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        • International Women's Conference - Oct 17 - 20, 2010, Pittsburgh  
        • International Women's Day 2010 - Message from Ken Neumann, National Director for Canada  
        • National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women  
        • International Women's Day 2009 - Message from Ken Neumann, National Director for Canada  
        • International Women's Day Breakfasts 2009  
        • Women of Steel Progress: Are We There Yet?  
        • We are Women of Steel  
        • The United Steelworkers’ Reference Guide for Local, Regional and District Women’s Committees  
        • Steelworkers Violence Prevention Guide  
        • Step By Step to Elected Office: United Steelworkers Affirmative Action Guide to Local Union Elections (2009)  
        • Steelworker Guide to Negotiating the Balance of Work - Life Responsibilities (updated 2007)  
        • Steelworkers Anti-Harassment Policy  
        • Steelworkers Guide to Preventing and Dealing with Harassment  
        • Mapping Techniques  
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    National Women's Conference  
        • The United Steelworkers’ Reference Guide for Local, Regional and District Women’s Committees  
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      Conferences  
    National Policy Conference April 2010  
        • Steelworkers Activists Shape Canadian Policies to Move Union Forward  
        • Building For Tomorrow’s Jobs: Videos and Documents from the USW 2010 Policy Conference  
        • STEELWORKER VIDEOS on Health & Safety, Building Jobs, and Activism  
        • USW National Policy Conference Coming in April  
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    National Women's Conference November 2008  
        • National Women's Conference Photo Album November 2008  
    Conference Calendar  
        • Schedule of Events and Conferences - 2010  
    Health, Safety and Environment Conference 2008  
        • Conference Documents  
        • Photo Album May 11  
        • Photo Album May 12 - workshops and book signing  
        • Photo Album May 13 -14  
    Health, Safety & Environment Disablilty and Human Rights 2006  
        • Conference Documents  
    National Policy Conference 2007  
        • Photo Albums  
    National Policy Conference 2004  
        • Remarks by Former National Director, Lawrence McBrearty  
        • Be It Resolved That . . . Progress Report on 2002 Resolutions  
        • Jobs, Pensions and Benefits: A Plan to Strengthen Our Economic Security  
        • At the Bargaining Table and in Politics  
        • Fighting for Healthy and Safe Workplaces and a Clean Environment  
        • Building Our Public Services, Protecting Our Health Care  
        • Pride at Work, Pride in the Union: Steelworkers on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues  
        • Opening Doors : Steelworkers' Policy on Disabilty Rights  
    Call Centre Conference 2003  
        • The Changing Face of the Call Centre Industry in Canada  
        • Manitoba's Call-Centre Explosion: A Preliminary Overview  
        • Unions and Call Centres: The UK Experience  
        • Women in European Call Centres: Work, Skills and Opportunities  
    National Policy Conference 2002  
        • Global Connections (2002)  
        • Steelworkers - Talking Politics, Taking Action  
        • Steelworkers Organizing Everybody's Union Everywhere  
        • From the Conference Table to the Bargaining Table (2002)  
        • Everybodys' Union Everywhere (2002)  
    Human Rights Conference December 2009  
        • Human Rights Conference Call December 2009  
        • Human Rights Conference Information  
        • Human Rights Conference Hotel and Travel Information  
    National Human Rights Conference 2002  
        • Equality @ Work Section 1: Human Rights and the Steelworkers (2002)  
        • Equality @ Work: Section 2 Economic Impacts of Discrimination (2002)  
        • Equality @ Work: Section 3 Human Rights and the Law (2002)  
        • Equality @ Work: Section 4 Human Rights are for Everyone - International Solidarity (2002)  
        • Equality @ Work: Section 5 - Contract Language (2002)  
      University Staff  
        • 12 SEPTEMBER 2008 - Steelworkers Ratify ‘Contract for Members and their Families’ At University of Toronto  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between Steelworker Local 4120 and the University of Guelph (2008)  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between USW Local 1998 and the University of Toronto  
        • USW at Canada's Universities  
        • Queen’s staff want to face the future – confident, prepared and engaged.  
        • 15 AUGUST 2008 - Steelworkers Ratify Agreement with University of Guelph  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between Steelworker Local 4120 and the University of Guelph (2008)  
        • Post -Secondary Education Principles: Accessibility, Quality, Accountability  
        • Report of Working Conditions of Ontario University Staff  
        • Lobbying for Post-Secondary Education Funding  
        • Analysis of the Rae Review  
        • Summary of Rae Review  
        • Funding Postsecondary Education: Beyond the Path of Least Resistance  
      Where We Stand  
    National Policy Conference 2007  
        • Conference Documents  
    Labour and Employment Standards  
        • A Return to Fairness: Restoring the Right of Ontario Employees to Unionize  
        • Submission to the Federal Labour Standards Review with Respect to Part III of the Canada Labour Code (2005)  
    Budget and Government Finance  
        • Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance 2006 Pre-Budget Consultations  
        • APRIL 2006 - Brief Submitted to the 2006-07 Pre-Budget Consultations  
    Pensions  
        • Strengthening the Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Defined Pension Benefit Plans (September 2005)  
    Contracting Out  
        • Conference Documents (2005)  
    Policies and Briefing Documents  
        • Steelworker Policies for Members  
        • Submissions to the Federal Government  
    National Policy Conference Documents 2004  
        • At the Bargaining Table and in Politics  
        • Building Our Public Services, Protecting Our Health Care  
        • Fighting for Healthy and Safe Workplaces and a Clean Environment  
        • Jobs, Pensions and Benefits: A Plan to Strengthen Our Economic Security  
        • Opening Doors : Steelworkers' Policy on Disabilty Rights  
        • Pride at Work, Pride in the Union: Steelworkers on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Issues  
    Presentations to the Government of Ontario  
        • Presentation to the Ontario Standing Committee on Social Policy (29 April 2005)  
        • Steelworker Submission to the Federal Advisory Committee to Examine the Future of Marine Attlantic  
    Call Centre Conference 2003  
        • The Changing Face of the Call Centre Industry in Canada  
        • Manitoba's Call-Centre Explosion: A Preliminary Overview  
        • Unions and Call Centres: The UK Experience  
        • Women in European Call Centres: Work, Skills and Opportunities  
      Steel Pride  
        • 17 JUNE 2009 – United Steelworkers Support Pride!  
        • Pride at Work, Pride in the Union: Steelworkers on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues  
        • Steelworkers Anti-Harassment Policy  
        • Steelworkers Guide to Preventing and Dealing with Harassment  
      Steelworker Councils  
    Transportation Council  
        • Letter to Minister of Transport and the Minister Labour and of Housing Regarding Public Inquiry about CN Derailment  
      Local Heroes & Tributes  
        • Steelworkers Call for Action Following Security Guard Death  
        • Day of Mourning Message 2010 - Ken Neumann  
        • Susan Meurer - April 25 1943 – March 4 2010  
        • Death of a great Steelworker: Gerard Docquier  
        • A Personal Tribute to Gerard Docquier, USW National Director for Canada, 1977-1991  
        • Longtime Steelworker Activist Pat Hinchey Dies  
        • Ken O'Neal 1920 - 2007  
        • Ceremony Horouring Lynn Williams May 7, 2007 with Dedication of Street Name and Plaque  
        • Steelworkers Top Fundraisers in the Province  
        • Ernie MacInnis Makes the Grade  
        • The Spirit of Giving: Peel Halton Women of Steel Recognized for Generosity  
        • Keith Oleksiuk (1947-2005)  
        • Les Woodcock (1924 -2005)  
        • Al King (1915 - 2003)  
        • Dick Martin (1944-2001)  
        • Don Montgomery (1920-2001)  
        • Len Stevens (1920-2001)  
        • Norma Berti  
    News Room
      USW in the News  
        • Airport Security Cuts ‘Defy Logic’  
        • Potash Takeover Bid Should Raise Red Flags for Canadians  
        • Ken Neumann Speaks Out on Potential Takeover of Potash Corporation  
        • Inco Name Fades into History  
        • Highly-Respected USW Member Killed on the Job at Agrium Potash Operation  
        • Province to Help Employees in Pine Falls Mill Buyout  
        • Massive Solidarity Rally for USW in Vale Strike  
        • Sending a Message: Steelworkers Rally in Vale Inco Strike  
        • United They Stand Tall Against US Steel  
        • Mediated Talks Will Continue  
        • Sudbury Should Not Feel Alone, NDP MP Says  
        • USW Reaches Tentative Deal With Xstrata  
        • Stop Xstrata and Vale from Closing Canadian Operations – Charlie Angus  
        • Canfor and Steelworkers Reach Tentative Deal  
        • What Happened to Prized Nickel Producer? Asks John Fera  
        • Leo Gerard: USW "Will Negotiate, Not Capitulate"  
        • The Greening of Hamilton's Economy  
        • U.S. Steel Didn't Justify Shutdown, Feds Say  
        • Some in Canada Say Strike Shows Risk of Foreign Control  
        • Global Union Challenges Aggressive Behaviour of Crown Holdings  
        • VALE INCO STRIKE: 1978 Different Than Current Strike  
        • U.S. Steel Urges Judge to Throw Out Canadian Lawsuit  
        • LabourStart Campaign Against Vale a Tremendous Success  
        • Mediation Not the Solution for Sudbury: Vale Inco  
        • TV DEBATE: To Privatize or not to Privatize  
        • Ottawa Set to Take on U.S. Steel Giant  
        • Toss Legal Challenge, Say Feds  
        • New Deal Fires up Mill  
        • Leo Gerard speaks to Le Devoir - The United States and Canada should take a lesson from Quebec  
        • Vale No-Show at Brazilian Senate Hearing  
        • Steelworkers Picket in Push for Severance  
        • Tembec Mill in Manitoba put up for Sale  
        • Gravelle Introduces Bills to Cut Through Secrecy  
        • Steelworkers Take Protest to Big Apple  
        • A Green Economy Can Resurrect Main Street  
        • DriveTest Employees Receive 'Unacceptable' Final Offer  
        • U.S. Steel Recalls 63 Workers to Save on Severance  
        • When Blue Meets Green  
        • New Calls to Release Vale Deal Info  
        • USW Criticizes Hydro-Québec’s Move to 'Export Jobs'  
        • USW Welcomes Mayor’s Call For Good-Faith Bargaining  
        • Striking Steelworkers Take Fight Against Vale Inco to Sweden  
        • U.S. Steel workers get Support from Norfolk County Council  
        • Steelworkers say Vale Inco is Undercutting Strike  
        • Canada's Efforts to Stop Buy American Moving Slowly  
        • USW in Cambridge Ontario Honoured by United Way as "Campaign of the Week"  
        • Brantford Strike 'Poster Child' for Anti-scab Lobby  
        • Inco Office Staff Get the Shaft: USW  
        • Business Week:Steelworkers' International President Becomes Major Force in Trade  
        • USW Stepping Up to Help Ontarians Get their Driver's Licence & Permits  
        • The Economic Crisis as an Excuse for Making Cuts: A Report on the Strike at Prysmian  
        • Leo Gerard: Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law  
        • Steelworkers' International President Becomes Major Force in Trade  
        • Inco Strikers Bring Beefs and Nickels to Bay St.  
