MONTREAL – New federal support for fisheries workers, including greater access to Employment Insurance benefits, must also be available to tourism, hotel and restaurant workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new supports that include changing Employment Insurance rules so that fish harvesters, whose […]
MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Information picket about cuts to care hours WHEN: Friday, May 15, 2020, 12:30 p.m. WHO: Personal support workers at Maxville Manor WHERE: 80 Mechanic Street West, Maxville, Ont. MAXVILLE, Ont. – Representatives of 138 long-term care workers will hold an information picket on Friday, May 15, to let citizens know about the […]
The following letter from USW District 6 Director Marty Warren was delivered to Ontario Premier Doug Ford on May 13, 2020. The Honourable Doug FordPremier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Farmacia-Sevilla.com Dear Premier Ford, I am writing to appeal to you and your government to consider an urgent matter of […]
FERMONT, Que. – The United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos is raising serious concerns following a report on the investigation by Quebec’s workplace health and safety agency into a 2019 incident that killed one worker and injured another at ArcelorMittal’s Mont-Wright mine in Fermont. On Sept. 22, 2019, welder Vincent Bigonnesse was killed and a co-worker, a […]
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