Political Action
- Ontario NDP Video: Choose the Change You Want Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP have launched a new video about building the Ontario we want. Watch it now.
- Presentation to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding the “Ontario Tax Plan for More Jobs and Growth Act” (Bill 218) The whole harmonization process proposed by Bill 218 will actually reduce provincial revenues available for public purposes by approximately $0.7 billion per year. On top of that, Bill 218 enacts corporate tax cuts that will cost a further $2.3 billion per year when fully implemented in 2014-15.
- Rally March 14 2009 for Locked Out Workers at US Steel Lake Erie Works On Sunday March 14th 2010 join your neighbours, family and friends at 1:00 p.m.at the front gate on Regional Road 3 to rally in support of locked out USW local 8782 members
- USW & OFL Start 17 Day Caravan for Jobs Called “DRV2WRK” Today the jobs caravan rolled into Fort Frances to amplify the stories of families dealing with the current economic crisis. View the map each morning to see an updated version of their progress.
- Employment Insurance: Help for those who didn't cause the crisis - PM should do the right thing and bolster benefits As all Canadians familiar with front-page drama know, the following days, weeks or months could produce a new coalition federal government in our country. If that change happens, and I hope it does, our new government will need to move quickly and move in a direction that helps not only the suits on Bay Street but the average Canadian who lives on Main Street.
- NDP plan to create new job opportunities and help working families The time to create new job opportunities and help working families is NOW! Howard Hampton and Ontario’s NDP have a plan to turn the McGuinty Liberals' sorry record of 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost into sustained job gains across our province.
- Do the Right Thing! These are very difficult economic times. Unemployment is on the rise. New jobs will be very tough to find. Tens of thousands of laid-off workers and their families are at risk of losing everything. Your union is calling on the government to do the right thing and improve Employment Insurance benefits so that families can make it through this economic crisis. Out of work shouldn’t mean out of hope.
- Isn’t keeping families afloat just as important as keeping companies afloat? The United Steelworkers Union is calling on the federal government to do the right thing and improve Employment Insurance (EI) benefits so families can make it through this economic crisis. Out of work shouldn’t mean out of hope.
- Vale’s Massive Profits A Slap in the Face to NL Workers
- New USW Lobbying Project Will Benefit Working Families Ramping up our lobbying to establish anti-scab legislation in every province will be one of the priorities of a new political action initiative to be launched across District 6. This project will create USW political action teams in each province of our district. Each team will consist of union members who will be trained to effectively lobby government and opposition politicians.
- Radio Ads and Videos
- Presentation to Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Justice Policy regarding the “Ontario Labour Mobility Act” (Bill 175) There are very few, if any, remaining barriers to labour mobility and there is no indication of any such barriers causing labour shortages. Yet the proposed Ontario Labour Mobility Act is a sweeping, omnibus piece of legislation that would cover all provincially regulated occupations and apply financial penalties of up to $5 million. Bill 175 is like trying to kill a fly with a sledgehammer.
- Ratification Votes Set, USW and Vale Agree on Terms of Bad Faith Complaint
- Labour Law Reform Lobby Kit
- United Steelworkers to Step Up its Sears Boycott
- ON STRIKE AT NEXANS INC. SINCE JULY: Steelworkers take a stand to protect defined benefit pension plans QUEBEC CITY – Members of the United Steelworkers’ (USW) Local 6687, on strike against Nexans Inc. since July, got some welcome support and solidarity on Tuesday from representatives of other USW local unions at Nexans operations in Ontario and Saskatchewan.