July 31, 2014 |
Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney should nix the B.C. Liberal government's plan to use temporary foreign workers to develop the province's liquefied natural gas industry.
United Steelworkers
Members of the United Steelworkers work in every sector of Canada’s economy in every kind of job.The union is proud of its great diversity.
July 23, 2014 |
The proposed Standard for Responsible Mining is a set of principles to improve social and environmental performance.
July 7, 2014 |
The provincial Conservatives and Liberals have taken a page out of Stephen Harper's ideological playbook to weaken workers' rights and increase inequality in Newfoundland and Labrador.
June 30, 2014 |
European unions and European Works Council members are denouncing anti-union actions in Turkey and Canada by Crown Holdings, one of the largest metal packaging companies in the world.
June 23, 2014 |
Long-promised changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program announced fall short of protecting good jobs for Canadians and will leave low-wage workers in the same vulnerable position as before.
June 18, 2014 |
The United Steelworkers is reminding thousands of travel agents in the United States and Canada to act cautiously and responsibly by making their clients fully aware of potential risks.
May 27, 2014 |
A legal defence fund has been launched to help pay costs to be incurred by railway workers charged in connection with last year's tragedy in Lac-Mégantic.
May 16, 2014 |
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) must be replaced, while temporary workers already in Canada should be eligible for open work permits so they can keep their current jobs or seek employment.
April 25, 2014 |
Union members from several countries attended the meeting to seek answers for labour troubles at several of Crown’s global operations.
April 18, 2014 |
Forty years ago, on April 18, several hundred miners in Elliot Lake, Ont., held an illegal wildcat strike over unsafe working conditions.