More than 1,000 Women of Steel converged on University Avenue in downtown Toronto for the Ontario Day of Action for Workers’ Rights. Delegates marched over from the National/International Women’s Conference waving USW and Women of Steel flags while chanting “Hands Off!” and “Fight Back!” The women joined hundreds of others calling for fairness for workers […]
We asked some of our most stellar sisters who are attending the 2018 International Women’s Conference in Toronto, Ontario, some questions about being an activist and more. Check out some of their bios below. DISTRICT 1 Name: Nicole Perry Local #: 979 Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Employer: ArcelorMittel Job title: Service Tech in quality department Is this your first WOS conference? […]
We asked some of our most stellar sisters who are attending the 2018 International Women’s Conference in Toronto, Ontario, some questions about being an activist and more. Check out some of their bios below. DISTRICT 7 Name: Phyllis Davis Local #: 166M Employer/Job Title: Lead shop steward, Local166M at Ardagh Is this your first WOS conference? If not, […]
The 2018 USW Women of Steel (WOS) Conference in Toronto, Ontario, was called to order on Monday, Oct. 15, with a short ceremony conducted by Valarie King honoring the traditional territories of Canada’s local Indigenous tribes. After a Sister carried sage throughout the ballroom to cleanse the space of mental and spiritual impurities, King performed […]
The following opinion column by Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers National Director for Canada, has been published in the Globe and Mail. Lost in the debate on the Canadian government’s many concessions in the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement – “Canada gave very graciously,” as U.S. President Donald Trump’s economics adviser gloated – are disturbing provisions allowing […]
Thousands of Canadians are pressing the federal government to ban “conversion therapy,” the controversial practice of counselling LGBT youth to become straight. An online petition that will be presented in the House of Commons, signed by more than 2,500 people so far, urges the Liberals to outlaw the act of coercing or counselling minors to change their sexual orientation […]
Mayson became a Steelworker seven years ago when he was hired at Leggett and Platt Automotive in London, Ontario. He serves as a trustee with Local 2699 and also serves on the Southwest Area Council Human Rights Committee, as well as the District 6 Human Rights Committee. Three and a half years ago, he began […]
In mid-August, the Canadian government announced consultations on the possible imposition of steel ‘safeguards’ on a number of products coming into Canada. A welcome but minor step in the battle to protect the Canadian steel industry, communities and jobs. For years, Steelworkers on both sides of the U.S. border have decried and battled the harmful […]
After years of relentless activism led by Steelworkers, landmark labour law reforms have been passed to prohibit employers from imposing two-tier pension and benefit plans in Quebec workplaces. The new legislation, passed in June, bans two-tier plans intended to impose substandard pensions and benefits on new hires and young workers, compared to existing employees. Legislation […]
Steelworker Jim Kmit has a special relationship with his granddaughter, 18-year-old university student Marisa. The grandfather and granddaughter duo spend a lot of time at Jim’s camp on Nepewassi. Over four years ago, the family learned that Marisa had a brain tumour. Marisa, with her grandfather Jim by her side, faced the ordeal with such […]
Charlene Clarke, the new local 13173 president at Cameco’s Port Hope Conversion Facility in Ontario Canada, was one of the first women to take the Women of Steel instructor training class over 18 years ago. “I realized I didn’t have to be one of the guys to get things done; I could be me,” she […]
Canada needs to stand its ground in its ongoing tariff fight with the United States, witnesses from steel companies, manufacturers and the steelworkers union warned MPs Tuesday as President Donald Trump continued to hint there could be more hurt to come. A parade of expert witnesses at a special meeting of the House of Commons […]
Please join Steelworkers in Quebec in supporting the domestic workers’ rights campaign by the Centre for International Worker Solidarity (Centre international de solidarité ouvrière – CISO). It’s time for Canada to ratify the 2011 International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention. “Domestic work continues to be undervalued and invisible and is mainly carried out by […]
TO: USW District 3 Local Union Presidents and Recording/Financial Secretaries Dear Sisters and Brothers: Our Unity. Our Strength: 2018 USW District 3 Conference, October 30 to Nov 1 – Kamloops, BC USW District 3 will be holding its 2018 District Conference from October 30 to November 1, at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre […]
Watch this Radio-Canada documentary on the Sears bankruptcy, featuring an interview with Steelworker and NDP MP Scott Duvall on the theft of workers’ hard-earned pensions in corporate bankruptcies. This is the story of corporate greed, legalized pension theft and a series of federal governments that allow it. Apotek Copenhagen online pharmacy buy keflex online no […]
“There is absolutely no justification for these tariffs. It’s got nothing to do with our steel and aluminum being a threat. This is President Trump’s way of retaliation because he didn’t get the NAFTA agreement that he wanted.” USW National Director Ken Neumann appears on RadioLabour to discuss the Trump administration’s “wrongheaded” imposition of tariffs […]
The following op-ed column by USW National Director Ken Neumann was published by the Huffington Post: Recent reports suggest that after eight months of deadlock, NAFTA negotiators have begun to make progress on reaching a deal in principle. Although there are numerous reasons for the recent turnaround, arguably one of the most pressing is the […]