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The Steelworkers Humanity Fund has released a new report, Not Even the Bare Minimum! The report establishes a clear connection between Canadian retailers and garment factories in Bangladesh that trap workers in lives of poverty and never-ending struggle.
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The United Steelworkers union is calling on local union leaders to send delegates to the upcoming online Canadian Labour Congress Convention – June 16-18.
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The National Gathering for Indigenous Steelworkers is moving online! We are now hosting a virtual Connecting Circles series in 2021. There are four meetings scheduled - the first one kicking off on January 27!
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Together we can raise the bar on health and safety for women. Join in this important new national health and safety campaign and make a difference!
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Our union has launched a campaign to urge the federal government to support the forestry sector, an important economic driver for our country.
The USW District 6 Health Care Workers Council is launching a new campaign to take action on staffing ratios and working conditions in long-term care.
Local 9490 activists launch joint labour-management process to tackle women’s health and safety issues at the Rio Tinto aluminum smelter in Alma, Que.
USW delegates helped make history at the recent 2021 Federal NDP Convention. We helped elect a Steelworker as President of the party: congrats to Dhananjai (DJ) Kohli, who is the first racialized person in the role!
The Spring deadline for Family & Community Education Fund (FCEF) projects over $5,000 is April 16, 2021! Are you a contributing local? Click here to find out more.
Each year in early April, we “celebrate” Equal Pay Day, but it’s not much of a celebration, marking how many extra days into 2021 it takes the average Canadian woman to earn as much as the average man earned in the twelve months of 2020.
Kyle Wolff, president of USW Local 7619, shares his thoughts about the federal Conservatives’ recent overtures to private sector union members. “Put it this way, when’s the last time a Conservative or a Liberal phoned me to talk about labour? Never.”
Steelworker Summer in District 3 is a wonderful opportunity for Steelworkers' sons and daughters to earn some money and learn about our Union.
The women who make our clothes are paid poverty wages in the supply chains of Canadian retailers and fashion brands. Poverty wages are the result of decisions made by Canadian companies and global brands.
The United Steelworkers union is calling on local union leaders to send delegates to the upcoming online Canadian Labour Congress Convention – June 16-18.
As we celebrate International Women’s Day this year, it is important now, more then ever, that we look at what the last year has been like for women.
Ignoring its own promises: Canada must act for corporate accountability!
The USW District 6 Health Care Workers Council is launching a new campaign to take action on staffing ratios and working conditions in long-term care.
Local 9490 activists launch joint labour-management process to tackle women’s health and safety issues at the Rio Tinto aluminum smelter in Alma, Que.
USW delegates helped make history at the recent 2021 Federal NDP Convention. We helped elect a Steelworker as President of the party: congrats to Dhananjai (DJ) Kohli, who is the first racialized person in the role!
The Spring deadline for Family & Community Education Fund (FCEF) projects over $5,000 is April 16, 2021! Are you a contributing local? Click here to find out more.
Each year in early April, we “celebrate” Equal Pay Day, but it’s not much of a celebration, marking how many extra days into 2021 it takes the average Canadian woman to earn as much as the average man earned in the twelve months of 2020.
Kyle Wolff, president of USW Local 7619, shares his thoughts about the federal Conservatives’ recent overtures to private sector union members. “Put it this way, when’s the last time a Conservative or a Liberal phoned me to talk about labour? Never.”
Steelworker Summer in District 3 is a wonderful opportunity for Steelworkers' sons and daughters to earn some money and learn about our Union.
The women who make our clothes are paid poverty wages in the supply chains of Canadian retailers and fashion brands. Poverty wages are the result of decisions made by Canadian companies and global brands.
The United Steelworkers union is calling on local union leaders to send delegates to the upcoming online Canadian Labour Congress Convention – June 16-18.
As we celebrate International Women’s Day this year, it is important now, more then ever, that we look at what the last year has been like for women.
Ignoring its own promises: Canada must act for corporate accountability!
The Department of Health was so poorly prepared for the outbreak of the pandemic it had to send masks to Florida for safety testing, say internal records.
