The United Steelworkers (USW) has been working closely with workers and communities in Colombia for many years, through relief, development and mutual aid. Our union continues to observe the conditions and challenges in Colombia through regular exchanges and delegations. online pharmacy purchase topamax online generic As a labour organization, the killing of trade unionists and […]
In Ontario, full-time jobs with decent wages, benefits and retirement income are increasingly rare. In their place are too many low-paid, part-time jobs with minimal benefits or retirement income. The USW does not accept this as inevitable. Decisions by successive provincial governments to weaken laws and erode labour rights have not resulted in job creation […]
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 […]
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, with other Canadian NGOs and labour unions, have sent an amicus curiae submission online pharmacy anafranil no prescription 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 […]
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 […]