VANCOUVER – At the United Steelworkers (USW) National Policy Conference in Vancouver, union leaders from across Quebec, Canada and North America have announced a global campaign to support locked-out workers at the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour, Que. More than 1,000 workers at the ABI smelter, co-owned by multinationals Alcoa (75% stake) and Rio Tinto […]
OTTAWA – Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has only weeks to make steel safeguards final and ward off the decimation of thousands of Canadian jobs, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. “If existing safeguards are not finalized, a surge of foreign imports will devastate Canada’s steel industry and communities across the country,” USW National Director […]
TROIS-RIVIÈRES – Fifteen months after locking out more than 1,000 employees, management of the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour showed up empty-handed at a conciliation session today and dismissed a compromise settlement proposal from the union. “The company came to the meeting with its chest puffed up, emboldened by the Premier’s recent inappropriate statements that […]
VANCOUVER – Beginning on Tuesday, April 2, in Vancouver, the United Steelworkers union (USW) will hold its triennial National Policy Conference. Speaking and presenting to USW members will be a number of well-known Canadian political leaders, international labour leaders and social justice activists. Conference delegates will debate and make decisions on issues affecting Steelworkers and […]
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