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Thank you, Leo and Carol!
Leo W. Gerard and Carol Landry have retired. Take a moment to thank our former International President and Vice President for their contributions and sign their retirement card.
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Have you signed the retirement card for Leo and Carol yet? Share your favourite memory with them or simply thank them for their contributions at: www.thanksleoandcarol.ca P.s. You can also purchase a ticket or table to the Oct 26 celebration event on the
Leo W. Gerard served as the International President of our great union from 2001 to 2019, leading us through challenges and triumphs in Canada and the United States. As of July 15, 2019, Leo has retired, and International Vice President Tom Conway is now serving as the USW International President.
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Firing up the grill this summer? Make sure you add #USWMade Yves Veggie Products to your menu.
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Health Care Workers Council Spotlight: Ray White, District 3 Coordinator
Ray White, president of Local 1-207 in Alberta, Canada, took his first union course in 1992. He knew right away he wanted to play a role in the fight for workers’ rights and has been an activist ever since.
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News@6 Summer 2019
Check out the latest edition of News@6, our newsletter for Steelworkers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada from District 6 Director Marty Warren.
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Every Vote Counts!
“Every vote counts.” Very cliché, right? Not for the case of Jordan Brown, the newly-minted Member of House Assembly (MHA) for Labrador West (Newfoundland and Labrador).
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2019 USW District 3 Summer School
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Health Care Workers Council Spotlight: Ray White, District 3 Coordinator
Ray White, president of Local 1-207 in Alberta, Canada, took his first union course in 1992. He knew right away he wanted to play a role in the fight for workers’ rights and has been an activist ever since.
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News@6 Summer 2019
Check out the latest edition of News@6, our newsletter for Steelworkers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada from District 6 Director Marty Warren.
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USW Local 7619 Celebrates 50th Anniversary
USW Local 7619 celebrated their 50th Anniversary over three eventful days – a Weekend of Steel in Logan Lake, British Columbia.
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Every Vote Counts!
“Every vote counts.” Very cliché, right? Not for the case of Jordan Brown, the newly-minted Member of House Assembly (MHA) for Labrador West (Newfoundland and Labrador).
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USW settlement at long-term care facility improves conditions, wages, and benefits
Workers at the Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes in Cobden, Ontario, settled two collective agreements for USW Local 6936 that recognize the growing issues of staffing and increased levels of care.
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Local 2020 members locked out, rally in Sudbury, Ontario
Nearly two dozen workers, all members of USW Local 2020, took to the streets on June 3 to picket their employer, CarePartners, after being locked out on May 31.
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Community Rally to Support USW Local 7085 in Belldune, N.B.
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USW District 6 Health Care Activists Mobilize in Canada and Prepare for More Action
The District 6 Health Care Council convened in Ottawa last week for their bi-annual meeting and to rally in the streets in support of improving conditions for the nation’s thousands of health care workers.
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CLC/UWCC Post-Secondary Scholarship
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Young Workers Program and United Way Centraide Canada (UWCC) are pleased to present the annual CLC/UWCC Post-Secondary Scholarship.
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Join the International Campaign for a New Social Contract for Working People
It’s time to make the economy work for everybody. Sign ITUC’s petition for a New Social Contract to ensure a fairer deal that puts people, not corporate greed, back in the driver’s seat.
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Remembering Westray
In the early morning of May 9, 1992, an explosion ripped through the Westray coal mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all twenty-six miners working the night shift.
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The struggle for an ombudsperson “with teeth” continues in streets of Toronto
Along with other prominent Canadian human rights organizations, the United Steelworkers union calls on the federal government to appoint an ombudsperson with real power to investigate corporate abuses abroad.
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2019 USW District 3 Summer School
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Grand Solidarity March in support of locked-out ABI workers
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Grand Solidarity March This Saturday!
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Join us on May 25, 2019 for the Grand Solidarity March!
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Locked-Out ABI Workers Demonstrate at Alcoa Annual Meeting
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The Power of Member-Educators
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Solidarity Builds | La Solidarité nous renforce
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D6 Mentoring Program
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Programme de mentorat
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USW District 3 Conference - Speaker's Corner
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Women of Steel - Answering the Call | Femmes d'acier - Un appel à l'action
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D6 Community Day at Harbourview Park - 2018 D6 Conference
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Have you signed the retirement card for Leo and Carol yet? Share your favourite memory with them or simply thank them for their contributions at: www.thanksleoandcarol.ca P.s. You can also purchase a ticket or table to the Oct 26 celebration event on the
Leo W. Gerard served as the International President of our great union from 2001 to 2019, leading us through challenges and triumphs in Canada and the United States. As of July 15, 2019, Leo has retired, and International Vice President Tom Conway is now serving as the USW International President.
