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District 6 Update: A year of wins and progress for USW District 6

February 14, 2025 | News Articles

As the new USW District 6 Director, I am honoured to share our significant achievements over the past year. Our collective efforts have strengthened our organizing initiatives and led to notable bargaining successes that advance workers’ rights across Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. A highlight of our bargaining victories was at IMT Defence in Ingersoll, […]

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District 5 Update: Standing up for migrant workers

February 14, 2025 | News Articles

In a report published this summer, United Nations’ Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata denounced Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), likening it to modern-day slavery. He also called for better access to permanent residency (which leads to citizenship) for migrant workers. These migrant workers are increasingly numerous among our members in USW locals, factories, hotels and […]

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District 3 Update: Better Work for Everybody!

February 14, 2025 | News Articles

That was the theme of the recent District 3 Conference. Over 300 USW members, activists, staff and guests came together in Winnipeg from Oct. 28-31. It was a great success — melding speeches, panels, workshops, social functions, caucuses, committee meetings and even some labour history and trivia! Better Work for Everybody is a demand and […]

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USW NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE

February 13, 2025 | News Articles

Hundreds of USW delegates gathered in Gatineau,Que., in October for the USW National health safety, environment and human rights conference, known as Justice 2024. The conference started with a moving blessing by Claudette Commanda, an Algonquin Elder, Indigenous rights activist and University of Ottawa Chancellor. “Without justice, will there be healing, will there be equity? […]

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Resources

USW@Work – Winter 2024

Research & Publications
February 4, 2025
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D3 Unite – December 2024

Research & Publications
December 16, 2024
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The effects of racism and systemic racism on overall health

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December 3, 2024
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The Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) brochure

Misc. Resources
November 7, 2024
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