When workers die on the job, families are shattered and communities are forever changed. This powerful video shares real stories of loss, love and the urgent need to hold employers accountable through the Westray Law.
Hear from the families directly how important it is for Canadians to hold employers responsible for workplace deaths and injuries. Please share these mini-documentaries widely.
In September 2020, National Steel Car worker and USW Local 7135 member Fraser Cowan, 51, was killed on the job. In this video, his widow Trudy Cowan talks about the impact of losing her husband and the father of her children to a needless workplace fatality.
Widow Nora Peddle lost her husband in a fatal explosion at the Come by Chance refinery in Come By Chance, N.L. Her husband, Shawn Peddle, along with seven other workers, was injured in a 2022 explosion and Shawn died from his injuries six weeks later.
On Feb. 19, 2015, the world of Ian Lavoie, finisher at ArcelorMittal in Longueuil, rocked. He suffered a serious work accident that almost cost him his life and caused him to lose a leg. He tells us his story.
Steelworkers have been working with Westray families, community members and trade union allies to ensure there will never be another Westray and that workplaces will be healthier and safer.
Ronnie McEwan’s tribute song to the 26 miners who perished May 9th, 1992 in the Westray Mine disaster.
Day of Mourning poster
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Workers at A New Tomorrow Treatment Solutions Ltd., an addiction treatment centre in Kamloops, B.C., have joined the United Steelworkers union (USW). A New Tomorrow provides treatment and recovery programs for youth and adults living with addiction. Social workers, counsellors, nurses, addiction workers, cooks and cleaners work together to provide the care, […]
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers (USW) union again helped protect Canada’s steel industry from dumping by several Chinese steel manufacturers, which make forged grinding media, essentially large steel ball bearings used to crush ore and rock. As a result of the USW’s intervention before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the federal government imposed initial tariffs […]
In 2025, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund (SHF) continued to support partners in Canada and more than a dozen other countries, providing emergency relief in times of need and advancing programs that tackle the root causes of inequality. Throughout the year, the SHF engaged USW members across Canada on issues of global solidarity and the work […]