LABRADOR CITY – Approximately 1,400 members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5795 at the Rio-Tinto-owned Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) in Labrador City are increasingly frustrated by the company’s lack of trust and respect after repeated efforts at goodwill have failed. The District and International levels of the USW stand in solidarity with its […]
TORONTO – A steady stream of widows or family members affected by the decades-long use of aluminum powder in Ontario mines is a clear sign that an injustice continues against workers whose health was affected by the use of what was known as McIntyre Powder, says United Steelworkers’ (USW) Ontario/Atlantic Director Marty Warren. “This injustice […]
Saint-Constant, Que. – Victory! United Steelworkers (Syndicat des Métallos) members in Saint-Constant have won a three-month strike against Ciment Lafarge, beating back the global corporation’s demand for a two-tier pension plan. Members of Steelworkers Local 6658 went on strike Feb. 6 to resist the employer’s demand to impose an inferior pension plan on new hires. […]
Burnaby, B.C. – The United Steelworkers is extending its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of two members who recently died while at work. A member of USW Local 2009 who worked at Hains Celestial, a food processing plant in Delta died on May 2, 2016. This was tragically followed by the death of […]
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