BRAMPTON, Ont. – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is calling on the new American owner of iconic Canadian retailer MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) to do the right thing and reconsider its plan to eliminate dozens of jobs in Brampton. About 60 unionized employees and an unspecified number of other jobs at MEC’s Brampton distribution centre […]
PITTSBURGH, PA / TORONTO, CANADA – As the largest private-sector union in North America, representing more than 850,000 members on both sides of the border, the United Steelworkers union (USW) sees U.S. President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan as an opportunity to maintain and create jobs, bolster manufacturing and make our communities safer. Farmacia […]
Each year in early April, we “celebrate” Equal Pay Day, but it’s not much of a celebration. That’s because Equal Pay Day marks how many extra days into 2021 it takes the average Canadian woman to earn as much as the average man earned in the twelve months of 2020. In other words, the average […]
The United Steelworkers are pleased with the recent Supreme Court of British Columbia ruling from Justice Macintosh in the case between USW Local 2009 and Sonny Ghag. The case has been ongoing for over 17 years. On the night of December 16, 2003, Sonny Ghag, president of Local 1-3567, led about 200 members of Local […]
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