TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) is calling for stronger and more decisive action from the federal government to defend Canadian producers and workers from a flood of dumped foreign steel and aluminum. The Liberal government’s recently announced plans fall short of the immediate measures that are needed to combat the expected increase of illegally […]
HALEY, Ont. – Workers at the plant that supplied the Avro Arrow project back in the 1950s have ratified a new collective agreement with Magellan Aeorspace, ensuring a future for Canada’s role in the industry and delivering good news to the community. Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 4820 voted Tuesday night for a new […]
HAMILTON – Today’s deadline for a bid to purchase Hamilton Specialty Bar (HSB) has passed with no going-concern offer presented to the court overseeing the steel plant’s receivership proceedings. “There is an investment group that has been working diligently to put together a viable going-concern offer for the plant, but they could not finalize their […]
MONTREAL – Publicly owned Hydro-Québec is losing $604,464 a day due to the unilateral decision by multinationals Alcoa and Rio Tinto to lock out workers at the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour. Since the lockout was imposed on Jan. 11, Hydro-Québec has lost $41.7 million in earnings, according to an independent analysis of the terms of […]
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