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United Steelworkers' 54th National Policy Conference
A Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has ruled that Canada’s steel industry has been harmed by illegal dumping of steel pipe by Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkey and the Philippines.
On top of baseless U.S. tariffs, Canada’s steel industry is being harmed by foreign dumping of steel pipe.
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USW Locals 1998 (University of Toronto), 2010 (Queen's University) and 4120 (Guelph University) approve a new multi-university pension plan.
Working together, we are bringing in an innovative pension plan that achieves our goals: a sustainable and resilient defined benefit plan that will provide strong, dependable retirement income for members, both in the near term and for future generations.
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Brian Corcoran Wins 2018 Lynn Williams Award
Brian Corcoran is well-known for his selfless service to others. He has served as President of his Canadian Legion Branch as well as President of SOAR Chapter 6-SA1, where he keeps members informed of political and social issues and activism.
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Health Care Activists Advocate Universal Pharmacare on Parliament Hill
More than 100 public health care advocates, including members of the United Steelworkers, visited MPs on Parliament Hill last week to push for universal public pharmacare.
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USW Takes Part in Week of Solidarity with Garment Workers in Bangladesh
As part of a worldwide week of solidarity, USW urges Bangladesh to respect labour rights and to stop repression against garment workers.
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D6 Mentoring Program
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Brian Corcoran Wins 2018 Lynn Williams Award
Brian Corcoran is well-known for his selfless service to others. He has served as President of his Canadian Legion Branch as well as President of SOAR Chapter 6-SA1, where he keeps members informed of political and social issues and activism.
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Health Care Activists Advocate Universal Pharmacare on Parliament Hill
More than 100 public health care advocates, including members of the United Steelworkers, visited MPs on Parliament Hill last week to push for universal public pharmacare.
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USW Takes Part in Week of Solidarity with Garment Workers in Bangladesh
As part of a worldwide week of solidarity, USW urges Bangladesh to respect labour rights and to stop repression against garment workers.
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What Happened to (Real) Wage Growth?
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Health Care Workers Council Welcomes 120 New Members
Workers at Chartwell St. Albert Retirement Residence, who work as LPNs, aides, dietary technicians, and more, received their union certification last month after overwhelming support for the organizing effort.
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SOAR leadership changes in District 6
Two recent organizational changes
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USW Cares: USW Local 1998 Women of Steel's Holiday Drive Update
More than 50 volunteers hosted collection boxes and used their lunch hours to drop off donations, sort through and package donations into bags, delivered donations and encouraged their colleagues to get involved.
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Trudeau’s Tariff Failure Threatens New Year Devastation for Many Canadians
The prime minister betrayed his promise to steel and aluminum workers that he had their backs.
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Taxi Drivers Hit Hard by Saskatchewan Government Days Before Busy Christmas Season
The United Steelworkers (USW) Taxi Council is deeply disappointed in the decisions made by the government, SGI, and municipalities to attack the current livelihood of taxi workers.
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USW Cares: Giving Back to Those Who Built Our Community
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News@6 Fall 2018
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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Diversity Council Ups Union Involvement
Recognizing that “the world is changing everywhere,” Local 6717 developed a human rights training course and established a Diversity Council to help “find a way to ease the transition into something new.”
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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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Helping Out - 2018 D6 Conference
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Stepping Up - 2018 D6 Conference
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Speaking Out - 2018 D6 Conference
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Power Up - 2018 D6 Conference Key Not VIdeo
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Canada Must Impose Retaliatory Tariffs Now: Ken Neumann on CBC
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Stronger Together (French Subtitles)
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Stronger Together
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A Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has ruled that Canada’s steel industry has been harmed by illegal dumping of steel pipe by Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkey and the Philippines.
On top of baseless U.S. tariffs, Canada’s steel industry is being harmed by foreign dumping of steel pipe.
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USW Locals 1998 (University of Toronto), 2010 (Queen's University) and 4120 (Guelph University) approve a new multi-university pension plan.
Working together, we are bringing in an innovative pension plan that achieves our goals: a sustainable and resilient defined benefit plan that will provide strong, dependable retirement income for members, both in the near term and for future generations.
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Bedrock Industries have indicated that they have intentions to re-open the Pointe-Noire pellet plant and negotiate a new collective agreement. Full story: usw.to/2ux #USWWorks #canlab...
"Bedrock Industries has informed us of its intention to relaunch the plant and its desire to negotiate a collective agreement."
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Are you a local union delegate for the upcoming 54th National Policy Conference? Register TODAY to take advantage of the early bird rates: usw.ca/npc2019. Share this with another delegate you know to remind them! #USWMetallos19 #canlab...
