David Ellis Scholarship Winners

• $1000 award - Jessica Paige Strickler, Waterloo Ontario.  Steelworker parent: Jeffery Strickler USW Local 3789
• $500 award – Shelby Cook, Lansdowne, Ontario.  Steelworker parent:  Andrew Cook USW Local 3222
• $500 award – Brian Corcoran, Labrador City, NL.  Steelworker parent: Brian Corcoran USW Local 5795
• $500 award – BrandiLee Babcock, Port Colborne, Ontario.  Steelworker grandparent: Bruno Favaro USW Local 6200

 

2010 USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference, Oct. 3-8, Pittsburgh

ANNOUNCEMENT, 10 AUG 2010 - The 2010 International Health Safety and Environment Conference: Pittsburgh, October 3-8 (Westin Convention Center). Designed for anyone involved in Health Safety and Environmental activism in your local union. ... more

Fighting for Healthy and Safe Workplaces and a Clean Environment

The United Steelworkers is a leader in the struggle for healthy and safe workplaces and a clean environment. Our involvement in the mining, smelting, and refining of minerals, in steelmaking, and in manufacturing has taught us a lot about what damages the environment. Our experience in other sectors – the service industry, education, health care, transportation, ... more

9 MAY 2008 – Environmental Alliance Part of United Steelworkers National Health, Safety and Environment Conference – For a Safe and Healthy Future

May 12 to 14, 2008 Doubletree International Plaza Hotel 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON Plaza A-B Conference Office: MONTREAL A TORONTO – A formal signing of an alliance between the United Steelworkers (USW) and Environmental Defence will form part of the union’s National Health, Safety and Environment Conference from May 12 to 14 at the Doubletree ... more

Ergonomics (2005)

Musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) are disorders of muscles, bones, blood vessels, tendons, nerves and other soft tissues in the body. Musculoskeletal injuries are referred to in a variety of ways. ... more