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Firing up the grill this summer? Make sure you add #USWMade Yves Veggie Products to your menu.
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Thank you, Community Savings Credit Union for stopping by USW 1-1937's picket line and your support for our members! #Solidarity #OneDayLonger #OneDayStronger...
Scott Lunny, Assistant to the Director, USW District 3 and Mike Schilling President and CAO of Community Savings Credit Union visited picketers at manufacturing sites today. A huge thank-you to Community Savings for your generous contribution of $3000.00 to our strike fund; In Solidarity!
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Trump's new 'Buy America' provisions will restrict access by Canadian producers to the U.S. procurement market. During the NAFTA2 negotiations, Canada asked for access to the American procurement market.
Donald Trump signed the executive order requiring that 75% of the value of components must be sourced in the U.S., an increase from 50%.
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An ombudsperson “without independence and investigatory powers amounts to nothing more than a broken promise” said Emily Dwyer, Coordinator, Open for justice- Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability.
Today all fourteen civil society and labour union representatives of the government’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Body on Responsible Business Conduct Abroad (Advisory Body) tendered their resignations.
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Leadership. In our union, it’s so much more than a word. Leadership is about people: the men and women we’re honored to serve. And the women and men who’ve served with honor.
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It’s not every day we get to witness history, so join us as we broadcast our union’s transition of leadership, live from our headquarters’ city of Pittsburgh....
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Reminder: You're invited to join us as we celebrate our union and its leaders! Tune in to our Facebook page TOMORROW, Monday, July 15, at 11 a.m. Eastern, as we live stream the swearing in of our new officers and International Executive Board members.
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A must read: President Leo W. Gerard reflects on his 54 years of activism and life in the labour movement in his pre-retirement parting note, The Soul of a Union Man.
I was raised in a company house in a company town where the miners had to buy their own oilers – that is, rubber coveralls – drill bits and other tools at the company store. That company, Inco Limited, the world’s leading producer of nickel for most of the 20th...
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Two incredible Steelworker leaders are retiring - International President Leo W. Gerard and International Vice President Carol Brown-Landry. Leo served as International President for 18 years and Carol served for 11 years as the first ever female member o
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Members of USW 1-1937 are on strike to save their pensions, seniority and long-term disability from being cut by Western Forest Products (WFP). In response, all BC Federation of Labour affiliates will no longer handle any of WFP's coastal lumber, log and
All affiliated unions of the BC Federation of Labour will no longer handle any of WFP’s wood products.
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You're invited to join us as we celebrate our union and its leaders! Tune in to our Facebook page Monday, July 15, at 11 a.m. Eastern, as we live stream the swearing in of our new officers and International Executive Board members. #USWProud...
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RT @uswlunny: And the workers at Terrapure in PG also won the right to belong to @USW_District_3 today too, like their co-workers in North…
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RT @uswlunny: And around 200 drivers for RIIDE in Saskatoon won USW representation today, too! https://t.co/bU99XIJBvU
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RT @USW_District_3: Steelworkers are proud to welcome 338 new members working at Red Chris mine near Dease Lake, BC who organized and vote…
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We love this. https://t.co/ITiiIn3zwx
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RT @jjhorgan: I feel energized, after 2 years of working hard to make life better for people, about everything we have managed to accomplis…
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RT @uswdistrict6: Steelworkers, community members & friends joined #USW LU 2020-79 for a special picket line, asking the Ont govt for great…
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RT @jessica_usw: When you have limited members on the line and you’re holding a rally you call in the troops ✊ Thank you to everyone who s…
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Take a moment to send a letter to @Glencore execs calling on them to end the lock-out now! https://t.co/Au77FVvBvw #canlab https://t.co/BcMoV0pNr4
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Firing up the grill this summer? Make sure you add #USWMade Yves Veggie Products to your menu. Steelworkers from USW Local 2009 in Delta, B.C., make vegan and vegetarian, plant-based hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages and other snacking and meal options perfect for your summer BBQ. https://t.co/kXECNEquq7
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RT @GovernorBullock: Leo Gerard has given so much to the labor movement through his Presidency of @SteelworkersCA. Thank you for a lifetime…
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RT @usw1944: Our Steel on Wheels team needs YOU to help them conquer cancer: https://t.co/HEuifzipdA. Be epic and help cancer patients acro…
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Have you signed the retirement card for Leo and Carol yet? Share your favourite memory with them or simply thank them for their contributions at: https://t.co/EtDtPkG3tx P.s. You can also purchase a ticket or table to the Oct 26 celebration event on the site! #USWUnity #canlab https://t.co/gpvFWh6vEF
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