COMBERMERE, Ont. – United Steelworkers (USW) members employed at Pastway Planing and Wood Preserving in Combermere have ratified their first collective agreement with the company. The three-year agreement includes across-the-board wage increases of 7.5% over the term of the contract and several improvements in terms and conditions of employment. The contract also provides additional raises […]
A march to “stand up for steel” attracted a few thousand workers from all over the province to downtown Hamilton on Saturday. The workers rallied at city hall and then marched down Main Street, up John Street and around to King Street before attending another rally at the Convention Centre. The march came as local steelworkers and […]
COMBERMERE, Ont. – United Steelworkers (USW) members employed at Pastway Planing and Wood Preserving in Combermere have ratified their first collective agreement with the company. The three-year agreement includes across-the-board wage increases of 7.5% over the term of the contract and several improvements in terms and conditions of employment. The contract also provides additional raises […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) is hailing today’s Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that allows a bankruptcy court judge to consider releasing a secret deal struck by U.S. Steel and the Canadian government. “It is in the interests of thousands of working families, pensioners and their communities that this veil of secrecy finally be […]
TORONTO – A $300,000 fine imposed on a Northern Ontario mining company following a workplace fatality shows more must be done to ensure criminal investigations are considered first and foremost when a worker is killed on the job, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd. has been fined $300,000 for violations of […]
The following op-ed column by USW District 6 Director Marty Warren has been published by the Huffington Post: As the crisis in Canada’s steel industry deepens, tens of thousands of working families and pensioners grow increasingly anxious for support from their political leaders. These families and pensioners are now being joined by their fellow […]
Prison time for scaffold deaths, lawsuit over sawmill explosion prompts strong words from labour. “The time has come: if you kill a worker, you go to jail.” Strong words. But Ken Neumann, head of the 225,000-member United Steelworkers Canada, says that’s the precedent setting message from an Ontario court ruling this week. In a historic […]
TORONTO – The 3½-year jail sentence for a Metron Construction manager found guilty of criminal negligence in the 2009 deaths of four workers is a victory for advocates of corporate criminal accountability in workplace death and injury, say leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW). “This is a Toronto story but it is a national precedent […]
Statistics Canada released its December 2015 Labour Force Survey results, and while they appear to show improvement, the Canadian Labour Congress warned that our medium-term economic situation is still precarious. 2015 was a rocky year for jobs, and trends show 2016 could be even worse without government action. Over 2015, employment only grew by 0.9 […]
Ontario’s steel industry is in crisis and a union leader wants the provincial government to help find a solution. online pharmacy purchase doxycycline online generic In a letter to Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid, United Steelworkers Ontario director Marty Warren calls for an Ontario Steel Industry Action Plan to save an industry that supports 20,000 […]
Hi, Marty Warren here. I’m happy to share my Grandmother’s Christmas Cake recipe with my Steelworker family. This is for people who want to create the real deal Christmas Cake! The recipe below is written by my momma with love to her mother. Clare (Sholea) BlimkieRevised edition Nov 10,11 2006 9 Cups seeded raisins (no […]
(SUDBURY, ON) – The United Steelworkers presented donations this past Monday to the Banque d’aliments Sudbury Food Bank (BDSFB), the Elgin St. Mission, and the Blue Door Soup Kitchen totaling $6000. Myles Sullivan, the North-East Ontario Area Coordinator of the USW, presented the donations on behalf of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. “We’re always happy to […]
WABUSH, NL – More than 1,700 Cliffs Natural Resources pensioners learned today they will suffer a substantial loss of income because federal laws continue to protect corporations over workers and retirees, says the United Steelworkers (USW). “Today another 1,700 families in Labrador and Quebec have been victimized by federal laws that allow corporations to break […]
Today the United Steelworkers were happy to present the Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen with $7,500. Ron Sim, General Manager of the Soup Kitchen received a cheque for $4,000 from the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. Mike Da Prat, President of USW Local 2251 presented Ron a cheque for $1,500 on behalf of his membership. Lisa […]
TORONTO – Criminal charges laid against a Sarnia company more than a year after the death of one worker and serious injury to five others is proof that a campaign to enforce a law passed more than a decade ago is resulting in the appropriate response by law enforcement and the courts, says Marty Warren, […]
Women’s activism and involvement in the union had begun earlier, particularly during the feminist wave of the 1970s and 1980s. Deirdre Gallagher, a staff representative at the Canadian National Office in the early 1980s, developed Changing Faces of Unionism, a course aimed at breaking down workplace barriers and encouraging women to become active members and […]
OTTAWA – Hamilton Mountain MP Scott Duvall is challenging the Liberal government to “live up to its election campaign rhetoric” and defend the rights of U.S. Steel pensioners who were robbed of their access to health benefits and prescription drug coverage. In October, an Ontario Superior Court judge overseeing U.S. Steel Canada’s bankruptcy protection case […]
By Ken Neumann and Marty Warren With a perfect storm threatening Canada’s steel industry, many concerned Canadians are asking, “Will steel manufacturing still play a key role in our future economy?” Well, the answer can — and should — be: “yes.” To understand why and how, let’s look at the facts. The livelihoods of tens […]