As we celebrate National Aboriginal Day this year, take a moment away from the festivities to email or phone your Member of Parliament. It’s 2018 and yet Canada’s auditor general says government attempts to improve the lives of Indigenous peoples are an “incomprehensible failure.” Government data is incomplete or inaccurate when it comes to the […]
What a nice gift just in advance of National Aboriginal Day 2018: NDP MP Romeo Saganash’s bill to adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples passed in the House of Commons! By a vote of 206-79, Members of Parliament on May 30 voted in favour of Bill C-262, declaring […]
OTTAWA – The United Steelworkers (USW) today urged the Canadian government to act swiftly to impose retaliatory tariffs on steel, aluminum and other imports from the United States and to support Canadian workers and communities affected by U.S. tariffs. “Our union joins with many of the country’s steel producers in expressing concern that the counter-measures […]
MONTREAL – After years of activism to end discrimination against young workers, the United Steelworkers (USW) is hailing landmark labour law reforms that will prohibit employers from imposing two-tier pension and benefit plans in Quebec workplaces. Through strikes, lockouts and years of relentless public advocacy and lobbying, thousands of members of the USW (Syndicat des […]
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