The voting begins tomorrow. So you know what you have to do now: get out and vote! buy premarin online https://communityhealthconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/premarin.html no prescription pharmacy Unions offer workers a solution: a strong, unified voice, working together for a common goal. By voting YES you will join over 5,000 other Canadian USW Vale workers who know the […]
There was a motion passed in our November membership meeting to throw a Christmas party for our kids. We called it the “Kids of Steel.” We delegated a few members to organize this event for the kids. We turned the board room into the activity room where the kids put puzzles together, decorated their own […]
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It is with pride that the Canadian SOAR executive voted to award the 2016 Lynn Williams Award for Service to Lena Sutton President of SOAR chapter 10, in Hamilton Ontario. Lena, a longtime activist in SOAR and retiree organizations in Hamilton and the province of Ontario. Having served on the executives of the Hamilton, Burlington, […]
Steelworkers know that workers deserve better. We have always fought for workers first, ahead of corporations. When companies go bankrupt, it’s the workers who lose out. Not only are workers at risk of losing their livelihoods, money set aside for future pensions and retirement benefits are too often redistributed to shareholders and creditors ahead of […]
HAMILTON – The Hamilton Steelworkers Area Council held its annual holiday luncheon today as a way of saying thank you and to spread Christmas cheer. online pharmacy buy cialis-soft online no prescription The Hamilton Steelworkers Area Council and its local unions presented cheques to its many community partners serving the Hamilton/Burlington, Brantford, Simcoe and Fort […]
On Tues., Dec. 6, 132 scarves will hang from trees, benches and display boards at all three University of Toronto (U of T) campuses to recognize the importance of Bill 132. The scarf installation, called STEELwool, is a visual display against workplace violence. STEELwool is a project of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1998 Human […]
On Dec. 5, 2016, the United Steelworkers District 6, USW Locals 2251, 2724 and 9548 presented cheques to the Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen and St. Vincent’s Place. On behalf of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, Joe Krmpotich presented $4,000 to Ron Simm, General Manager, at the Soup Kitchen and $1,000 to Nat Chicarello, General Manager […]
TORONTO, 7 December 2016 – Verbally abusive customers are a serious risk to the mental and physical health of call centre employees and it’s time for employers to provide them with better protection, according to the United Steelworkers (USW), which represents approximately 10,000 call centre workers in Canada. The USW has launched a national campaign with a website and online […]
“I can’t work if I can’t breathe,” writes Mark Brown in the Summer 2016 edition of Our Times. Those words are central to Brown’s argument that the Canadian labour movement must support the Black Lives Matter movement. His call to action couldn’t be any more urgent. “Mass Incarceration — Modern Day Slavery,” a workshop held by the […]
December 2, 2016 Via email: premier@ontario.ca; kwynne.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org The Honourable Kathleen Wynne,Premier Government of OntarioLegislative Building. Queen’s ParkToronto ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Wynne: Re: Bill 70, Building Ontario Up for Everyone Act (Budget Measures) I am writing to express to you in the strongest of terms possible our union’s opposition to schedules 16 and 17 […]
To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Women of Steel in District 6, the D6 Women’s Committee is making a quilt. We are asking women/women’s committees across the District to submit a quilt block. Each block should be reflective of the women in your area and showcase the talents of Sisters of Steel. Challenge your women’s […]
Dear Comrades, During this Holiday Season, our thoughts turn to our families and friends as we begin to think about spending some much-needed quality time with our loved ones. online pharmacy buy tobradex online with best prices today in the USA Additionally, we think of others who are less fortunate in our communities and around […]
Taxi drivers in several Quebec cities staged strikes and traffic slowdowns in October to protest the Liberal government’s backroom deal with Uber to create a two-tier system allowing Uber and its drivers to skirt industry rules and regulations. “We have the taxi industry that needs to work with all these regulations,” said Benoit Jugand of […]
Jeff Bromley had a tough time watching two videos included in the National Women’s Committee’s anti-violence presentation. “It’s hard stuff to watch,” said Jeff, Financial Secretary for Local 1-405, based in Cranbrook, B.C. Along with First Vice-President Doug Wood, Jeff stepped into the local’s boardroom while Women’s Committee co-chair Veronica Tanner was rehearsing her delivery […]
Canada’s unions are organizing against Bill C-27 a new piece of federal legislation that enables Crown corporations and federal private-sector employers to back out of defined-benefit pension commitments. “This bill was announced without consultation or advance notice, though it directly contradicts election promises to stabilize and improve retirement security,” said CLC President Hassan Yussuff, who wrote […]
John Alma was in Toronto when he got the distressing text message from his wife back home in Fort McMurray. His family was being evacuated as a massive wildfire encroached on their neighbourhood. John tells the story of his family’s harrowing escape from the fire as if he had been there with them. Here and […]
Despite promising “real change” more than a year ago, the federal Liberals are moving forward with the previous government’s secret trade deals that will kill tens of thousands of middle-class jobs. The Liberals are using public “consultations” to actively promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement that threatens 60,000 good Canadian jobs, will harm the […]