ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A new video campaign released by United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944 has already surpassed 304,000 views on YouTube, amplifying the voices of Abbotsford Rogers technicians who are standing up for fairness on the picket line. The video tells the story of a “small but mighty” group of Rogers technicians in Abbotsford who have been “bullied, […]
SOREL-TRACY, Que. – Rio Tinto Fer et Titane has been caught red-handed using replacement workers during a strike at the Poudres Métalliques metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, which is prohibited under Quebec labour law. A report stemming from an investigation by the Ministry of Labour states that Rio Tinto Fer et Titane employed 21 people to […]
OTTAWA – The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcomes NDP MP and Labour Critic Alexandre Boulerice’s announced intention to introduce a bill to repeal Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code – the provision that gives the federal labour minister sweeping powers to order employees back to work, even while they are exercising their constitutional right […]
TORONTO – As MPs return to the House of Commons today, United Steelworkers union (USW) National Director Marty Warren is calling on the federal government and all political parties to make this parliamentary session about workers, by protecting and creating Canadian jobs, strengthening and enforcing Buy Canadian rules and delivering a federal budget that keeps […]
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