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Third letter to Minister McNaughton and Premier Doug Ford re three fatalites at National Steel Car in Hamilton
Third letter from USW District 6 Director Myles Sullivan to Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton and Premier Doug Ford re fatalities at National Steel Car in Hamilton.
Watch: Steelworkers retirees are looking towards the future
Our Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees is looking towards the future with a plan for a new direction. Watch the SOAR video from the 2022 USW International Convention.
USW resolves to ‘Build Power’ in health care, rapidly growing sectors
The USW will ramp up efforts to organize education and health care workers, security officers, telecommunications professionals and other white-collar workers, delegates to the 2022 Constitutional Convention directed.
Delegates vote to advance health and safety work
USW convention delegates unanimously approved resolutions on Day 4 of the USW International Convention, to advance the union’s fight for safer and healthier workplaces.
USW Constitutional Convention adopts resolution recognizing need for retiree activism
“Everybody’s Union definitely includes our retirees,” said USW SOAR Coordinator Julie Stein.
Jagmeet Singh: We’re going to keep on fighting
"Every time you fight for better wages or good jobs ... for better working conditions, you are improving the working conditions of your members, but really of all workers.” – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, at the USW International Convention in Las Vegas
2022 Constitutional Convention daily newsletters
A daily round-up of all the key moments at our Constitutional Convention!
Bea Bruske: Solidarity is the power of the house of labour
“When we need members to show up for workers, Steelworkers are always there,” said Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, during her address to the 2022 Constitutional Convention.
‘The USW is charting a new era,’ VP Harris says
The USW has strengthened the nation and its economy for decades and is in the process of doing it again through the work of its members, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says.
Delegates direct major focus on organizing
Delegates to the 2022 Constitutional Convention redoubled the USW’s commitment to organizing.
International President Tom Conway: "We are everybody’s union"
International President Tom Conway opened the USW’s 2022 Constitutional Convention on Monday, Aug. 8, with an address that celebrated the union’s victories and recommitted the USW to leading the fight for better lives for workers in the coming years.
Local 1998 bargains for fairness, wage gains at University of Toronto Schools
In addition to wage gains, the collective agreement for the 28-member unit includes an exciting new wage structure that brings the Local 1998 agreement into line with the staff’s teacher colleagues.
Eastern Ontario Steelworkers hammer out three-year deal
The USW members kept the business going throughout the pandemic and now they are being rewarded for their dedication with solid across-the-board gains in their new contract.
High-skilled USW members help secure lucrative contract at BWXT Canada
The quality work of high-skilled USW members has helped manufacturer BWXT Canada secure a $130-million long-term contract that will sustain hundreds of good jobs at the company’s Cambridge, Ont., operations for many years to come.
Genpak workers secure big improvements with new deal
Genpak workers in Brampton, Ont., have ratified a new collective agreement that secures key benefits on multiple fronts and annual wage increases.
Reproductive freedom is a worker’s issue
Statement by USW Canadian Directors following the U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Followup letter re request for a meeting re three fatalities at National Steel Car in Hamilton
A second letter to Ontario Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton from USW District 6 Director Myles Sullivan
Another worker killed on the job – where is Doug Ford?
This letter by District 6 Director Myles Sullivan was published in the Hamilton Spectator on June 16, 2022
Security screeners launch Casual Monday action at airports across Canada
Airport security screening officers are demanding better pay, working conditions and respect from the federal government.
OP ED: Leader or laggard? Canada at the crossroads of corporate accountability
Canada is facing a major test of its human rights and feminist credentials. Will the government put effective safeguards in place to ensure Canadian companies proactively respect human rights and the environment abroad?