USW District 6 held a three-day NextGen Political Action training in Hamilton from Nov. 27-29, 2017. This course offered USW members who are 35 years old and under a chance to learn with their peers and engage in their union. In an effort to build up our NextGen members, this training’s goal was to create […]
(The following article is by Monte Sonnenberg and published on Simcoe Reformer, titled Stelco workers and company provide $20,000-plus gift to Salvation Army. View the Simcoe Reformer version here.) SIMCOE – This is shaping up to be the best Christmas at the Stelco mill in Nanticoke in a long time. Ten years of adversarial tension […]
I attended the Unite Women’s Week in Eastbourne, U.K., from Nov. 19-24, 2017. The theme of the conference was Building Workers’ Power – Building Women’s Power. Participants attended from England, Scotland and Ireland. They came from numerous industries including warehousing, transit, hospitality, public services and construction. The conference was comprised of workshops, speakers and conference […]
(The following article is by Dale Bass and published on Kamloops This Week. View the KTW version here.) Jordan Lawrence sums up the role Tara Kavanagh plays in his union’s charitable work in one simple sentence: “She makes it happen.” Apotek Copenhagen Denmark Kavanagh, first vice-president of Local 1417 of the United Steel Workers Union, […]
We have the chance to strengthen human rights legislation in Canada. NDP MP Romeo Saganash’s private member’s bill, C-262, would ensure that the laws of Canada are in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The bill comes is currently in its second reading. Members of the USW have been […]
Janice Martell’s father, Jim Hobbs, died last May. He was a McIntyre Powder miner and he had developed neurological problems in retirement including Parkinson’s disease. Between 1942 and 1979, employers required workers to inhale McIntyre Powder (aluminum) in mines and other industries where workers might be exposed to silica dust. The theory, eventually proved false, […]
Protect pensions from corporate theft. Canadians rely on their pensions to retire with dignity. But when big companies fail, they take the money meant for pensions and pay off wealthy CEOs, banks and investors instead. buy https://avicennacardiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lariam.html online https://avicennacardiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lariam.html no prescription pharmacy Steelworker and NDP MP Scott Duvall is calling on the Liberals to fix […]
SASKATOON, Oct. 25, 2017 – The United Steelworkers (USW) commitment to providing a strong voice for taxi workers has taken a significant step forward today with the creation of the District 3 Taxi Workers Council, which will represent taxi drivers and dispatchers across Western Canada. The Council brings together representatives from USW local unions to work together […]
Getting away with murder – book review Sept. 19, 2018 Ron Verzuh reviewed “Hell’s History: The USW’s Fight to Prevent Workplace Deaths and Injuries from the 1992 Westray Mine Disaster Through 2016” by Tom Sandborn. In his review Ron writes: “When it comes to workplace deaths, history keeps repeating itself — and we keep getting […]
On May 9, 1992, a lethal build-up of methane gas led to the explosion of the Westray Coal mine in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The explosion killed all 26 miners working underground and forever scarred the communities of Pictou County. Since that time, family groups and the United Steelworkers union (USW) have worked together to honour […]
By Daniel Nolan No one believed Norm Jamison would win — including Norm Jamison. The Nanticoke steelworker had doubts he could win Norfolk riding for the New Democrats and unseat longtime Liberal incumbent MPP Gord Miller in the 1990 provincial election. He ran unsuccessfully for the NDP against Miller in 1987. But a series of […]
QUEENSLAND, Australia, Oct. 17, 2017 – A delegation of Quebec Steelworkers representing striking employees at the CEZinc refinery in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is in Australia building a solidarity campaign for workers under attack by multinational resource giant Glencore. Farmacia Rome The Quebec delegation, representing members of United Steelworkers Local 6486 who have been on strike at CEZinc […]
Over 50 cities and towns across Canada endorse the Stop The Killing campaign. See letters and motions of support from these municipalities as well as legal associations and labour organizations. Click here to see a map of everyone who has endorsed the Stop The Killing Campaign and to find out if your city or town […]
Here is the text of the resolution city councils are passing Enforce the Westray Amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code WHEREAS it has been more than two decades since the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia and a decade since amendments were made to the Criminal Code of Canada to hold corporations, their directors and executives […]
Kiewit and Two Ex-Managers Face Canada Jobsite Fatality Criminal Trial Sept. 22, 2020, Engineering News Record, by Scott Van Voorhis BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canada appears set to try a rare criminal case against a major company – U.S. contractor Kiewit Corp. – for a workplace fatality stemming from a more than decade-old accident on a remote British […]
Lobby your local town or city to endorse the campaign. If your town or city has not endorsed the USW’s Stop the Killing campaign, we want to help you make that happen. Contact us if you are interested and we can help you approach your city hall with a resolution to support. It is easier […]
Katinniq, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 – Three years after getting their union certified, the Raglan mine security officers, near Katinniq in the far north of Quebec, finally have a new employment contract. Following a rather unusual legal procedure, possible only before a first collective agreement, an arbitrator decided and enacted the terms of their new […]
Steelworkers congratulate Jagmeet Singh as the new federal leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP)! In a letter to Singh on behalf of Steelworkers, USW National Director Ken Neumann expressed excitement about Singh’s leadership and the tremendous energy and enthusiasm the new leader brings to our proud and principled party. “You are arriving at an […]