Dear Steelworkers, This holiday season, as I reflect on my pending retirement as USW National Director, I am more proud than ever of our collective efforts to advance workers’ rights and build a better society. Over the last two years, as the pandemic wreaked havoc on countless families across our country, Steelworkers and our progressive […]
Roch Drapeau, a trustee on the Comité des avantages sociaux des Métallos, the Quebec Steelworkers’ benefits fund, demanded improvements in the labour practices of portfolio asset managers at a recent meeting with BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. Drapeau was part of a November meeting of 29 labour-nominated pension fund trustees and trade union representatives […]
TORONTO, – Today the United Steelworkers union (USW) visited a Canadian Tire store in downtown Toronto to deliver a petition addressed to CEO Greg Hicks demanding Mark’s/Canadian Tire pay living wages to workers in its global supply chain. The USW petition capped a month-long action campaign, part of the ongoing Justice for Global Garment Workers […]
HAMILTON – The CFL Players’ Association (CFLPA) along with Athabasca University (AU) and the United Steelworkers union (USW) have together made a commitment to support the Hamilton Minor Football Association skills and development camps that will be hosted again next summer. “Grey Cup week is an opportunity to celebrate Canadian football and encourage more kids […]
Each year on December 10th, the United Steelworkers observe Human Rights Day. The day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations. The recognition of human rights is at the core of Steelworker values and activism. Without a doubt, one of the largest human rights concerns in 2021 […]
Each year on December 10th, the United Steelworkers observe Human Rights Day. The day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations. The recognition of human rights is at the core of Steelworker values and activism. Without a doubt, one of the largest human rights concerns in 2021 […]
TORONTO – On December 6, the Canadian Football League Players’ Association (CFLPA) and the United Steelworkers union (USW) join together to remember the 14 women murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, whose lives were lost in an act of gender-based violence in 1989. Today, the two organizations not only remember their lives, and the lives of […]
TORONTO – In 2021, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $233,750 to 120 food banks and other organizations across Canada. As more and more Canadians return to their pre-pandemic lifestyle and habits, it is easy to forget about the hardship that many are still experiencing. Over the course of the past year, inequalities have continued […]
On December 6, we remember the women murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. And we also renew our calls for better measures to end gender-based violence. Because the killings continue. This year, our union lost one of our own. Nadège Jolicoeur, an activist with Local Union 9400 in District 5, was murdered by her partner in […]
On December 6, we remember the women murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. And we also renew our calls for better measures to end gender-based violence. online pharmacy symbicort no prescription Because the killings continue. This year, our union lost one of our own. Nadège Jolicoeur, an activist with Local Union 9400 in District 5, was […]
Bill 27, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to employment and labour and other matters, doesn’t provide the necessary detail, nor does it appear to contemplate enforcement to a great enough degree that workers can feel assured the promise of the legislation will ever result in actual help in their workplace. The government’s […]
The proposed legislation misses the urgency and magnitude of the changes called for by the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission and the Auditor General. Bill 37 fails to recognize staffing as the most important challenge facing long-term care in Ontario. The USW submits that in order to be effective, Bill 37 needs to incorporate the following […]
The United Steelworkers union (USW) is speaking out against the B.C. government’s decision to remove up to 2.6 million hectares from B.C.’s working forest. The government’s deferral process of up to two years will have an immediate impact on jobs, while the long-term impacts of the permanent removal will be devastating to thousands of workers, […]
BURNABY, B.C. – This week TELUS and its 8,000 unionized United Steelworkers union (USW) members kicked off negotiations to renew the collective agreement. The current contact between the parties expires on Dec. 31, 2021. “The workers are engaged, fired-up and ready to go. They see that TELUS is a multi-billion-dollar telecom giant and are demanding […]
TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2021 – Governments and employers must do more to address the gender pay gap and other employment issues to improve retirement outcomes for women, the United Steelworkers union said today, in light of new report that ranked Canada #13 among OECD countries. Commenting on the latest annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension […]
Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat (CAN-Rac) Canada and Blue Green Canada launched their new joint report, Facing Fossil Fuels’ Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Workers in Canada’s Energy and Labour Transitions. Alarm bells are ringing louder and louder on the need to keep warming to 1.5°C to maintain a livable planet. This means […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is contributing $25,000 in emergency relief for Haiti following the August 14 earthquake and August 16 tropical storm that both affected the southern part of the country. The emergency funding is being provided to Institut culturel Karl Lévesque (ICKL) and Confédération des travailleurs(euses) des secteurs public et privés […]
Indigenous women in Canada today are seven times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be murdered, and three times more likely to be violently or sexually assaulted. It took the federal Liberal government two years to come up with an action plan based on the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing […]