TORONTO – The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) is contributing $25,000 in emergency relief for Haiti following the August 14 earthquake and August 16 tropical storm that both affected the southern part of the country. The emergency funding is being provided to Institut culturel Karl Lévesque (ICKL) and Confédération des travailleurs(euses) des secteurs public et privés […]
Indigenous women in Canada today are seven times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be murdered, and three times more likely to be violently or sexually assaulted. It took the federal Liberal government two years to come up with an action plan based on the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing […]
A Statement from USW District 6 Director Marty Warren On October 4 we commemorate the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In 2021, with the discoveries of over 1,500 children who were taken from their families and buried in residential ‘school’ grave sites and the knowledge that there are […]
Today, September 30, 2021, a new federal statutory holiday has been introduced, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This new federal holiday is an important part of the reconciliation process that has been called for by Indigenous people and by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. No provincial or territorial government in District […]
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