TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne are being urged to provide meaningful help to thousands of vulnerable pensioners whose critical health-care benefits were taken away overnight by multinational U.S. Steel. “I request your government’s immediate attention to the plight of some 20,000 retirees and surviving spouses whose rights to post-retirement […]
A long campaign is finally over, and although the results are not as we had hoped, the contributions of USW members have been inspiring. We can be proud of our USW campaign and the work we did bringing forward the issues that matter to working people: childcare, retirement security, a higher minimum wage, the dangers […]
TORONTO – NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is the only federal party leader to come forward to support a national campaign to enforce Criminal Code provisions that hold corporations, their directors and executives accountable for workplace deaths and injuries, says Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers (USW) National Director. “Our Canadian directors signed a letter to all the […]
Burnaby, B.C. – Less than two months before a deadly explosion at the Lakelands sawmill in Prince George, B.C., killed two workers, WorkSafeBC circulated an internal document stating the agency was concerned that an enforcement strategy to address wood dust in sawmills would lead to industry pushback, the United Steelworkers (USW) is revealing. Following a […]
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