        • Thousands Show Support for Striking Vale Inco Workers  
        • Federal EI Reforms Valuable, but Only a Step  
        • Michael Moore and Steelworkers at Toronto’s International Film Festival  
        • Steelworkers Plan Gobally, Think Locally for International Rally  
        • Steelworkers Sue U.S. Steel  
        • This Has to Stop Now  
        • Sudbury Mayor Tells Vale Workers the Community Backs their Fight  
        • Obama Appoints Steelworker to be Manufacturing Czar  
        • Steel Vows to Hold Vale Inco to Account  
        • Production to resume at former Stelco plant  
        • Steelworkers Say Lakeside Steel's Commitments to Production Basis of Support  
        • Union supports Lakeside Steel's bid to buy former Stelco steel making facilities  
        • Striking Union Outraged with Inco Vow to Start Production  
        • Union backs bid to buy Stelco: Lakeside wants court to force sale  
        • Striking Steelworkers Take Fight Against Vale Inco to Sweden  
        • U.S. Steel Getting Ready to Restart Blast Furnace, But When?  
        • Union wants in on suit against U.S. Steel  
        • Brazilian President Takes Aim at Vale SA  
        • Inco Workers Won’t Take a Step Backwards  
        • Steelworkers Get Line Support  
        • U.S. Steel Locks Out 150 Workers at Canadian Plant  
        • U.S. Steel locks out remaining workers  
        • Voisey’s Bay Joins Other Locals on Picket Line  
        • Labour Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place  
        • U.S. Steel Locks Out Nanticoke Workers  
      USW@Work November 2009  
        • Contents  
        • Battling Hard Times - Head On  
        • Campaign to Bring Beam Mill to Contreceour  
        • Major Contract Gains for Saskatchewan Potash Workers  
        • Alberta Health-Care Workers Link with NDP to Push for Staffing Ratios  
        • Bargaining in Hard Times - The BC Interior Forestry Industry  
        • Influencing Ottawa: Lobbying on behalf of working families  
        • International Mission to Mexico: Stop Attacks on Los Mineros Union and Leader Napoleon Gomez  
        • Vale Inco - The Labour Battle of Our Time  
        • Scholarships for USW members' children and grandchildren  
        • Our Climate Policy Must Secure Clean Energy Jobs for Canada  
        • Environmental Action and Our Jobs  
      National Director's Update  
    National Director's Update - June 2010  
        • Contents  
        • Building For Tomorrow’s Jobs - a Letter from Ken Neumann  
        • USW Forcing Historic Prosecution in Worker’s Death  
        • The Fight to Stop Harper’s Colombia Trade Deal Continues  
        • Activist Materials - Order FREE Copies for Your Local  
    National Directors Update - Jan 2010  
        • Contents  
        • Inspiring Day for Vale Inco Strikers  
        • Picket Line Success for Locked-Out Steelworkers  
        • Quebec Jobs are Necessary Part of Recovery  
        • Yellowknife Steelworkers Beat Lockout, Deep Freeze  
        • Steelworker takes on key NDP role  
        • Steelworkers Respond to Crisis in Haiti  
        • Notes from a Prorogued Parliament Hill  
        • Building for Tomorrow’s Jobs: Steelworkers National Policy Conference 2010  
        • AGIR: Quebec Health Care Battle Begins  
    National Director's Update December 2009  
        • Contents  
        • Taking Our Fight to the Decision-Makers by KEN NEUMANN  
        • Hydro can export electricity, but not our jobs  
        • Small But Mighty - USW Local Takes on DriveTest  
        • Raising Funds for Jailed Leader  
        • Blue Green Canada to Stand Up for Green Jobs in Copenhagen  
        • Anti-Scab Battle Can and Will Be Won: We won’t take “no” for an answer  
        • Steelworkers Fight Back, while Vale Discredited  
    National Director's Update Fall 2009  
        • Human Rights Coming to Toronto and Pittsburgh  
        • Harper Refusing to Stand Up for Canada as Resources, Jobs and Industries are Lost  
        • GOLDMAN SHARK: USW Strikers Confront Goldman Sachs in U.S.  
