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- 14 June 2013 | Media release Steelworkers Call for Ontario Government to Investigate 407 ETR Contract The United Steelworkers is asking Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne for an investigation into the $1-billion contract for the eastward extension of the 407 ETR granted to a partnership of SNC-Lavalin and Cintra Infraestructuras.
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10 June 2013
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Community and Labour Activists Demand Real Change to Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Community and labour activists converge on Conservative MP Joe Oliver’s office to denounce the Harper government’s low-wage economic strategy and abuse of temporary foreign workers.
- 7 June 2013 | Media release Labour Code Changes an Affront to Democracy Joining a union in Canada is a democratic process, an exercise in the pursuit of fairness, to gain a voice at work.
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14 May 2013
Steelworkers Campaign Asks Public to Expose Abuses of Harper's Low-Wage Model
Give Everyone a Chance for Canada's Future, a new campaign responding to abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, encourages workers and the public to tell their stories at www.everyoneschance.ca and 1-888-899-4405.
- 7 May 2013 | YAHOO! News Canada B.C. NDP Will Make It Easier to Join Unions, Business Group ‘Fears’ NDP's election platform states the party will form a special panel, under the Labour Relations Code, that will recommend changes to allow workers to "freely exercise" their rights join unions.
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30 April 2013
BC Votes - A message from Stephen Hunt
May 14, 2013 is election day in British Columbia. For jobs, health and safety, skills training and a productive economy, Steelworkers can help make Change for the Better with Adrian Dix and the BC NDP.
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3 June 2013
News@Six May 2013
In this issue: Steelworkers: Innovating, Organizing, Fighting for Working Families • NextGen ‘Already Making Their Mark as Steelworkers Activists’ • Connecting ‘Every Steelworker in Every Workplace’ • Injured Workers Assistance Program – A USW Success Story
- 3 June 2013 Registry of the Former Workers of the Baie Verte Asbestos Mine - Final Report The Baie Verte Miners Registry Project was initiated to collect data on the work history and health history of former workers at the Baie Verte asbestos mine site.
- 29 May 2013 | Ontario Ministry of Labour Essar Steel Algoma Fined $250,000 Total After Workers Injured Essar Steel Algoma Ltd., a manufacturer of steel products, was fined $250,000 total for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after workers were injured.
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- 24 January 2013 | media release A Major Step in Improving Health and Safety Standards in Quebec Mines Superior Court recognizes cancer caused by diesel smoke exposure as an occupational disease.
- 9 January 2013 | media release Montreal Security Screeners Unanimously Reject Contract Offer and Renew Strike Mandate Security screeners at Montreal’s Dorval airport unanimously rejected the latest contract offer from their employer and reaffirmed a strike mandate.
- 28 November 2012 | Media release Concordia’s Offers Rejected at Downtown Campus, Strike Mandate at Loyola Negotiations between Concordia University trades employees and management, which have been ongoing for more than four years, remain at an impasse.