Stop the Killing
No more workplace deaths.
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Featured actions
Raising the Bar on Women’s Health and Safety
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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Day of Mourning merchandise order form
Day of Mourning is approaching! Don’t forget to order your merchandise.
Download the formEmergency Response Team (ERT)
The ERT offers caring and compassionate support to USW members, families and co-workers dealing with a workplace tragedy.
LEARN MORENew Worker Awareness program
The United Steelworkers is the health and safety union. Many workplace injuries and illnesses happen because a worker is new to a job and unaware of the hazards. Most injuries happen to new workers in their first three months on the job. Help new and young workers by sharing your knowledge and experience.
LEARN MOREThe David Ellis Scholarship
Every year in Canada, 30 young workers are killed on the job. Another 40,000 are injured, many of them seriously.
The David Ellis Scholarship is a health and safety scholarship award available to children and grandchildren of any Steelworker member. For 2021, District 3 Director Stephen Hunt, District 6 Director Marty Warren and District 5 Director Dominic Lemieux are offering five scholarships of $500 in each Canadian USW district to help selected high school students continue their education at university, college or another educational institution. The David Ellis Scholarship is part of the New Worker Awareness Program.
LEARN MOREApril 28th, National Day of Mourning
Every year on April 28th, the National Day of Mourning, your local unions in regions across Canada honour and remember all workers who have been killed or critically injured while on the job, including workers who have died from an occupational disease.
Day of Mourning Message from the United Steelworkers Canadian Directors
2021 National Day of Mourning Posters
Day of Mourning Merchandise Order Form
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Health, safety & the environment photos
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VIEW PHOTOSFeatured resources
What is Harassment?
July 28, 2022
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Federal Government Response to COVID-19
June 30, 2022
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USW Guide to Benefits During COVID-19
June 30, 2022
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News
20th Anniversary of Westray Law
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. – Twenty years after the enactment of the Westray Law that holds corporations criminally responsible for workplace deaths and injuries, the struggle continues. At the end of March, 2004, 12 years after the tragic, needless and preventable deaths of 26 miners in the Westray Mine explosion in 1992, important amendments to the […]
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USW expresses concern over Metro Vancouver crane collapses, joins calls for B.C. government to release report on deadly Kelowna incident
The United Steelworkers union (USW) is expressing deep concern regarding the recent crane incidents and the recent crane collapses in Burnaby and Surrey and is joining calls for the B.C. government and WorkSafeBC to release the report from the deadly Kelowna crane collapse in 2021. “These incidents underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive examination […]
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Steelworker activist helps bring reconciliation to B.C. mining code
Julia McKay shares her experience as the USW labour representative updating the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in B.C. through the UNDRIP lens.
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National events
Justice Conference 2024
3, Boulevard du Casino, Gatineau Quebec
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2024 International USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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USW National Women’s Conference
690 Rene-Levesque Blvd East, Quebec City QC
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District events
Justice Conference 2024
3, Boulevard du Casino, Gatineau Quebec
Click to read about Justice Conference 2024
2024 International USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference
1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Click to read about 2024 International USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference
USW National Women’s Conference
690 Rene-Levesque Blvd East, Quebec City QC
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More resources
Supporting good mental health: Practical steps for USW local unions
January 15, 2024
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Mental health line 988
December 12, 2023
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2021 Survey Results Regarding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Steelworkers
September 30, 2022
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What is Harassment?
July 28, 2022
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Federal Government Response to COVID-19
June 30, 2022
Click to view Federal Government Response to COVID-19
USW Guide to Benefits During COVID-19
June 30, 2022
Click to view USW Guide to Benefits During COVID-19
Health and Safety During COVID-19
June 29, 2022
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Day of Mourning and COVID-19
June 29, 2022
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