SUDBURY – Staff at the Sudbury Counselling Centre, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2020, have ended 10 weeks on the picket line with the ratification of a new three-year collective agreement – just in time for the holidays. “These 12 women can go back to work in January with their heads held high,” said Lynne […]
TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $196,850 to 106 food banks and community food centres across Canada. “The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is proud to contribute to food banks and community food centres in communities across Canada where our union’s members live and work. The Humanity Fund supports organizations that assist those experiencing poverty […]
GODERICH, Ont. – Thirteen Goderich families are facing a bleak holiday season after ASAP Secured Inc. locked out its employees without warning. The ASAP Secured employees, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9597, reported to work Sunday to discover they were suddenly locked out of their jobs. “It is shocking for an employer to make […]
USW District 6 held a three-day NextGen Political Action training in Hamilton from Nov. 27-29, 2017. This course offered USW members who are 35 years old and under a chance to learn with their peers and engage in their union. In an effort to build up our NextGen members, this training’s goal was to create […]
(The following article is by Monte Sonnenberg and published on Simcoe Reformer, titled Stelco workers and company provide $20,000-plus gift to Salvation Army. View the Simcoe Reformer version here.) SIMCOE – This is shaping up to be the best Christmas at the Stelco mill in Nanticoke in a long time. Ten years of adversarial tension […]
Each year on December 10, the United Steelworkers observe International 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. As the Director of District 6, I strongly support human rights […]
I attended the Unite Women’s Week in Eastbourne, U.K., from Nov. 19-24, 2017. The theme of the conference was Building Workers’ Power – Building Women’s Power. Participants attended from England, Scotland and Ireland. They came from numerous industries including warehousing, transit, hospitality, public services and construction. The conference was comprised of workshops, speakers and conference […]
Violence against women continues to be a significant problem in Canadian society. For all of our modern technology, we haven’t yet put an end to sexual harassment, domestic violence, sexual assault, mainly perpetrated by men against women. As we solemnly mark December 6, the national day to remember and act on violence against women, I […]
RENFREW, Ont. – United Steelworkers (USW) members employed at Scapa Tapes North America in Renfrew have ratified a new collective agreement with the company. buy cozaar online buy cozaar online no prescription The 137 members of USW Local 6946 work in production and maintenance positions at the Scapa plant, which produces adhesive tapes for medical, […]
TORONTO – Yesterday’s passage of Bill 148 (the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act) by the Ontario Legislature makes changes to Ontario’s labour and employment laws that should be seen as the first in a series of necessary steps toward fairer employee rights, says the United Steelworkers (USW). “Bill 148 is not the comprehensive overhaul that […]
Dear Hon. Minister Jaczek, I am writing to you on behalf of the 12 women who are staff at the Sudbury Counselling Centre to bring to your attention a situation at the centre and ask for your assistance. Members of the Sudbury community, particularly the francophone community, are experiencing hardship and a loss of services […]
Janice Martell’s father, Jim Hobbs, died last May. He was a McIntyre Powder miner and he had developed neurological problems in retirement including Parkinson’s disease. Between 1942 and 1979, employers required workers to inhale McIntyre Powder (aluminum) in mines and other industries where workers might be exposed to silica dust. The theory, eventually proved false, […]
SUDBURY – The Sudbury Counselling Centre is supposed to be there to help, but its clients are suffering as the centre’s management prolongs a strike with staff. Talks broke down yesterday as management refused to move off hard-line positions in the dispute. The 12 staff, all women, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2020, have been […]
Protect pensions from corporate theft. Canadians rely on their pensions to retire with dignity. But when big companies fail, they take the money meant for pensions and pay off wealthy CEOs, banks and investors instead. buy https://avicennacardiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lariam.html online https://avicennacardiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lariam.html no prescription pharmacy Steelworker and NDP MP Scott Duvall is calling on the Liberals to fix […]
ORILLIA—November 3, 2017—Six new USW Women’s Committees will be up and running soon, after Women of Steel representing local unions attended the pilot of “USW Women’s Committees—Leading Together” at the District 6 fall school, October 30-November 3. “It helped to answer questions and gain confidence in our ability to set up and run a committee,” […]
TIMMINS, Ont. – Improved wages, benefits and pensions are among the gains achieved by United Steelworkers (USW) members in a new collective agreement with Goldcorp in Timmins. Members of Steelworkers Local 7580 voted overwhelmingly on Monday to ratify a three-year collective agreement that includes total wage increases of 6%, a $500 signing bonus and improved […]
CHALK RIVER, Ont. – More than 500 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1568 employed at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have reached a new collective agreement improving work standards at the Chalk River facility. The two-year contract covers employees including technicians, technologists, IT personnel and radiation surveyors at the former Atomic Energy of Canada Limited […]
On May 9, 1992, a lethal build-up of methane gas led to the explosion of the Westray Coal mine in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. The explosion killed all 26 miners working underground and forever scarred the communities of Pictou County. Since that time, family groups and the United Steelworkers union (USW) have worked together to honour […]