        • Daughter Receives USW Scholarship in Midst of Inco Strike  
        • USW Launches Innovative Websites for Vale & BC Interior Campaigns  
        • Canadians Lead Delegation To Mexico - Photo Album  
    National Director's Update May 2009  
        • Steelworkers push Harper to stand behind the Canadian steel industry  
        • Unite and USW global union sets out response to global crisis ahead of G20 meetings  
        • Steelworkers tell Canadian Senators to fix the EI program  
        • Forest Workers Safety Network (FWSN) launched in BC  
        • USW supports legislation to reduce toxic substances in Ontario  
        • Exiled Mexican union leader wins injunction against arrest warrants  
    National Director's Update March 2009  
        • Green Energy + Green Economy = Green Jobs  
        • News Flash - US Steel Announces Temporary Shutdown in Hamilton , Lake Erie  
        • BC Budget Fails Forest Workers  
        • Steelworkers Humanity Fund Responding to World Crises  
    National Director's Update November 2008  
        • Economic Crisis No Accident - Now it's time to clean up the mess  
        • National Women's Conference - Insider Report  
        • National Women's Conference - Panel on Trade: Free Trade, what has it been good for?  
        • National Women’s Conference - Women workers in UK see themselves in Unite  
        • National Women's Conference - "I Live in a Ghost Town" - Joni Fraser  
        • Economic Crisis - Towards Solutions  
    National Director's Update August 2008  
        • Labour Day 2008 a day for you and me  
        • Thought for food: $90,000 to Canadian food banks through the Steelworkers Humanity Fund  
        • MEDIA RELEASE - AUGUST 2008 - Global Union a Reality  
        • Carol Landry: Vice President at Large  
        • Protection for the 21st Century: Strike and Defense Fund strengthened  
        • Are you an American citizen eligible to vote in the US Election? Democrats Abroad want you  
        • USW Calendar Reminder  
    National Director's Update June/July 2008  
        • Still time to STOP Free Trade with Colombia  
        • Darren Patrick wins Aboriginal Seat on CLC Executive Council  
    Archives 2008  
        • March 2008  
      Video and Music Files  
        • "Vale Inco is A BULLY” -- New Extended Version of USW VIDEO  
        • VIDEO - USW and Enviro Defence Launch 'Blue Green Canada'  
        • VIDEO - USW Economist Explains the Failings of Harper's Economic Stimulus Package  
        • VIDEO - USW Economist Erin Weir Discusses US Steel Commitment to Stelco  
        • Steelworker Playlist  
      Update your contact information  
        • Update your contact information  
      Opinion and Commentary  
        • Defending Canadian Law and Communities Is the Job of Governments  
        • Vale Rejects Clear Path to Settlement  
        • Privatization A Bad Deal for Ontarians  
        • The Opposite of Buy Canada Policy: Op Ed by USW Economist, Erin Weir  
        • Ottawa's Best Way to Breach the 'Buy America' Barrier  
        • Ontario Energy Act can Create Jobs by Ken Neumann and Rick Smith  
        • Even During Downturns there is Power in a Union  
        • 'Buy American' policies not all bad news for Canada  
        • Why Steelworkers need to concerned about the growth of precarious work in Canada and around the world  
        • Workers, Citizens Miss Potash Profits - by KEN NEUMANN  
        • Miners, Citizens Owed Bigger Cut of Potash Wealth - by KEN NEUMANN  
        • Let's Renegotiate NAFTA - By KEN NEUMANN  
        • Lumber Price Tumble Undermines Harper-Bush Deal  
        • Why We Didn't Do What Buzz Did  
      Precarious Work  
        • Why Steelworkers need to be concerned about the growth of precarious work in Canada and around the world  
        • The Growth of Jobs Without Rights and Security is Increasing in Canada  
      USW@WORK Archives  
    USW@Work - Spring 2010  
        • USW@Work - Contents Page  
        • Building for Tomorrow’s Jobs, By Ken Neumann  
        • Building for Tomorrow’s Green Jobs  
        • One Day Longer, by Lynn R. Williams  
        • Hands Off Our Canadian Health Care, By Carol Landry  
        • ‘It’s Our Obligation to the Next Generation," By Leo Gerard  
        • Renewing our Commitment to Health and Safety  
        • Three Weeks of Social Justice: Steelworker Summer  
        • Retirement Security For Everyone – A goal not a slogan  
        • SOAR Members Committed to Building on 25 Years of Activism  
        • From Activists to Alliances, the USW is A Union on the Move  
        • Industrial Strategy Must Put Workers First – Layton  
        • Resolution Roundup - USW members decide on the way forward for our union  
        • Canada Can Afford A Better Future - Don’t let them tell you we can’t  
        • A Time To Grow - Steelworkers Launch National Organizing Project  
        • Teaching Multinationals the Benefits of Unionism  
        • A Model of Human Solidarity - Steelworkers Humanity Fund  
    Winter 2009  
        • Steelworkers on Both Sides of the Border Celebrate Movement on ‘Buy America’ Legislation  
        • Is there Anything Wrong with Asking Governments to Buy the Things their Citizens Make?  
        • Alternative To The Crisis - Stimulation Not Tax Cuts  
        • Quebec Steelworkers 44th Annual Meeting  
        • René Lévesque Film Donated to Cinémathèque Québécoise  
        • Abandoned Forest Industry a Major BC Election Issue  
        • Reforming EI Critical to Workers’ Ability to Get Through Recession  
        • Leo Gerard: Don’t Remain Silent  
        • Legal Matters: The Tricky Road to Second Contracts  
        • Legislative Update: Workers First  
        • Calling All Former Baie Verte Asbestos Miners and Families  
        • Carol Landry - First Woman Appointed to the International Executive Board as Vice-President at Large.  
