MONTREAL – Faced with the stalemate in negotiations over the last 10 months and a thinly veiled anti-union strategy at Diogenes suivi communautaire, the United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos has filed for arbitration for a first collective agreement. Quebec’s Labour Code allows for first-contract arbitration after unsuccessful negotiations and conciliation attempts. “In the midst of the […]
SUDBURY – Sudbury Steelworkers are looking to Vale to “walk the talk” at the bargaining table. “Steelworkers are pleased to hear Vale’s positive tone and praise of its employees during its Chamber of Commerce presentation on March 23. This is great news for the region of Sudbury,” said Nick Larochelle, President of United Steelworkers (USW) Local […]
MONTREAL, SEPT-ÎLES, ROUYN-NORANDA – Mining workers in Quebec are warning that Bill 59 will set back occupational health and safety in their industry by more than 40 years, to a time when deaths in the sector numbered in the hundreds. Representatives of United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos members working in mining operations in the North Shore, […]
TORONTO – A report released today by the Steelworkers Humanity Fund establishes for the first time a clear connection between Canadian retailers and specific garment factories in Bangladesh that trap workers – primarily women – in lives of poverty and never-ending struggle. The report, Not Even the Bare Minimum, calls on Canadian retailers and brands […]
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