Director, District 5
Quebec
Nicolas Lapierre, United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos Quebec Director (District 5), previously served as Assistant to the District 5 Director, from April 2023 to May 2025.
Lapierre also serves as a Vice-President of the Quebec Federation of Labour (Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec – FTQ), a member of the Board of Directors of the FTQ Solidarity Fund and a board member of the Quebec Mining Institute.
Originally from Natashquan, in Quebec’s North Shore region, Lapierre’s union activism began in 2000, as a member of USW Local 6254, when he worked at the Wabush Mining Company’s railway and port operations, now known as the Société ferroviaire et portuaire de Pointe-Noire. He rose through several leadership positions within his local union and in 2009 he was hired as a USW Staff Representative.
In 2016, Lapierre was appointed USW Regional Co-ordinator based in Sept-Îles, servicing a vast area including Quebec’s North Shore, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie and Îles-de-la-Madeleine regions. He served as Regional Co-ordinator for seven years, until his appointment as Assistant to the District 5 Director in 2023. He also served on the boards of the Mining Industry HumanResources Sectoral Committee and of the Joint Health and Safety Association for the Mining Sector.
Lapierre has led several major negotiations with multinationals including ArcerlorMittal and Rio Tinto. He also was a leader of the USW’s successful campaign for new federal legislation, enacted in 2023, to better protect workers’ pensions during corporate bankruptcies and restructuring.
United Steelworkers District 5 headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec.