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USW International and National Women's Conference
#USW welcomes the federal government's announcement to start consultations on steel safeguards and protection measures to counter steel dumping from the international market. More: usw.to/2oj #USWWorks #canlab #cdnpoli...
The USW welcomes the federal government's announcement that it is commencing consultations on the steel safeguards and protection measures our union has been requesting for months,
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Woman Trade Unionist Succeeds in Male-Dominated Profession
Read how Charlene Clarke from local 13173 in Ontario, Canada got active in her local of almost 200 members.
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Steelworkers from USW Local 1-2017 working at Imperial Metals have now reached a new collective agreement, that ends a 71-day strike. More at: usw.to/2of #USWWorks #canlab...
Workers at the site of the 2014 tailings spill have reached an agreement with Imperial Metals.
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Trump Tariffs Could Tip Canada into Recession, Trade Committee Told
"If you don't poke the bear, he's going to eat your lunch," USW National Director Ken Neumann told the House of Commons committee on international trade.
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Sign the Petition for Domestic Worker Rights
Please join Quebec Steelworkers in supporting the domestic workers’ rights campaign. Sign the parliamentary petition asking Canada to ratify the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.
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Canada Must Impose Retaliatory Tariffs Now: Ken Neumann on CBC
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Woman Trade Unionist Succeeds in Male-Dominated Profession
Read how Charlene Clarke from local 13173 in Ontario, Canada got active in her local of almost 200 members.
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Trump Tariffs Could Tip Canada into Recession, Trade Committee Told
"If you don't poke the bear, he's going to eat your lunch," USW National Director Ken Neumann told the House of Commons committee on international trade.
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Sign the Petition for Domestic Worker Rights
Please join Quebec Steelworkers in supporting the domestic workers’ rights campaign. Sign the parliamentary petition asking Canada to ratify the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.
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Our Unity. Our Strength: 2018 USW District 3 Conference - October 30 to November 1, Kamloops, BC
USW District 3 will be holdings its 2018 District Conference from October 30th to November 1st, at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.
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Canada Must Impose Retaliatory Tariffs Now: Ken Neumann on CBC
The Canadian government must act now to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports and to support Canadian workers affected by U.S. tariffs, USW National Director Ken Neumann says in an interview on CBC News Network.
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Story of the Sears Bankruptcy
Watch this Radio-Canada documentary on the Sears bankruptcy, featuring an interview with Steelworker and NDP MP Scott Duvall on the legalized theft of workers' hard-earned pensions in corporate bankruptcies.
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News@6 Spring 2018
Check out the Ontario election edition of the News@6 newsletter for Steelworkers in District 6. Plus bargaining successes and more.
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Ontario Steelworkers Talk to Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
Steelworkers talk about worker health and safety, jobs and ending pension theft during our telephone town hall with Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and USW Ontario Director Marty Warren.
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"Be More Than A Bystander” Training Already Making An Impression
It seems that every time you open a newspaper or turn on the six o’clock news these days, you’re surrounded by bad news.
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Accelerate! Accelerate! Said the Workers to Their Wages
By the end of 2017, while the average worker could claim some nominal wage gains, their real wages had largely stagnated while their relative wages had declined in comparison to their bosses'.
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Introducing Atkinson Foundation Podcast: Just Work It
'Just Work It,' is the Atkinson Foundation’s brand new platform for podcasts and events on decent work for and by those of us who are called “millennials.”
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Workers Were Sold a Lie
NAFTA must defend good jobs, improve living standards and reverse growing inequality.
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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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Gagner sa vie
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Stronger Together
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Earning A Living (English)
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Children Playing (English)
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Solidarity in Action
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WORST CALL CENTRE STORIES EVER #HANGUPONABUSE
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2016 International Mines Rescue Competition
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Growing The Union
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Responding to Economic Inequality
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Growing The Union
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#USW welcomes the federal government's announcement to start consultations on steel safeguards and protection measures to counter steel dumping from the international market. More: usw.to/2oj #USWWorks #canlab #cdnpoli...
The USW welcomes the federal government's announcement that it is commencing consultations on the steel safeguards and protection measures our union has been requesting for months,
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Steelworkers from USW Local 1-2017 working at Imperial Metals have now reached a new collective agreement, that ends a 71-day strike. More at: usw.to/2of #USWWorks #canlab...
Workers at the site of the 2014 tailings spill have reached an agreement with Imperial Metals.
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Steelworkers welcome the criminal charges against a company in the death of a Sudbury worker. There are still over 1,000 workers who die in the workplace each year but very few criminal charges are laid. “We commend the Greater Sudbury Police Service fo
Company and owner face charges of criminal negligence causing the death of worker Rheal Dionne.
