Releases & Advisories
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23 November 2012
Safety/Health Awareness Research Program (SHARP)
Immediate Release: Awareness Campaign Underway with Strong Message: Prince George, BC - The Central and Northern Forest Industry and USW Locals 1-424 and 1-425 have put forward a seven week awareness campaign under the joint Safety Health Awareness Research Program (SHARP), in partnership with WorkSafeBC.
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15 August 2012
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Media release
United Steelworkers Supports Timber Supply Committee Report
Union endorses call for investment in healthy forests, manufacturing of B.C. resources and process for workers and communities in crisis.
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13 June 2012
Rio Tinto's Labour Practices Tainting Dragon Boat Festival
Burnaby, BC - The reprehensible labour practices of Rio Tinto are tainting the upcoming Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver
- 3 May 2012 Steelworkers Hail Mexican Court Decision in Favour of Los Mineros Union Leader Gomez Burnaby, BC - The United Steelworkers (USW) are hailing a decision by the Supreme Court of Mexico that restores legal recognition (toma de nota) to Napoleon Gomez, National President of the National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel and Allied Workers of Mexico (Los Mineros).
- 12 April 2012 No more Strategies: Get On With The Job, Steelworkers Say Burnaby, B.C. - The most recent BC Liberal "forest strategy" offers nearly nothing in the way of specific measures to help a struggling industry recovery, says the United Steelworkers union.
- 5 January 2012 | media release B.C. Jobs from B.C. Resources: United Steelworkers USW responds to the B.C. government's interest in exporting more raw logs by telling the province "don't bother." Instead, the union says it's time to rebuild B.C.'s wood-manufacturing sector.
- 7 December 2011 | Media release Review Safety Records and Practices Before Allowing Chinese-Owned Coal Mines in B.C., Steelworkers Say British Columbia must conduct a full inquiry into the mine safety standards of Chinese-owned coal mining companies before allowing them to operate in the province.
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12 May 2011
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Media release
Steelworkers Humanity Fund Contributes $25,000 to Manitoba Flood Relief
The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $25,000 to Manitoba communities most in need of aid due to this spring’s historic flooding levels.
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