        • SOAR Calls For National Pension Insurance Fund  
        • Enviro Notes: More than the Economy is Toxic  
        • Actra Toronto Elects Heather Allin President  
        • M’Girl, All Girl, All Aboriginal, All Good  
    Health, Safety & Environment
      Blue-Green Alliance  
        • Harper Must Start Building Low-Carbon Economy and Stop Embarrassing Canada  
        • Blue Green Canada Attending United Nations Climate Change Conference  
        • When Blue Meets Green  
        • Labour, Environment Group Calls for Strong, Fair Canadian Global Warming Law  
        • Ontario Energy Act can Creat Jobs by Ken Neumann and Rick Smith  
        • VIDEO - USW and Enviro Defence Launch 'Blue Green Canada'  
        • 14 MAY 2009 - USW, Through “Blue Green Canada”, Congratulates Ontario for Passage of Green Energy Act  
        • 9 MAY 2009 - Ontario Can Create 90,000 New Green Jobs  
        • Green Energy + Green Economy = Green Jobs  
        • 23 FEBRUARY 2009 - Green Energy Act Good for Green Jobs: Blue Green Canada Applauds Key Aspects of the Green Energy Act Released Today  
      Health and Safety  
        • 2010 USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference, Oct. 3-8, Pittsburgh  
        • Heat Stress – Helpful Links for Beating The Heat  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship (2008)  
        • David Ellis Scholarship Winners 2008  
        • 9 MAY 2008 – Environmental Alliance Part of United Steelworkers National Health, Safety and Environment Conference – For a Safe and Healthy Future  
        • View from the Track: Submission to the Rail Safety Act Review 2007  
        • Health and Safety News from Around the World  
        • Whatever happened to the Westray Bill? Why are we still dying for a living?  
        • Cancer (2005)  
        • Noise (2005)  
        • Ergonomics (2005)  
        • Stress @ Work (2005)  
        • Mapping Techniques  
        • Fighting for Healthy and Safe Workplaces and a Clean Environment  
        • Nickel Miners Face Increased Risk of Cancer  
        • Fact Sheet: Diesel Exhaust Exposure Limits  
        • Reducing Diesel Emissions in Mines  
      Environment  
        • Strategic Alliance Between Environmental Defence Canada and United Steelworkers  
        • Securing Our Children's World, Our Union and the Environment  
        • Public Statement by the Leadership of the Steelworkers Union on the Kyoto Accord  
        • Steelworkers Environmental Policy  
      Inquests  
        • Ewing Inquest October 2008  
      Workers' Compensation  
        • Steelworker Submission to Manitoba's Workers Compensation Review Committee  
      New Worker Awareness  
        • Volunteer to be an Instructor in the New Worker Awareness Program  
        • Stop Your Workplace from Becoming a Crime Scene  
      National Health, Safety and Environment Conference  
        • Conference Documents  
    Bargaining, Campaigns & Political Action
      G20 Summit Toronto June 2010  
        • Steelworkers Front-and-Centre in G20 Protests  
        • Steelworkers Front-and-Centre at People’s Summit  
      Vale  
        • Steelworkers Welcome Ruling in Complaint Against Vale  
        • Vale-Steelworkers Talks Break Off in Voisey's Bay  
        • Steelworkers Ratify Five-Year Collective Agreement With Vale  
        • Ratification Votes Set, USW and Vale Agree on Terms of Bad Faith Complaint  
        • Inco Name Fades into History  
        • Global Support Reaffirmed for Steelworkers Strike Against Vale  
        • Union Support to Converge at Sudbury Rally  
        • Join the Fight in Sudbury!  
        • Port Colborne Steelworkers Vote 98% to Reject Vale Offer  
        • USW, Vale Inco Representatives to Hold Exploratory Discussions  
        • What Happened to Prized Nickel Producer?  
        • Vale Executives’ Attacks on Workers Bad for Business, Report Reveals  
        • Steelworkers File Bad-Faith Bargaining Complaint Against Vale Inco  
        • USW Hopeful Bargaining with Vale Can Resume in Voisey’s Bay  
        • VALE INCO STRIKE: 1978 Different Than Current Strike  
        • It’s Time for both Steelworkers and Vale Inco to Say “No Pre-Conditions” and Go Back to Bargaining Now.  
        • Steelworkers Take Protest to Big Apple  
        • Miners Come to Parliament Hill as Foreign Investment Bill is Introduced  
        • USW Names Vale CEO Winner of Global Bad Corporate Citizen Award  
        • Steelworkers Fight Back, while Vale Discredited  
        • Petition Denouncing Vale's Attacks 'Catching Fire' on Twitter  
        • Vale Gives Brazilians Increase, But Demands Big Concessions from Canadians  
        • Global Union Pickets Vale in London  
        • USW Welcomes Mayor’s Call For Good-Faith Bargaining  
        • Vale Fails to Release Deal Info  
        • Vale Q3 Report Belies Need for Major Concessions from Canadian Workers  
        • Steelworkers Confront Vale Customer in Sweden  
        • Steelworkers Protest Arrival of Vale Shipment in German Port - Union Going Global to Track Product and Reach Vale Customers  
        • Inco Office Staff Get the Shaft: USW  
        • Steelworkers say Vale Inco is Undercutting Strike  
        • Thousands Show Support for Striking Vale Inco Workers  
        • African Trade Unions Tell Global Mining Giant Vale – Improve Your Labor Practices or Stay Out of Africa!  
