The USW represents about 850,000 working men and women in Canada and the United States in a wide variety of industries, ranging from glass making to mining, paper, steel, tire and rubber and other manufacturing environments, to the public sector, service and health care industries.
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MONTREAL – In the aftermath of the train fire in Nantes and the devastating explosion in Lac-Mégantic, the United Steelworkers (USW), which represents 75 Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway employees, extends its thoughts and sympathies to the families and friends of victims of this tragedy.
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Dozens of community and labour activists converged on Conservative MP Joe Oliver's office on June 10 to demand an end to the Harper government's low-wage economic strategy and abuse of temporary foreign workers.
"The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is not a legitimate immigration policy," said Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan.
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It is deplorable and unforgivable that any person lives in poverty in a nation as rich as ours. That so many First Nations communities are without safe water or adequate housing is shameful. The government of Canada's ongoing lack of respect for Treaty Rights and for the human and democratic rights of First Nations and aboriginal people must be addressed.
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TORONTO, May 21, 2013 — Today, the fight begins for a more prosperous, fairer economy for everyone. Workers Uniting, the global union formed by the United Steelworkers and the United Kingdom and Ireland’s Unite the Union, is hosting its first-ever economic policy conference, Building a Global Agenda for Shared Prosperity.
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TORONTO — Just like poor landowners and miners in Mexico, Canadian shareholders deserve much better from mining company Excellon Resources, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says.
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BURNABY, BC — Postings for new mining jobs in British Columbia reveal the companies involved in operating the mines always intended to hire temporary foreign workers from China — while purposefully excluding BC and Canadian workers — by including Mandarin as a required language.
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[Editor’s note: BC saw six workplace deaths in 2012, mostly at saw mills.]
In the wake of revelations detailing the lack of coordination between government agencies responsible for workplace safety at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake and Lakeland Mills in Prince George, the provincial government must order a formal review into the jurisdiction and procedures for interaction between agencies, says the United Steelworkers union.
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"It began in the small town of Alma, but it became a defining labour struggle in Quebec, Canada, and around the world. Our members are walking back into the plant as heroes." – USW Local 9490 President Marc Maltais
TORONTO, July 6, 2012 — The United Steelworkers (USW) and its global allies are hailing the end of Rio Tinto's six-month lockout of aluminum smelter workers in Alma, Quebec, as a great victory for the workers and their supporters around the world.
A collective agreement that will run to the end of 2015 was ratified Thursday by USW Local 9490 members by a wide margin. The ratification brings an end to the lockout of 780 Steelworkers imposed by Rio Tinto Alcan in late December.
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TORONTO/PITTSBURGH, June 15, 2012 — "Today's deal that guarantees Canadian and American steel will be used to build the new Windsor-Detroit bridge is a great victory. Our pressure on the politicians to do the right thing has paid off," says Ken Neumann, United Steelworkers (USW) National Director.
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The elimination of hundreds of security screeners at airports throughout Quebec and Atlantic Canada will compromise passenger safety and increase wait times for travellers.
"Airport security screeners already face significant demands and challenges in protecting passenger safety and maintaining customer service," says Ken Neumann, National Director for Canada for the United Steelworkers (USW) union.
"You cannot eliminate hundreds of these front-line security staff without compromising these vital services," Neumann says.