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Sisters, you're invited to the 2018 International Women's Conference. Join your fellow Women of Steel from across North America, as well as sisters from our global union family, October 14 to 17, 2018 in Toronto. Conference details, including workshops, p
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USW Local 1976 members working at Delta Airlines operations in Canada just approved a new 5-year deal. Wins in the new contract include wage increases, shift premiums, defending the defined-benefit pension plan and language that maintains job security. A
New collective agreement includes wage increases making Delta employees the highest-paid in Canada.
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Over 1,500 #USW forestry workers at 23 worksites are preparing for strike votes in northern B.C. Proposed changes to the collective agreement include leave for members struggling with domestic violence, union representation and pension funding improveme
"The employer is unwilling to discuss the most basic proposals. Our workers are demanding changes and we will fight for them. We are bargaining for 23 different worksites and it's time to send them a message."
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In response to Shaw's demands of job security elimination, 0% annual wage increases, erosion of members' work and forcing employees to pay for work devices, TWU - USW Local 1944.Unit 60 gave a strike vote mandate of over 98%, with 85% of the membership ca
Hotline: 98% strike vote by Steelworkers at Shaw Cable — http://1944.fyi/pGoOtn
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It is abundantly clear that Canadian uranium exports do not present a national security threat to the U.S. There's no evidence to include Canada in the Section 232 investigation. Targeting Canada’s uranium industry would be absurd and would suggest a d
U.S. uranium producers have basically made the case already, that Canada is not the problem.
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Since the January 11th lockout of USW/Syndicat des Métallos Local 9700 members by ABI, they have lost $468 million CAD in revenues. “Alcoa and Rio Tinto are losing, the Quebec government and all Quebecers are losing, workers and their families are depriv
Each month of the lockout is depriving Alco and Rio Tinto – co-owners of the ABI smelter – CAN$85 million in revenues (US$66 million) and CAN$26 million (US$20 million) in profits, the USW says.
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Every year, children and grandchildren of Steelworkers from across the country spend their summer at various #USW offices. This year, we've let them take over our Instagram account () to post about what they're up to during Steelworker Summer. Open your i
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Solidarity to our sisters and brothers in Massachusetts, locked out by National Grid since June. Watch the video below and click on the link to tell National Grid to stop using replacement workers. #1u...
National Grid’s use of less-experienced replacement workers is a risk to public safety. So much so, many cities and towns in the Boston area have voted to temporarily stop all non-emergency gas work, citing numerous safety violations by National Grid management and replacement workers. Tell National Grid to STOP! Visit www.LockoutatNationalGrid.com.
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Toronto is hosting the 2018 International Women's Conference, October 14-17, 2018. Registration and information can be found at: usw.ca/wos2018. You can select your workshops, get travel and hotel information, sign up for childcare and more. We know this
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RT @AMacEwen: For months @CanadianLabour and @SteelworkersCA have been warning that US tariffs will result in dumping of cheap subsidized s…
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#USW welcomes the federal government's announcement to start consultations on steel safeguards and protection measures to counter steel dumping from the international market. More: https://t.co/MPq9Gx85OL #USWWorks #canlab #cdnpoli
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RT @steelworkers: These members spent a day in Wyoming learning about mine safety and their rights in MSHA inspections. Education is a majo…
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RT @acmzee: @USW9597Dm,Moe and retired @steelworkersca Phil volunteering their time to help cook up a meal for the Ottawa CNIB picnic. Gre…
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RT @iatse58: Thank you @theJagmeetSingh leader of the @NDP and @GurratanSingh MPP for meeting with us today to discuss the lock out of @iat…
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Steelworkers from @USW_District_3, Local 1-2017 working at Imperial Metals have now reached a new collective agreem… https://t.co/aA3V5IBWvp
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RT @CTVNorthernNews: @CTVTonyRyma talks to United Steelworkers National Director about the push for greater enforcement of the Westray amen…
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RT @alex_mckeen: My file on the end to the #MountPolley mine strike. @SteelworkersCA has reached an agreement with Imperial Metals, which b…
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RT @jamiewestndp: Yesterday, was my first Member Statement. I took the opportunity to speak about @UWCNEO, which began in Sudbury through…
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RT @labour_girl: On this day in 1990, 16000 steelworkers walked off the job at Stelco and Algoma steel plants in Ontario and Quebec. In Aug…
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RT @OFLabour: Congratulations to Mayson Fulk, with @SteelworkersCA District 6, winner of the 2018 OFL Solidarity and Pride Award. #onpoli…
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RT @OFLabour: @SteelworkersCA District 6, @Pattycoates, @larryrousseau, @chandralipaul are Ready for London Pride. #Solidarity #onpo…
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