW members are the best messengers for what it means to join the USW, how our union works, and what it’s like to work in a USW-represented workplace. […]
As we gather with loved ones, let’s reflect on how our union solidarity has helped us in 2022.
USW Local 2021 members in Kitchener beat back concessions and negotiate improvements including 9.5% wage increases.
USW Local 8614-08 members in Guelph reach three-year contract with 10% wage hikes and improved benefits and conditions.
The USW’s organizing has been attracting workers in industries ranging from manufacturing to coffee shops, who have taken the step to unionize. These new members are not only benefitting from the union’s solidarity, they’re also making the USW’s collective power even stronger.
Standing strong to demand long-overdue, significant improvements to their working conditions, Steelworkers across the country are achieving some of the best collective agreements in a generation.
“Life-changing.” “Heartbreaking.” “Courageous.” These are some of the takeaways for USW members who visited Dhaka in Bangladesh last July, with the Steelworkers Humanity Fund.
USW airport security screeners in every district of the union have mobilized in solidarity to strengthen their collective bargaining demands for greater respect and improved working conditions.
The USW delegation strongly advocated for comprehensive measures and investments from governments to protect the caribou while developing value-added wood processing facilities to support sustainable forestry jobs.
From Starbucks coffee shops, to university campuses, to heavy industry, workers in all sectors of the economy are joining the Steelworkers, exemplifying the motto that the USW is indeed Everybody’s Union.
USW Local 665 in Terrace Bay, Ont., have ratified a new four-year contract, retroactive to May 1, 2022. The 270 Steelworkers work at AV Terrace Bay, where they manufacture Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp (NBSK)
In early October, more than 120 Steelworkers, staff and guests met in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. for the third National Gathering of Indigenous Steelworkers.
To: USW Manitoba Local Unions and Staff Sisters, brothers & friends, We are scheduling regular meetings of the Manitoba local union leaderships beginning in 2023. Previously, the District would hold irregular Presidents’ Meetings. These meetings were useful for locals, staff representatives and staff from the D3 office to get together and discuss issues in the […]
“Workers used their collective power and solidarity to take on bullies like Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce and won,” said Myles Sullivan, District 6 Director.