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Consultations on a Voluntary Supplement to the Canada Pension Plan

September 16, 2015 | Submissions and Letters

The United Steelworkers (USW) is one of the largest industrial unions in Canada with approximately 225,000 members. The USW’s Canadian membership is one part of an international union of over 800,000 members from across North America. We are proud to represent an extremely diverse membership in almost every private sector industry, along with thousands of […]

OECD Complaint Regarding Excellon Resources, Inc.

April 21, 2015 | Submissions and Letters

On May 28, 2012, the USW joined with Local 309 of the National Mining Union of Mining, Metallurgic, and Similar Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSSRM by its initials in Spanish), SNTMMSSRM, the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project (ProDESC by its initials in Spanish), the Canadian Labour Congress and MiningWatch Canada to lodge an […]

Blue Green Canada Amicus Submission to World Trade Organization

April 21, 2015 | Submissions and Letters

Blue Green Canada, with other Canadian NGOs and labour unions, have sent an amicus curiae submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the eve of a second hearing into Japan’s and the European Union’s joint attack on the Ontario Green Energy Act. The groups address Canada’s failure to properly defend Ontario’s actions and call upon the […]

Steelworkers Call on Cambodian Government to Stop Repression of Garment Workers

February 12, 2014 | Submissions and Letters

February 10, 2014 His Excellency Hem Heng, Ambassador Embassy of the Kingdom of Cambodia Washington, D.C., U.S. Respect Workers’ Rights in Cambodia Your Excellency: On behalf of 22 human rights, trade union, student, international development and community organizations from Canada and Québec, we are writing to condemn the violence perpetrated by members of the police […]