Prison sentence for workplace death sends message to all employers: United Steelworkers
Three-year prison sentence in young worker’s death is a message to all Canadian employers.
Three-year prison sentence in young worker’s death is a message to all Canadian employers.
The United Steelworkers Communications and Political Action Department is seeking a permanent full-time bilingual legislative assistant in Ottawa, effective immediately. The successful candidate will support the staff of the Ottawa Legislative Office, as well as union staff located other offices as needed. This is an in-office position based in Ottawa. The successful applicant must be […]
TORONTO – Members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1998’s staff-appointed unit at the University of Toronto have sent a strong message to the university, voting 95.4% in favour of going on strike, if necessary. Members voted to give their elected negotiating committee the right to call for job action, up to and including […]
Steelworkers and unions across our country can take pride in our many recent achievements as we celebrate Labour Day this year. Building on a resurgence of activism and militancy that arose during the pandemic, our members are demanding, and winning, some of the best collective agreements we’ve seen in generations. In the overwhelming majority of […]
The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is donating a total of $20,000 to provide support in response to the most recent wave of wildfires affecting parts of British Columbia. B.C. is experiencing one of the worst fire seasons on record with more land affected than previous record-breaking years. Thousands of people have been put on evacuation […]
Starbucks workers in Ajax, Ont., have voted 'Yes" to join the USW for better pay and better treatment including improved health and safety.
Over 200 unionized ADT Security by Telus workers, who are members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944, are demanding a fair first contract by holding two public awareness actions in Calgary. The USW’s “bat light” projected a clear message last Sunday and Monday night, displaying “Fair wages at ADT now” onto the Telus […]
2023 has been a difficult year for many countries as we wrestle with the devasting impacts of global warming and increasing global temperatures. Heat and extreme weather patterns have distressing consequences for humans, nature, communities, and workers exposed to dangerous conditions. July 2023 has reported some of the hottest days recorded across many places in […]
In 2023, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1998 celebrated 25 years as a chartered Steelworkers local union. There are over 10,000 members who work at the University of Toronto, Victoria University, University of St. Michael’s College and University of Toronto Schools and Local 1998 is one of the union’s largest local unions.
By Donna Hokiro, president, Local 1944, United Steelworkers union By now, many, if not most Canadians are familiar with the ubiquitous ads propagated for so long by telecommunications giant Telus Corp. For more than two decades, Telus has attempted to build a “friendly” corporate brand with a marketing campaign based on videos and images of […]
Show your support for September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Orange Shirt Day – by ordering USW orange T-shirts for your local union. The day honours the Indigenous children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities that were and continue to be […]
MONTREAL / TORONTO / VANCOUVER – After months of speculation, Telus has finally revealed this morning how many jobs it intends to cut, delivering a devastating blow to good jobs, working people and their families and the communities where they live, says the United Steelworkers union (USW). Telus will cut 6,000 jobs, including 4,000 here […]
The third National Gathering of Indigenous Steelworkers drew more than 120 USW members and guests to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in October 2022.
The union has evolved and built on that solid foundation, now representing workers in nearly every industry.
Labour activists from Mexican unions and workers’ rights organizations were in Toronto to speak at the USW National Policy Conference in April.
Pension protection and anti-scab legislation are just two of the recent examples of political action success.
USW District 3 produced an election issue of USW@Work for Alberta members and signed onto an Alberta Federation of Labour email and text program, offering information on how and where to vote.
We work together and we support each other and those around us, so that everybody can be better. We try to support our Indigenous and non-Indigenous members and we try to be the best neighbours we can be.