First off, I want to thank all our members and the workers who have been on the front lines of the pandemic. While this year has certainly thrown us all challenges that we couldn’t have expected, I’ve never been more proud of the resiliency and generosity of Steelworkers. Right now, when I think about what […]
The District 6 NextGen Committee is raising money this year for Movember! Every November, a global campaign is launched which encourages people to grow moustaches to raise awareness around prostate and testicular cancer – both of which are some of the leading causes of premature death among men. The NextGen Committee will be selling T-shirts […]
Canadian mine sites have done well to keep employees and communities safe. As September starts and schools and more businesses open back up, safety is on everyone’s minds. Six months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, how are mines in Canada doing at managing the risk of the virus to employees and communities? COVID-19 cases and […]
United Steelworkers Local 9346 Women of Steel have made their annual donation to help prepare local children for school. 90 backpacks filled with school supplies were donated to underprivileged youth in the Elk Valley and the Crowsnest Pass Co-chair Sarah Thompson says the funding for the donation needed to come from their head office as […]
online pharmacy estrace no prescription pharmacy This Labour Day, we’re turning our solidarity online more than ever. We want to hear what solidarity means to USW members across the country. From September 1-7, the USW is running a special social media contest where we want to hear what the word ‘solidarity’ means to you! […]
The United Steelworkers union has signed onto an open letter calling on the federal government to immediately take action to establish a national, universal, single-payer public pharmacare program. August 6, 2020 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of CanadaThe Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of FinanceThe Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health Dear Prime […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused the spotlight on the difficult and dangerous working conditions that health care workers face. From feel-good television ads to the regular banging of pots and pans, health care workers are rightly being thanked. The provincial and federal governments have partnered to provide pandemic bonuses to essential frontline workers. USW District […]
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) was appointed by the federal government over a year ago. However, the CORE lacks the power to compel testimony or the submission of documents and it cannot effectively investigate allegations of human rights abuse linked to Canadian companies’ global operations and supply chains. Now is the time to […]
Jean Gérin-Lajoie, one of the great pioneers of Quebec trade unionism and the first Quebec director of the United Steelworkers to be elected by members, passed away in July at age 92. Gérin-Lajoie served as Steelworkers Quebec Director from 1965 to 1981 and Quebec Federation of Labour Vice-President from 1959 to 1981. His union activism […]
Memo Sent to Ontario School Boards Urges Five-Day ‘Face-to-Face’ Learning Come Fall online pharmacy purchase aciphex online generic Schools across the province are being directed to steer away from online learning and maximize children’s time in the classroom this fall, according to a memo sent to Ontario’s directors of education.
Audra Nixon’s desire to care for the elderly began on her paper route when she was around seven years old. Turning off the flat, rural county road into Maxville Manor and walking into the long-term care facility to drop off the day’s newspaper, young Audra felt like she was home. “I walked into that place […]
Below is text of the open letter USW Ontario Director Marty Warren has written to Toronto Mayor John Tory, Toronto Ward 19 City Councillor Brad Bradford and the Toronto Police Services Board in response to a racist attack that happened to Mark Austin, a member of the United Steelworkers Local 1998, and his partner Candace […]
Let’s talk, respectfully buy chloroquine online https://www.lifespringhealthsystems.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/chloroquine.html Our union was founded in 1942 with a sacred principle that still guides us today: all are welcome. The more voices, the better! The more of us that stick together, the stronger we are. With that being said, we wanted to remind everyone of our official USW comment policy for our Facebook, Instagram, […]
In May, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund has contributed close to $38,000 to five organizations to address the emergency needs of workers and communities to help overcome some of the most-pressing challenges of the COVID-19 around the world. In Peru, the SHF partnered with Asociación Quisca to provide resources to community radio station Radio Ucamara. Funds […]
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) has been extended by eight weeks, from 16 to 24 weeks. The federal government has announced the extension of the CERB for workers who: stopped working due to COVID-19 or are eligible for Employment Insurance regular or sickness benefits or have exhausted their Employment Insurance regular benefits or Employment […]
CROFTON, B.C. – United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 and Mosaic Forest Management have reached agreements-in-principle that will bring increased collaboration, flexibility and certainty for workers and the company across its South Island and Northwest Bay operations. Farmacia Sevilla España The agreements-in-principle include unionization of Mosaic’s two shipping facilities at the South Island Logistics Facility in Crofton […]
“The latest court ruling condemning ‘draconian’ violations of Canadians’ constitutional rights and freedoms must finally signal the end of government attacks on workers’ collective bargaining rights everywhere in our country,” says Ken Neumann, National Director of the United Steelworkers (USW) union. “Over many years, our nation’s courts – including the Supreme Court of Canada – […]
Below is text of the open letter USW Ontario Director Marty Warren has written to Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones. Dear Solicitor General Jones, I am writing to you to urge you to take action and ensure fairness for a group of workers who are on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight in Ontario: […]