        • An Open Letter to Our Neighbours and Our Community  
        • Striking Union Outraged with Inco Vow to Start Production  
        • Vale Inco Strikers Receive Overwhelming Support and Help from Federal NDP  
        • Striking Steelworkers Delegation Finds Support Among Brazilian Unions.  
        • Brazilian President Takes Aim at Vale SA  
        • Inco Workers Won’t Take a Step Backwards  
        • Steelworkers Get Line Support  
        • Voisey’s Bay Joins Other Locals on Picket Line  
        • Clement 'Disappointingly Misinformed' - Letter from Sudbury Mayor to Clement  
        • Leo Gerard Says Strike Is About Sustaining Community in Sudbury  
        • Vale Inco Saved Sudbury from Becoming Valley of Death: Clement - Comment on this Story  
        • Hometown Boy, Gerard, to Join Pickets Friday  
        • Resentment Builds, Causing Workers to Strike Back  
        • Steelworker Int'l Head coming to Canada to Join Inco Picket Line in his Hometown of Sudbury  
        • Picket Lines Go Up at Vale Inco Operations  
        • Momentum Grows for Sudbury Steelworkers’ call for Fair Deal Now  
        • USW Local 6200 Announces the Result of the 2009 Ratification Vote  
        • Over 85% of Vale Inco Workers Reject Final Offer and Prepare for Possibly Long Strike  
        • USW Workers at Vale Inco Overwhelmingly Vote to Strike  
        • “We Just Can't Accept It,” Sudbury Family tells Vale-Inco as They Vote to Reject Cut-Back Offer  
        • Inco CEO Predicts Short-lived Strike  
        • Sudbury Steelworkers Vow to Protect Contract  
        • Vale-Inco's Voisey's Bay Workers Reject Contract Offer Vote for Strike  
        • Vale-Inco Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Go on Strike and Global Union Declares Unanimous Support  
        • Union Steels Itself for Strike, as Profitable Vale Insists on Major Concessions  
        • Vale Inco Tactics Troubling, USW Union Says  
        • Vale Workers May Strike Over Benefits in Canada - Brazil Publication Says  
        • Strike Would Hit Community Hard  
        • Major Strike at Vale Inco Looms  
        • Vale Inco Strikers Hold Demo Against Hiding Vale Inco  
      Making ‘Buy America' Work for Canada  
        • Canada's Efforts to Stop Buy American Moving Slowly  
        • 10 FEBRUARY 2009 - CAW/USW Joint Statement on a Buy Canadian Policy  
        • 'Buy American' Policies Not All Bad News for Canada  
        • 6 FEBRUARY 2009 - Steelworkers On Both Sides of The Border Celebrate Movement On ‘Buy America’ Legislation  
        • 4 FEBRUARY 2009 - Steelworkers Tell US Lawmakers Coordinated North American Approach Needed to Create and Preserve Jobs  
        • 29 JANUARY 2009 - Steelworkers Union Will Try To Make 'Buy America' Policy Work For Canada – Ken Neumann  
      Sears  
        • Sears Locked-Out Workers Expand Campaign  
      Response to Economic Crisis  
        • USW Weighs In on Provincial Budget Consultations  
        • VIDEO: USW Economist Erin Weir Debates Monte Solberg on What is Needed to Fix Employment Insurance  
        • 26 JANUARY 2009 - USW National Director Neumann Writes to Finance Minister Flaherty  
        • A Message from the National Director  
        • JANUARY 2009 - What Steelworkers really need from Ottawa  
        • USW International President Leo Gerard Comments on the Economic Crisis  
        • Speak Up! Report Back  
        • Canadian Labour Congress: Get Real! It's the Economy  
      Stop Toxic Imports  
        • Get the Lead Out: Stop toxic imports  
        • Lead Testing Kit Instructions  
      Workers Uniting - The Global Union  
        • USW’s Global Union Condemns Military Coup in Honduras  
        • Workers Uniting (the Global Union) Celebrates Bangladesh Denim Workers' Victory  
        • Global Union a reality  
        • 18 APRIL 2007 - Steelworkers and Amicus Take First Steps Towards Global Super-Union  
      Political Action  
    Wage Freeze  
        • Wealthy Go AWOL in Deficit Fight  
        • Steelworkers Fighting Ontario’s Wage Freeze Project  
        • USW Update: Ontario’s Public-Sector Compensation Freeze  
        • USW Update for U of G Staff: Public-Sector Compensation Freeze  
        • USW Update for U of T Staff: Public-Sector Compensation Freeze  
        • Ont. Families Should Not Pay for Corporate Tax Cuts  
      iWorkers  
        • Toronto Taxicab Drivers Hold Protest Against Premier McGuinty’s Unfair Support of the Airport Limousine  
        • 15 JUNE 2009 - Taxi Drivers Call for End of Two-Tier Taxi Plates  
