MONTREAL – Employees of the CEZinc. refinery in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., co-owned by Noranda Income Fund and Glencore, began a strike Sunday in response to the company’s demands for major concessions. The 371 members of United Steelworkers Local 6486 say the strike was provoked by company demands such as major pension concessions, despite the fact their […]
OTTAWA – The death of a courier driver on an Ottawa highway last Friday must be investigated as a potential criminal case, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. “When a worker is killed on the job, justice cannot be served if the death is not investigated at the outset as a potential criminal case,” said USW […]
To: All District 3 Presidents, Recording Secretaries/Financial Secretaries: At our International Convention in 2011, a resolution was passed to promote the involvement of young workers in our union and the development of its next generation of leadership. Since this time, the district has seen some amazing young activists move up in the union, and we are […]
BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Security guards at an Ontario government school for deaf children have been locked out of their jobs, becoming the latest group of vulnerable workers victimized by the proliferation of low-wage, precarious contract jobs across the province. Security guards at Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf – owned and operated by the […]
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