ROCANVILLE – Members of the Rocanville Potash Employees’ Association (RPEA) have voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW). “We welcome the membership of the RPEA to the United Steelworkers,” said Stephen Hunt, USW District 3 Director. The 568 members of the RPEA work at Rocanville Potash, owned by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS). Over four […]
COMBERMERE, Ont. – United Steelworkers (USW) members employed at Pastway Planing and Wood Preserving in Combermere have ratified their first collective agreement with the company. The three-year agreement includes across-the-board wage increases of 7.5% over the term of the contract and several improvements in terms and conditions of employment. The contract also provides additional raises […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) is hailing today’s Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that allows a bankruptcy court judge to consider releasing a secret deal struck by U.S. Steel and the Canadian government. “It is in the interests of thousands of working families, pensioners and their communities that this veil of secrecy finally be […]
TORONTO – A $300,000 fine imposed on a Northern Ontario mining company following a workplace fatality shows more must be done to ensure criminal investigations are considered first and foremost when a worker is killed on the job, the United Steelworkers (USW) says. Lac Des Iles Mines Ltd. has been fined $300,000 for violations of […]
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