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The #USW is denouncing a plea agreement in an Ontario court that imposes a fine against Rainbow Concrete for the death of Rheal Dionne, while dismissing a criminal charge against the company’s owner. Since the #Westray law was enacted, there have been mor
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Did you know? The last day for early bird pricing to register for the 54th National Policy Conference is on Tuesday, February 19th. If you've been chosen as a local union delegate, don't miss out on the special pricing and register today at: http://usw.ca
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Congrats to our members at USW Local 2004 on ratification of a new five-year agreement with CN. “This is a solid, fair agreement that recognizes the hard work of our members and the key contributions they make every day to CN’s success,” said Jean-Franco
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More than five years after the Rana Plaza disaster the struggle for better and safer working conditions in Bangladesh is ongoing. As part of a worldwide week of solidarity, the #USW urges Bangladesh to respect labour rights and to stop repression against
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In our union’s proud history of promoting and supporting equality, Steelworkers celebrate Black History Month each February. Steelworkers of all races are also part of a larger community of equality-seeking groups. During Black History Month, Steelworke
In our union’s proud history of promoting and supporting equality, Steelworkers celebrate Black History Month each February.
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Why has workers' purchasing power stagnated in the face of an expanding economy and a tightening labour market – a condition which is generally conducive for workers' real wages to grow? In one sentence: policies and actions initiated by employers and ant
The United Steelworkers (USW) – Syndicat des Métallos – is the largest private-sector union in both Canada and North America, with more than 225,000 members in Canada.
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Take advantage of early bird prices for the 54th National Policy Conference, happening April 2-5, 2019 in Vancouver. Conference info and online registration can be found at: usw.ca/npc2019. Early bird rates end February 19th
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USW District 3 rallied in support of United Steelworkers Local 5114, who have been on the picket line for almost two years. Steelworkers were joined by Vancouver and District Labour Council, New Westminster & District Labour Council, ILWU, and more.
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An effective #ombuds to investigate allegations of abuse by Canadian companies is good for everyone...for impacted communities, for civil society, for government, and for business. But to be effective, it must have real #power2investigate, including power to compel #Open4Justice
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A Cdn trade tribunal has ruled that that Canada’s steel industry has been harmed by illegal dumping of steel pipe by Vietnam, Pakistan, Turkey & the Philippines. Standard pipe will be now subject to tariffs b/w 46-66% for the next 5 yrs. More: https://t.co/BJX4qqms81 #canlab
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.@USW4120 Pres Liz Cherry on the approval of the new, innovative multi university pension plan: "This approval vote by our members is a vote of confidence in our process as well as the outcome." More: https://t.co/ky3DKOCMfQ #USWWorks #canlab #onpoli
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Over a year ago, the Canadian government committed to take meaningful action and create an #ombuds with the #power2investigate allegations of abuse by Canadian companies abroad. The ombuds must have the power to compel documents and testimony. Anything less is a broken promise.
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A sustainable & resilient defined benefit plan that will provide strong, dependable retirement income for current members & for future generations. More on the new multi-university pension plan approved by @usw1998 @uswlocal2010 @USW4120: https://t.co/ky3DKOCMfQ #USWWorks #canlab
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Bedrock Industries have indicated that they have intentions to re-open the Pointe-Noire pellet plant and negotiate a new collective agreement. Full story: https://t.co/9im5KUOeHG #USWWorks #canlab
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.@uswlocal2010 @USW4120 @usw1998 & 3 Faculty Assoc voted in favour of forming the new University Pension Plan. The plan is an achievement of bargaining agents working together for the common good of our member’s retirement security. More: https://t.co/PZ9pcZMpoJ #USWWorks #canlab
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Are you a local union delegate for the upcoming 54th National Policy Conference? Register TODAY to take advantage of the early bird rates: https://t.co/2rjSiUirnU. Share this with another delegate you know to remind them! #USWMetallos19 #canlab https://t.co/4ZPHKQsSLL
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RT @broadbent: .@SteelworkersCA National Director Ken Neumann (@KenUSW) will be taking the stage at Progress Summit 2019 in Ottawa! #Broadb…
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Placing a monetary value on a worker’s life was not the intent of the Westray Law. https://t.co/m7wz2mGAAw #StopTheKilling #canlab #cdnpoli /3
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Since the #Westray law was enacted, there have been more than 15,000 workplace-related deaths in Canada. But, very few corporations & managers have been criminally convicted or faced jail time for the deaths of thousands of workers. https://t.co/m7wz2mGAAw #StopTheKilling /2
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The #USW is denouncing a plea agreement in an Ontario court that imposes a fine against Rainbow Concrete for the death of Rheal Dionne, while dismissing a criminal charge against the company’s owner. https://t.co/m7wz2mGAAw #StopTheKilling #canlab #cdnpoli /1 https://t.co/5n5mAspQDe
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