News Articles
SHF Update – December 2021
Between despair and resilience – solidarite ak Ayiti (solidarity with Haiti)!
SHF Update – September 2021
Empowering women for economic development
Emergency measures needed to address the health care staffing crisis
Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care (LTC) and home care services face critical and growing staffing crises.
New alliance calls for compensation reform
The Occupational Disease Reform Alliance (ODRA), made up of clusters of workers experiencing work-related illnesses, is calling on the Ontario government to fix the broken Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) system.
Pride, hope and optimism this holiday season
"As I reflect on my pending retirement as USW National Director, I am more proud than ever of our collective efforts to advance workers’ rights and build a better society." – Ken Neumann
Releases / Advisories
Steelworkers ratify new contract at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper
Members of the United Steelworkers Local 7619 at Teck’s Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Operations ratified a five-year collective agreement late Friday night after an 81.2% vote in favour of the new contract.
Steelworkers: Saskatchewan workers win big as union certification goes electronic
In a historic decision, the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (LRB) has ruled workers in the province can now join a union by signing an electronic union membership card.
United Steelworkers statement on 10th anniversary of Babine sawmill explosion
Ten years ago, on January 20, 2012, two workers went to work at the Babine Forest Products sawmill near Burns Lake, B.C., and didn’t return home to their families. Twenty other workers were seriously injured.
Publications
USW@Work – December 2021
In this issue: Ken Neumann reflects on decades of working-class activism • Making a minority government work for us • Hundreds of long-term care workers choose the USW • Safe rescue of 39 miners in Sudbury • more
USW submission on Bill 27, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to employment and labour and other matters
Bill 27 doesn’t provide the necessary detail, nor does it appear to contemplate enforcement to a great enough degree that workers can feel assured the promise of the legislation will ever result in actual help in their workplace.
USW submission on Bill 37, An Act to enact the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021
The proposed legislation misses the urgency and magnitude of the changes called for by the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission and the Auditor General. Bill 37 fails to recognize staffing as the most important challenge facing long-term care in Ontario.
USW Manufacturing Update – September 2021
The monthly manufacturing report from the USW Research Department is a compilation of historical, economic and sector data.
USW Manufacturing Update – August 2021
The monthly manufacturing report from the USW Research Department is a compilation of historical, economic and sector data.
USW Manufacturing Update – July 2021
The monthly manufacturing report from the USW Research Department is a compilation of historical, economic and sector data.
USW Manufacturing Update – June 2021
The monthly manufacturing report from the USW Research Department is a compilation of historical, economic and sector data.
USW Manufacturing Update – May 2021
The monthly manufacturing report from the USW Research Department is a compilation of historical, economic and sector data.