Most workplaces and safety equipment have been designed to suit male workers. When we take women into account, we make workplaces safer.
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Three-year prison sentence in young worker’s death is a message to all Canadian employers.
USW directors’ statement for September 30, National Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The United Steelworkers union (USW) is committed to working for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. We know there can be no reconciliation without acknowledging the truth of what happened at residential schools. Between the late 1800s and 1996, more […]
“As survivors and families now look at rebuilding their lives, we must do what we can to assist global humanitarian efforts to support them.”
By Guillaume Charbonneau, Executive Director of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund. The year 2022 saw a lot of action at the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, following two years marked by pandemic restrictions. Our partners around the world and in Canada were able to resume their in-person activities, often by maintaining virtual components that allowed them to reach […]
As leaders of one of the largest private-sector unions in North America, we condemn the attacks that are happening on human rights across the country, targeting gender-diverse and queer youth, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, education workers and allies. 2SLGBTQIA+ peoples, education workers, school boards, labour leaders and activists and others are among those who […]
