The USW has strengthened the nation and its economy for decades and is in the process of doing it again through the work of its members, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the union’s convention delegates on Wednesday. “USW steel built our nation, and USW organizing built our middle class,” Harris said. “You created prosperity […]
Delegates to the 2022 Constitutional Convention redoubled the USW’s commitment to organizing Tuesday, passing resolutions to fuel union drives across broad swaths of the economy and raise the USW’s profile as a “growing, progressive union” that “helps people change their lives by unionizing.” “People want more power. They want more of a voice. They want […]
International President Tom Conway opened the USW’s 2022 Constitutional Convention on Monday, Aug. 8, with an address that celebrated the union’s victories and recommitted the USW to leading the fight for better lives for workers in the coming years. “We make things. We help people. We are the backbone of this economy,” Conway told the […]
TORONTO – Nearly 3,000 members and allies of the United Steelworkers union (USW) from across Canada, the United States and the Caribbean will meet for the USW International Constitutional Convention next week in Las Vegas to chart the future of North America’s largest industrial union. More than 2,300 elected delegates, 600 observers, international officers and […]
Following a one-year contract rollover due to the COVID-19 pandemic, administrative and student services staff at the University of Toronto Schools (UTS), members of USW Local 1998, have ratified a new two-year contract, retroactive to July 1, 2021. In addition to wage gains, the collective agreement for the 28-member unit includes an exciting new wage […]
NANTICOKE, Ont. – A third group of workers at steelmaker Stelco Inc. has filed for conciliation and scheduled a strike mandate vote as a result of the slow pace of negotiations for a new collective agreement. Approximately 100 members of United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 8782-03 will hold a strike mandate vote Wednesday, July 13, […]
Members of USW Local 6946-19 at Pastway Planing and Wood Preserving have a new collective agreement that delivers wage increases of 7.5% over three years plus $1,500 in bonuses in the first two years. The agreement was ratified early in 2022 by a strong majority of the 53 workers who create quality pressure treated lumber […]
The quality work of high-skilled USW members has helped manufacturer BWXT Canada secure a $130-million long-term contract that will sustain hundreds of good jobs at the company’s Cambridge, Ont., operations for many years to come. “This contract represents nearly a decade of high-skilled jobs for our members, and I am confident in their ability to […]
Genpak workers in Brampton, Ont., have ratified a new collective agreement that secures key benefits on multiple fronts and annual wage increases. Members of USW Local 9042 approved the new deal by a vote of 100%, earlier this year. The 54 members of Local 9042 work in the manufacturing sector producing food packaging materials. Wage […]
As a trade union, the USW cares about all workers’ health and safety, human rights and economic security. The right to make decisions about one’s own body is fundamental to those priorities. In the days following the U.S. Supreme Court decision on access to abortion, our union in Canada reaffirms its support of reproductive freedom […]
WOODSTOCK, Ont. – Employees at the Timberland Equipment manufacturing plant in Woodstock, members of the United Steelworkers union (USW), are on strike to resist the company’s attacks on their retirement security. “There is no justification for this company’s demand to unilaterally weaken the retirement security of its employees,” said Myles Sullivan, USW Ontario Director. “There […]
NANTICOKE, Ont. – Negotiations for a new collective agreement at Stelco in Nanticoke, Ont., have stalled, says Randy Graham, President of the United Steelworkers union, Local 8782. The union filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), on June 22, 2022, requesting a conciliator. Members of the union will take part in a strike authorization vote […]
NANTICOKE, Ont. – Negotiations for a new collective agreement at Stelco in Nanticoke, Ont., have stalled, says Randy Graham, President of the United Steelworkers union, Local 8782. The union filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), on June 22, 2022, requesting a conciliator. Members of the union will take part in a strike authorization vote […]
During the Ontario election campaign, a grinning, glad-handing Doug Ford sought every photo op he could with workers, claiming he was on their side. It was all a sham, of course, with the Ford government already demonstrating a callous indifference to workers and families who need them most – those grieving outrageous, preventable workplace deaths. […]
OTTAWA – Beginning Monday, June 20, security screening officers at 42 airports across Canada will be wearing street clothes on the job to draw attention to longstanding concerns over substandard pay, working conditions and disrespect from the federal government. WHO: Airport security screening officers, members of the United Steelworkers WHAT: “Casual Monday,” with security officers […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $25,000 to humanitarian efforts to face the extreme hunger crisis affecting Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan. online pharmacy order ventolin no prescription with best prices today in the USA The Horn of Africa faces unprecedent drought episodes, acute hunger linked to conflict, COVID-19, the climate crisis […]
June 7, 2022 The Honourable Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development 14th Floor, 400 University Ave. Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Via email: monte.mcnaughtonco@pc.ola.org RE: Three fatalities at National Steel Car in Hamilton – Immediate Action Required Dear Hon. Minister McNaughton, I am writing you with an issue that is of grave and immediate concern: […]
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