        • 25 APRIL 2009 - Steelworkers Join Independent Workers Ass'n in Demanding Changes to Caregiver Program  
        • 9 MARCH 2009 - Steelworkers Saddened by Loss of Caregiver Rights Activist: Juana Tejada The Driving Force Behind Campaign to Change Law  
        • 26 FEBRUARY 2009 - iWorkers Welcome Federal Committee Deliberation Over Changes to Immigration Law  
        • 8 DECEMBER 2008 - ‘IWORKERS’ to Launch Campaign to Represent Ontario Taxi Drivers  
        • The Independent Workers Association (IWA) – Home Worker Section  
        • 25 JUNE 2008 – Rally For Home Worker June 27  
        • 18 JUNE 2008 – News Conference to Show Support for Terminally-Ill Home Worker  
        • 5 JUNE 2008 – News Conference to Launch Association to Protect Home Workers  
      Bargaining  
    Collective Agreement Highlights  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between USW Local 1998 and the University of Toronto  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between Steelworker Local 4120 and the University of Guelph (2008)  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between USW Local 2251 and Algoma Steel 2007  
        • Local 1976 CP Agreement Highlights 2006  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Agreement between Steelworker Local 1998 and the University of Toronto (2005)  
        • Highlights of the Proposed Settlement between United Steelworkers’ Local 6320 and Trim Trends Canada Inc. (2005)  
    Local 2004 (CN)  
        • Local 2004 Proposed Settlement Documents  
      US Steel/Stelco  
        • Appeal Court Rules Against U.S. Steel in Attempt to Delay Investment Canada Case  
        • Court Upholds Canadian Law’s Power Over Foreign Takeovers  
        • Rally March 14 2009 for Locked Out Workers at US Steel Lake Erie Works  
        • TV DEBATE: To Privatize or not to Privatize  
        • U.S. Steel Recalls 63 Workers to Save on Severance  
        • Brantford Strike 'Poster Child' for Anti-scab Lobby  
        • Production to resume at former Stelco plant  
        • Union supports Lakeside Steel's bid to buy former Stelco steel making facilities  
        • Workers at U.S. Steel say “We need an employer that will put us back to work – as was promised to the federal government.”  
        • U.S. Steel Locks Out 150 Workers at Canadian Plant  
        • U.S. Steel Locks Out Nanticoke Workers  
        • USW Economist Says Employment Likely to Lag Behind Output Recovery  
        • Clement: U. S. Steel Must Meet Obligations or Face Consequences  
        • Workers Call for Clement's Immediate Resignation  
        • USW Applauds Clement’s Actions Regarding U.S. Steel  
        • Ottawa Asks Court to Reverse U.S. Steel's Job Cuts  
        • Steelworkers Union Applauds Clement’s Actions Regarding U.S. Steel  
        • 4 MARCH 2009 - US Steel Shutdown: Company Should Have Consulted Earlier with The Union  
        • How the Wild West was Won: United Steelworkers vs Stelco Inc., Bondholders and the Courts  
      Forestry  
        • USW-CEP Forest Sector Plan  
        • Support Ontario's Northern Forestry Communities  
        • Letter to Prime Minister from National Director Ken Neumann Regarding the Softwood Lumber Framework Agreement  
        • Resolution Regarding Softwood Lumber Framework Settlement  
        • Was the Lumber Framework Nailed Together by Force?  
        • The More You Think About It , The Worse It Looks  
        • Ignore the Spin: Lumber Deal is a Sellout  
      Health Care  
        • National Pharmacare for Canadians  
        • Safe Needles Save Lives  
        • Kiefer Sutherland Speaks on Behalf of Medicare  
        • Shirley Douglas on Medicare  
        • Stop the P3 Hospitals & for-profit MRI/CT Clinics  
    Humanity Fund
      Steelworkers Humanity Fund  
    Bulletin Archive  
        • Steelworkers Humanity Fund Bulletin OCTOBER 2008  
        • Building Global Partnerships Bulletin #13 November 2007  
    Member Services
      Steelworker Store  
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      Steelworkers Pension and Benefits  
        • Benefit Plan Description  
        • Steel Cares Benefit Plan Brochure  
        • Collective Bargaining Language  
        • Forms to Request Information and Quotes  
        • Retiree Benefits  
        • Pension Information  
        • Benefit Claim Forms  
        • How to Submit a Claim  
        • Steel Cares Information  
        • Dental Office Information  
        • Steelworker Trusteed Benefit Plan Privacy Policy  
      S.O.A.R.  
