TORONTO, MONTREAL – The best pay rates in the industry are among significant improvements in a new collective agreement achieved by United Steelworkers (USW) members working at Delta Airlines operations in Canada. USW Local 1976 members approved the new, five-year contract in ratification votes held across Canada this month. The contract covers more than 300 […]
PRINCE GEORGE, BC, July 24, 2018 – The United Steelworkers (USW) Wood Council met for a fifth round of bargaining with the Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations (Conifer). Unfortunately, the employers came to the table unable to negotiate straightforward proposals. Given the strong lumber market, the union believes the employers should come to the […]
BURNABY – Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1944 at Shaw Cable in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, and Langley have strongly voted in favour of strike action. This week, 85% of the membership voted, giving a strike vote mandate over 98%. Despite many days at the bargaining table, as well as assistance from a federal […]
BÉCANCOUR, Que. – As aluminum giant Alcoa releases its second-quarter results today, the United Steelworkers (USW) is revealing the true extent of losses incurred by the company’s lockout of workers at its ABI smelter in Bécancour. Each month of the lockout is depriving Alco and Rio Tinto – co-owners of the ABI smelter – of […]
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