KITCHENER-WATERLOO – Many years after rubber manufacturing plants left the region, former workers and surviving family members are being urged to attend information sessions in Kitchener this month to investigate occupational disease cases and potential compensation. WHAT: Ontario Rubber Workers Project information sessions WHO: Former rubber workers living with cancers and other illnesses, as well […]
BÉCANCOUR, Que. – Locked-out employees of the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour will meet Monday, March 11, to discuss and vote on a contract offer from the company. Members of United Steelworkers (Syndicat des Métallos) Local 9700 will meet Monday at 1 p.m. to review and discuss a company offer that includes three collective agreements […]
BÉCANCOUR, Que. – Workers from the ABI aluminum smelter, locked-out of their jobs for nearly 14 months, gathered today at François Legault’s constituency office to ask the Quebec Premier a simple question: “What are you doing, Mr. Legault?” The workers are protesting the Legault government’s inaction and a government-sanctioned contract allowing ABI to classify its […]
OTTAWA – Following compelling evidence presented by United Steelworkers (USW) members on the impact of foreign steel dumping, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) is imposing significant duties on certain exports from China, India, South Korea and Taiwan. The CITT has ruled that the continued dumping of corrosion-resistant steel products from the four Asian countries poses […]
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