        • SOAR in Action - Winter 2009  
        • SOAR in Action Fall 2008  
        • Labour Day 2008 - Soar in Action  
        • SOAR: Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees  
        • Contact your MP and Prime Minister Harper about the Proposed Free Trade Deal with Colombia  
        • Support Jack Layton's wish for a universal drug coverage plan  
        • Conference Photos  
        • Goodyear Campaign: Thanks SOAR Activists  
        • Sign up to SOAR  
        • Links  
      Education  
        • 2009 United Steelworkers Secondary School Scholarship Winners  
        • Building Power, Taking Action: Education, Equality and Political Action  
        • David Ellis Scholarship Winners 2008  
        • USW Literacy Guide  
        • Steps to Building Steelworker Power: List of Steelworker Courses (General) 2008  
      Scholarships  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship - 2010  
        • USW LOCAL 113 SCHOLARSHIPS 2010  
        • Rudychuk Scholarship Placement Program - 2010  
        • Secondary School Scholarships 2010  
        • New Columbia Scholarship Program 2010  
        • The 2008 winners of the United Steelworkers Secondary School Scholarship  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship (2009)  
        • David Ellis Scholarship Winners 2009  
        • USW Local 113 Scholarship 2007  
      Steelweb  
        • Steelweb Intranet  
      Members Only  
    Inside Steel  
        • Step-by-Step to Elected Office: Steelworker Affirmative Action Guide  
        • Forms for Local Union Officers  
        • Sample Collective Agreement Language  
        • Victory Against Behavioral-Based Safety Programs  
        • Steelworker Steps to Bargaining Success  
        • USPA - United Steelworkers Press Association  
      Logos and Style Guide  
        • Steelworker Style - The USW Graphic Standards And Style Guide  
        • Download Logos  
        • A New Logo for a New Union  
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      Videos  
        • VIDEO - Take Action Now: Steelworkers ECP Anti Scab Rally  
        • STEELWORKER VIDEOS on Health & Safety, Building Jobs, and Activism  
      Steelworker Songs  
        • Steelworker Playlist  
    Districts and Directors
      Canadian National Office  
        • Ken Neumann, Steelworkers National Director for Canada  
        • Legal Department - Articling Student Program  
        • Canadian National Office Personnel  
      District 3 - Western Canada  
    About District Three  
        • The Steelworkers in Western Canada: District Office Tel 604.683.1117  
    Join Our District  
        • Join our union in Western Canada - Toll Free 1.888.879.2411  
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        • Steve Hunt, District 3 Director  
    Director's Message  
        • MESSAGE 2008  
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        • USW District 3 & Wood Council Conferences - Saskatoon Nov. 1-4, 2010  
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    Stop the Killing Campaign  
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    BC Coast Strike Bulletin  
        • BC Coast Strike Bulletin- Archives 2007  
      District 5 - Quebec  
    Director  
        • Daniel Roy, District 5 Director (Quebec)  
    Scholarships  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship (2008)  
    Campaigns  
        • Campagne against closure of Cari-All  
    News Room  
        • News Releases  
    Offices & Personnel  
        • Offices and Personnel  
    Quebec Health Care Demonstration  
        • 3 May 2008 - Steelworkers March for Publicly-Funded Health Care in Quebec  
      District 6 - Ontario & Atlantic Canada  
    Welcome to District 6  
        • Welcome to Distict 6  
        • Guide to District 6  
    News@6  
        • June 2009 Special Edition  
        • March 2009  
        • November 2008  
    Director  
        • Wayne Fraser, Director District 6 Ontario and Atlantic Canada  
    News from District 6  
        • Press Releases  
    Strike Assistance  
        • Adopt a Striking Member Fund  
        • District Six Strike Assistance Fund: Power in .1%  
    Do the Right Thing! Expand EI  
        • Employment Insurance: Help for those who didn't cause the crisis - PM should do the right thing and bolster benefits  
        • Do the Right Thing!  
        • Isn’t keeping families afloat just as important as keeping companies afloat?  
    Save Ontario Manufacturing Jobs  
        • NDP plan to create new job opportunities and help working families  
        • Radio Ads and Videos  
    Policies and Briefing Documents  
        • Policy and Briefing Documents  
    Health and Safety  
        • Steelworkers District 6 Injured Workers Assistance Program  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship (2009)  
        • David Ellis Scholarship Winners 2008  
        • Heat Stress Information  
        • Day of Mourning Radio Message from Wayne Fraser  
        • Your Job - if it feels unsafe, it likely is.  
    District 6 Women of Steel  
        • District 6 Women's Committee Newsletter January 2010  
        • District 6 Women of Steel Newsletter 2009  
        • Photo Album Women of Steel Conference November 2008  
        • District 6 Women's Committee Members  
        • Women's Information Network  
        • Women of Steel Progress: Are We There Yet?  
    Organizing Drives  
        • SERCO DES  
    Conferences  
        • District 6 Conference in Halifax - Aug 16 - 18, 2010  
    Bargaining, Campaigns and Political Action  
        • US Steel Lockout  
        • Vale  
        • Stop Privatization  
        • Labour Law Reform  
    Education  
        • District Course Calendar 2010  
        • The David Ellis Scholarship (2009)  
        • Norma Berti Scholarship 2010 Information  
        • The Norma Berti Scholarship  
        • USW Local 113 Scholarship 2008  
    Human Rights  
        • A Message from Wayne Fraser  
    DRV2WRK  
        • DRV2WRK Road Map  
        • 9 JUNE 2009 – USW & OFL Start 17 Day Caravan for Jobs Called “DRV2WRK”  
    Offices & Personnel  
        • District 6 Offices and Personnel  
      Wood Council  
    Council Chair  
        • Bob Matters – Wood Council Chairperson  
    Out Front This Week  
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    Wood Council News  
        • News Archives 2007  
        • News Archives  
    Council Safety and Health  
        • Safety and Health  
    SafeTalk Newsletter  
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        • Collective Bargaining and Campaigns  
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        • Services & Contacts  
    History of Wood Council  
        • History of Wood Council  
    The Allied Worker  
        • THE ALLIED WORKER – Former publication of the USW Wood Council  
      International Executive Board  
        • Invitation to Installation of New USW International Executive Board  
        • Leo Gerard - International President  
        • Thomas Conway - International Vice President  
        • Fred Redmond International Vice President (Human Affairs)  
        • Stan Johnson - International Secretary-Treasurer  
        • Ken Neumann, Steelworkers National Director for Canada  
      Map of Canada  
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