TORONTO, MONTREAL – Reports that new U.S. tariffs will be imposed on Canadian aluminum exports – in the very week that a new North American trade deal takes effect – make a mockery of the agreement, threaten thousands of Canadian jobs and ignore the real problem facing the industry, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. […]
BARRY’S BAY, Ont. – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is calling on the provincial government to exempt the non-profit Valley Manor Nursing Home from Bill 124, the Act that holds wage increases in the provincial public sector to 1%. “The Act applies to Valley Manor but not to other long-term-care facilities in Renfrew County,” said […]
TORONTO – By failing to enforce health and safety protections amid a pandemic while allowing businesses and services to reopen across the province, the Ontario government is placing untold numbers of workers at risk, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. “We cannot be opening up the Ontario economy without ensuring workers will be protected, and […]
TORONTO – United Steelworkers (USW) Ontario Director Marty Warren welcomes the announcement that Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has finally recognized that Parkinson’s Disease is a direct result of exposure to McIntyre Powder. McIntyre Powder was an aluminum-based inhalant used between 1943 and 1979 in mines and other industries where workers might be […]
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