The District 6 NextGen Committee is raising money this year for Movember! Every November, a global campaign is launched which encourages people to grow moustaches to raise awareness around prostate and testicular cancer – both of which are some of the leading causes of premature death among men. The NextGen Committee will be selling T-shirts […]
Canadian mine sites have done well to keep employees and communities safe. As September starts and schools and more businesses open back up, safety is on everyone’s minds. Six months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, how are mines in Canada doing at managing the risk of the virus to employees and communities? COVID-19 cases and […]
online pharmacy estrace no prescription pharmacy This Labour Day, we’re turning our solidarity online more than ever. We want to hear what solidarity means to USW members across the country. From September 1-7, the USW is running a special social media contest where we want to hear what the word ‘solidarity’ means to you! […]
HAMILTON, 27 August 2020 – Operation BackPack, which began eight years ago as a modest effort to support a few Hamilton families, has grown into a major initiative that will help 1,272 kids returning to school this year. The success of Operation BackPack 2020 will be on display Friday morning at St. Matthew’s House, 414 […]
VANCOUVER – The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcomes the latest decision in Canada’s favour from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the long-standing U.S. softwood lumber dispute. “Now is the time to settle a dispute that has denied fair access to the U.S. market,” said Jeff Bromley, Chair of the USW Wood Council, representing 14,000 […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) union is denouncing millions of taxpayers’ dollars being provided to private long-term care operators that are in turn paying millions in shareholder dividends, while vulnerable residents and front-line workers remain at risk from COVID-19. “The death toll among seniors in Ontario’s long-term care homes has surpassed 1,800 and necessary […]
CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. – Part-time firefighters employed by Champlain Township in eastern Ontario have voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union to improve their working conditions. Following a secret-ballot vote supervised by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, approximately 50 volunteer firefighters, based out of the township’s two fire stations in L’Orignal and Vankleek Hill, […]
VICTORIA – Workers at a Starbucks drive-thru in Victoria, B.C., have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union, because they believe the best way to protect their health and safety on the job is through a union. “We’re sick of being paid minimum wage to work for a multi-billion-dollar company, being understaffed during a […]
TRENTON, Ont. – Employees of the Seasons Dufferin Centre retirement home in Trenton have voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union to improve their working conditions. The retirement home employees have officially become USW members after holding a secret-ballot vote supervised by the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Seasons Dufferin Centre is a for-profit retirement […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is contributing $5,000 in emergency relief to support the people affected by the massive explosions that have occurred in the Port of Beirut. The blast, linked to 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in an abandoned ship without proper safety measures, was felt as far […]
TORONTO – Over the month of July, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) contributed $42,800 to organizations in Colombia, Peru, Madagascar, Guatemala and Palestine to address the needs of communities impacted by the effects of coronavirus on local economies. Around the world, COVID mobility restrictions and lockdowns have created unwanted consequences, especially in impoverished and vulnerable […]
The United Steelworkers union has signed onto an open letter calling on the federal government to immediately take action to establish a national, universal, single-payer public pharmacare program. August 6, 2020 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of CanadaThe Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of FinanceThe Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health Dear Prime […]
The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) was appointed by the federal government over a year ago. However, the CORE lacks the power to compel testimony or the submission of documents and it cannot effectively investigate allegations of human rights abuse linked to Canadian companies’ global operations and supply chains. Now is the time to […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) says charges laid against a New Brunswick employer under the Westray Law should have been applied long before now, but are still a warning to other employers who believe they cannot be held criminally accountable for workplace death and injury. “This charge of criminal negligence causing death marks […]
TORONTO, MONTREAL – The Canadian government must respond swiftly with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products following President Donald Trump’s misguided imposition of tariffs on Canadian aluminum exports, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. The Trump Administration’s imposition of aluminum tariffs comes only weeks after the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) came into effect last month. It also […]
TORONTO – United Steelworkers (USW) National Director Ken Neumann says the union stands in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and that the 2019 death of CUPE member Jimmy Martin should have been investigated, charged and prosecuted under the 2004 Criminal Code amendments known as the Westray Law. “This worker and his […]
TORONTO – The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) must immediately enact policy changes, recommended by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC), to recognize more workplace cancer claims by Ontario workers, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. A report by OCRC Director Dr. Paul Demers notes that an estimated 3,000 occupational cancers occur every year in […]
TORONTO – Mounting evidence of the challenges facing women in Canada’s economic recovery demand immediate action, says United Steelworkers (USW) National Director Ken Neumann. “The gender gap existed before the pandemic. In the crisis, women lost more jobs than men, and those jobs are slower to return. Federal and provincial governments must step in now […]