Health & Safety
- Action on Workplace Stress: Mental Injury Prevention Tools for Ontario Workers The USW is a partner in the release of a new online resource for workers to take action on workplace stress.
- USW Stress Questionnaire Please complete the workplace stress survey so the USW can build an accurate picture of the levels of workplace stress in our district.
- District 6 Health, Safety and Compensation Committee - MISSION STATEMENT
- Hold the date! October 10, 2012 Join over 10 unions and Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) in person (in Sudbury) or online from anywhere as we launch a resource kit to help workers take action on workplace stress. Twelve labour groups have been working with Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers and researchers since 2009 to develop a resource kit to help Ontario workers take action on workplace stress. Join us Oct 10 as we launch these resources online.
- Heat Stress Information Given the heat of the summer and how it affects our workplaces and members it's important to know how life threatening the effects of extreme heat can be
- HONOURING WESTRAY On May 9th, 2012 we honour the memory of the 26 miners who lost their lives in the Westray mine explosion twenty years ago. They were husbands, sons, brothers, fathers and friends. They are victims for whom the law failed. This is a day to reflect on what was lost and what was learned. We will never forget them and the price they paid for going to work.
- Honouring Westray, 20th Anniversary Commemoration In Brief On May 9th, 2012 we honour the memory of the 26 miners who lost their lives in the Westray mine explosion twenty years ago. Letter from Ken Neumann inviting USW locals to participate
- Steelworkers District 6 Injured Workers Assistance Program As Steelworkers we strongly believe that one accident, one injury or one person struck by industrial disease is one too many. But while we strive to make our workplaces completely safe we know that we need a safety net for those that fall victim to accidents or industrial disease. Our new Steelworkers District 6 Injured Workers Assistance Program provides that much needed safety net.
- The David Ellis Scholarship (2012)
- Request for Joint Health and Safety Committees to Participate in USW / University of Waterloo Ergonomic Research Study - Ontario
- Your Job - if it feels unsafe, it likely is. Violence comes in many forms – physical and emotional – in our streets and in our schools. We are told violence has consequences. We are told respect for ourselves and others will help put an end to its brutal cycle. But what do we do about violence in our workplaces? Every year in Canada, 60 young workers die needlessly on the job and another 60,000 are hurt or seriously injured at work.