In our union’s proud history of promoting and supporting equality, Steelworkers celebrate Black History Month each February. During Black History Month, Steelworkers celebrate the accomplishments of Black Canadian people in society, acknowledge the achievements of activists in our union and encourage Steelworkers to continue the struggle for equality. We recognize that despite advances in equality, […]
Apotheke-Frankfurt.com Late last year, the USW launched an important new campaign: Raising the Bar on Women’s Health and Safety. Local union leaders and activists are off to a running start in 2021. Meet Donna Wingrove: she is the Financial Secretary for USW Local 8782 in Nanticoke, Ontario, where she works at Stelco. In advance of International Women’s Day, Wingrove […]
The Family and Community Education Fund (FCEF) wants to fund your next membership engagement event. January 22, 2021, is our next project deadline for initiatives costing more than $5,000! With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, local unions are getting more creative than ever with supporting Steelworkers and their families. Has there been a lay-off in your […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $10,000 to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. buy valtrex online https://www.whittierhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/valtrex.html no prescription Since November, a conflict has been raging between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), in the northern part of the country. A growing humanitarian crisis has […]
It brings our union great sadness to advise that former District 6 Director Harry Hynd passed away on December 29 in Hamilton, with his beloved wife Margaret at his side. Harry was 87 and had been struggling with his health for many years. Harry’s union career began in 1951, in the Scottish coal mines with his […]
The Canadian labour movement has written a joint-letter to the Commissioner of Colombia. Download the PDF Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez CastañedaPresidential Commissioner for Human Rights and International AffairsBogota, Colombia RE: Human Rights situation in Colombia On behalf of over 3 million union members in Canada, we are writing to express our concern about the deteriorating human […]
Registration link to receive information for the Connecting Circles Like the rest of you, I was looking forward to attending the National Gathering for Indigenous Steelworkers, originally scheduled for April 2020 in Toronto. When the pandemic hit, we decided to postpone it for a year. Now, I am sad to say that the continued health […]
Harassment and violence are a serious health and safety issue that have no place in the workplace. We need to do something about it. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has launched a national survey to gauge the severity and measure the response to violence and harassment in Canada’s workplaces. The survey is being conducted by […]
If you haven’t already, please register for our next event in the USW NextGen Committee web series happening tomorrow, when we welcome our panelists: Hamnah Shahid, Jared Ong, Nathan Allen and Maddi Genn. There will be TWO exciting discussions with Steelworkers about how COVID-19 has affected young workers, what changes can be made in order to […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $226,750 to 117 food banks across Canada in 2020. online pharmacy nolvadex online with best prices today in the USA As the country prepares to spend a holiday season marked by COVID-19, an increasing number of Canadian families are facing food insecurity. For many Canadians, the pandemic […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcomes the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that tariffs for some Canadian lumber products are being reduced, but the union maintains that solving the softwood lumber dispute must be made a priority in Canada. “Our 14,000 members working in the forest industry across Canada have suffered […]
While it has been a difficult year for many of us, the NextGen program has always been here to inspire, unite and educate young members of our union. It is for this reason that we are so excited to invite all NextGen Steelworkers to join this exciting series. The USW NextGen Committee is hosting […]
The USW aims to increase members’ families’ engagement in our union, helping them to learn more about USW and the struggles of working people across Canada and around the world. One way we can do this is by offering children’s programming on labour and social justice issues that runs parallel with union meetings and other […]
The USW’s Family & Community Education Fund (FCEF) has launched an important new family care reimbursement program. Now, Steelworkers who belong to local unions that contribute to the fund can apply to be reimbursed for extra child care or family care costs they incur in order to attend authorized union events. We know that many […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada’s largest private-sector unions could be among those with their hands on the helm next year when the time comes to navigate the shoals of Joe Biden’s proposed Buy American rules. The president-elect, a self-proclaimed “blue-collar Joe,” makes no secret of his affinity for organized labour, or of his plan to ensure […]
Please help us better understand the Steelworkers Humanity Fundʼs outreach to USW rank-and-file members by filling out a short multiple-choice survey (about two minutes): By answering before January 4, 2021, you will be eligible for a draw to win a SHF t-shirt! Click here for the survey link. Photo caption: In Guatemala, […]
By John Catto, president, Local 6571 The Gerdau steel plant in Whitby, ON produces and markets steel; mainly in the form of rebar and merchant bar for the construction industry. Local 6571 has about 400 hourly workers and there are approximately 200 management or salaried personnel at the location as well. In 2009, we were […]
The United Steelworkers union in Canada, representing more than 225,000 workers in mining and many other sectors of the economy, are deeply concerned about the brutal violence and repression against the people of Belarus. After more than two months of peaceful protests against a fraudulent election, the illegal detentions, the arrest of thousands of protesters […]