Steelworkers
The people vs. U.S. Steel
Jan 29 2011 - 1:00pm
Jan 29 2011 - 8:00pm
Location
Hamilton City Hall
71 Main Street West
HamiltonCanada
43° 15' 23.3172" N, 79° 52' 27.5988" W
See map: Google Maps
Thousands of union activists will be going to Hamilton on January 29 to show support for 900 steelworkers locked out by U.S. Steel since early November. The Toronto & York Region Labour Council is helping to co-ordinate the turnout, along with the Ontario Federation of Labour and Canadian Labour Congress.
This struggle has a number of key dimensions that relate to all Canadians like, de-indexing pensions, two-tier benefits, New Canadian Benefit and exposing the culprits of callous company tactics.
For more information:
Preethy Sivakumar: (416) 441-3663 x 228
John Cartwright: (416) 441-3663 x 226
Contact name:
Local 1005
Contact email:
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