Our friend and brother Bruce Frost from Local 1-2010 in Thunder Bay suffered a sudden heart attack while attending the United Steelworkers International Convention in Nevada. The heart attack was severe. He was rushed to the hospital and remains in their care. Bruce’s family flew in right away to be by his side. Bruce is […]
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Rouyn-Noranda – The new Steelworkers members working at submersible pump manufacturer Technosub in Rouyn-Noranda have voted 100% in favour of their first collective agreement, an excellent three-year labour contract that meets the satisfaction of all members. “An experienced union group could not have negotiated a better agreement! There is a lot to be proud of […]
USW Local 1944, Unit 60 recently took part in fundraising for the Adopt-A-School program. The program aims to provide food for breakfast and lunch programs at participating schools in B.C. This is the local unit’s fourth year raising funds for the Adopt-A-School program, with Steelworker Corey Mandryk taking the lead in organizing efforts. Previous year’s […]
By Sue BaileyCanadian Press Jim Skinner thought after a 35-year career at the Wabush iron ore mine in Labrador he’d be set for the golden retirement he had earned. He was wrong. U.S.-based Cliffs Natural Resources shut the mine down in 2014, blaming high costs, falling prices and waning global demand. Its operations in Labrador […]
A leader in the heat of the action Apotheke-Frankfurt.com The first woman president of Local Union 6486 at CEZinc in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Manon Castonguay is leading one of the most important battles of her life, along with her union’s 370 members, 18 of whom are women. On strike since February 12 of this year, she and […]
OTTAWA – Parliament must reform trade laws to counter steel dumping by Chinese mills, union and industry executives yesterday told the Commons trade committee. Weak legislation has made Canada vulnerable to shipments from state-owned China producers, officials said. “We have great mills, we have great workforces, we are state of the art,” said Ken Neumann, […]
Canadian delegates to the International SOAR conference in Las Vegas on April 7-8, 2017, will have a full and active role in the proceedings – discussing and voting on all resolutions and setting policy. This conference will see 22 delegates and a number of observers from Canada. At the 2016 Canadian SOAR conference held in […]
The following op-ed column by USW Ontario Director Marty Warren has been published by the Belleville Intelligencer: The lockout of security guards at Belleville’s Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf is a striking example of how Ontario’s Liberal government is not only failing in its promises to help precarious workers, it is directly contributing […]
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Canadian mining companies operate in over 100 countries, extracting oil, gold, diamonds and iron ore that are worth billions of dollars. Of the world’s extractive corporations, 75% are Canadian mining companies. Mining operations are big businesses. There are Canadian companies with budgets bigger than the entire budget of the countries they operate in, creating a […]
USW Local 5319’s Women of Steel and NextGen committees put in a collective effort for Halifax’s Metro Nonprofit Housing Association. Amanda Zakhour of USW Local 5319 had been away on a work assignment and had been staying periodically in hotels since June 2016. But that didn’t stop Amanda from completing her Good Works Project, a […]
Story submitted by Chris Ramsay, USW Local 4610 We collected a large amount of items from the local members, the community and our parent group from the Squad. Our USW Women’s committee has been volunteering at the Bridges Shelter (Cambridge Shelter) on the days they need help. This Christmas, we wanted to get more awareness […]
USW Local 816 members pn Texada Island, B.C. have been locked out by Lafarge since October. The USW Wood Council came together last minute to support fellow Steelworkers during the holidays. Story submitted by Marty Gibbons, USW Local 1-417 below: I talked to the Wood Council locals in B.C. regarding support for our brothers and […]
Big thank you to everyone who has voted so far. If you haven’t voted, please do so! Click here for the details on where and when to vote today and tomorrow. We’ve received questions from your co-workers regarding three big rumours that were being spread. Here are the responses we sent people: Rumour # 1 […]
We’ve been receiving lots of encouraging words from co-workers in the past 24 hours. This person asked us to share their thoughts with everyone. It’s pretty fair to both sides in this vote and we are happy to share it uneditted, uncensored with you. This vote is your choice! Hey Folks, I wanted to […]
Thank you to everyone. We are feeling the strong support these past 24 hours. We have also received some really good and honest questions. Please keep them coming! You deserve the facts before making this important choice. We don’t have the ability like the company to contact everyone with the answers so please feel free […]