Fourteen young trade unionists from Canada, the United States, UK, Mexico and Cuba met in London, UK in late August for the second Global Youth Exchange, organized this year by Workers Uniting. A typical English summer accompanied the event, though the 12 days of rain couldn’t dampen the delegates’ spirits! The activities began in Esher […]
TORONTO, 16 September 2015 – United Steelworkers (USW) members across Canada are helping to support refugees fleeing conflicts in Syria and Burundi. “The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is providing $140,000 in funding to support refugees from Syria and Burundi,” said Ken Neumann, President of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, a charity supported by donations from USW members. […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomes New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair’s plan to defend and create jobs in Canada’s auto sector. “After a lost decade marked by the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, only Tom Mulcair and the New Democrats have a comprehensive plan to support and expand Canada’s auto […]
TORONTO – The Harper Conservatives and Trudeau Liberals must join NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and commit to making federally regulated workplaces safer, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. “There are 1,000 work-related deaths in Canada each year and thousands more workers suffer serious injuries,” said USW National Director Ken Neumann. “Canadians need a government that will […]
TORONTO – The first-ever criminal charge under the Westray Law in Nova Scotia and increased criminal investigations demonstrate the effectiveness of the United Steelworkers’ (USW) national campaign to eliminate workplace deaths. “Our union’s campaign to Stop The Killing, Enforce The Law is gaining support across the country and it’s making a difference,” says USW National […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Labour Day is more than just the last long weekend of the summer. For Steelworkers, Labour Day means celebrating the accomplishments and sacrifices made by all of those workers who preceded us, who struggled for gains for all workers, gains many take for granted today. 100 years ago, 1915, the First […]
TORONTO, MONTREAL, OTTAWA – More than 230 Canadian employees of merged American Airlines-US Airways operations have voted to have the United Steelworkers (USW) as their union. Over 68 per cent of the airline employees who work at airports in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa voted in favour of the Steelworkers union as their official bargaining agent. […]
Now is our chance! Over the long weekend in August, Stephen Harper has called the election. Canadians will go to the polls on Monday, October 19. The media has been feverish for over a week about the possibility of an early election call, and now when we’re supposed to be relaxing with our families and […]
VANCOUVER – The United Steelworkers is calling on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal to maintain duties on illegally dumped and subsidized rebar from China, South Korea and Turkey. “Canada’s basic steel industry employs more than 20,000 Steelworkers in decent middle-class jobs and supports more than 100,000 Canadian jobs indirectly. Removing duties from illegally dumped rebar […]
BURNABY, B.C. – The Telecommunications Workers Union, United Steelworkers National Local 1944 Unit 60, after six months of negotiations and extended bargaining, have reached a tentative agreement with Shaw Cable. “I am pleased our bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with Shaw. I wish to thank the members of Unit 60 for their support […]
Aboriginal Steelworkers from coast to coast came together for the first-ever National Consultation Workshop to build a stronger union movement by sharing ideas, needs and experiences.Held in Winnipeg on July 20 and 21, the conference brought together over 60 participants. Here’s a sneak peek of how the workshop went, in the words of the participants: […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers welcome Thomas Mulcair’s bold move to challenge Stephen Harper’s handling of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “Steelworkers oppose the TPP because it threatens jobs, our economy and our environment,” said Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers (USW) National Director. “Tom Mulcair is once again on our side, standing up to Harper with a bold defence […]
Happy International Women’s Day! March 8 is a day to celebrate the gains women have made toward full equality. Unions like the United Steelworkers are proud of our contribution to those gains, and we are committed to doing more. Because there’s still much more to be done. Women need good jobs. Today more women than […]
TORONTO, 19 February 2015 – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $5,000 to Oxfam Canada to help families and communities recover from flooding in Mozambique. Heavy rains starting in early January in central and northern provinces of Mozambique have caused significant flooding. Over 71,000 families have had their agricultural fields affected, the majority of which […]
TORONTO, 19 February 2015 – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $5,000 to Oxfam Canada to help families and communities recover from flooding in Mozambique. Heavy rains starting in early January in central and northern provinces of Mozambique have caused significant flooding. Over 71,000 families have had their agricultural fields affected, the majority of which […]
But criminal negligence under the so-called Westray provision is “very difficult” to prove when workers killed, experts say By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun When the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch announced earlier this month that no charges would be laid in a deadly sawmill explosion in Burns Lake, the families of the two victims killed in […]
By Karla Thorpe, Director, Leadership and Human Resources Research Belonging to a union may seem like an antiquated notion to many in today’s work environment. And since union membership is not growing as fast as overall employment, union density (the share of unionized workers in the overall workforce) is declining. But the ranks of organized […]
By Douglas Quan, Postmedia News First in a six-part series. Scores of recommendations from coroners’ inquests and fatality inquiries across Canada go ignored or unheeded every year despite their potential to prevent future deaths, a Postmedia News investigation has found. While provincial governments throw money and time into these public probes of sudden or violent […]