SUDBURY, Ont. – Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2020-05 have ratified a new four-year collective agreement with Vale, one of the world’s largest multinational mining companies and a major employer in Sudbury. The contract, which runs until Oct. 26, 2029, delivers a five-per-cent wage increase in the first year, followed by three-per-cent increases […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is denouncing the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s trade war, following his September 29 proclamation imposing a 10% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States. The new tariff, taking effect October 14, comes on top of the existing 35.16% countervailing and anti-dumping duties already imposed […]
SAULT STE. MARIE – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is responding to today’s announcement that the federal government will provide a $400 million loan through the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan facility and the Ontario governments additional $100 million in financial support to Algoma Steel. While the union welcomes the extension of liquidity to support Algoma […]
It has already been 10 years since the 94 Calls to Action from the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) were released in 2015. “The TRC’s mandate was to inform all Canadians about what happened in residential schools. The TRC documented the truth of Survivors, their families, communities and anyone personally affected by the residential […]
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