4 MARCH 2009 - US Steel Shutdown: Company Should Have Consulted Earlier with The Union

TORONTO -- Ontario and national leaders of the United Steelworkers (USW) say Monday’s announced shutdown of US Steel operations in Hamilton and Lake Erie, ON, is a devastating blow to Canada’s industrial heartland. “The company says the shutdown is temporary but offers no specifics about when it will restart,” said USW Ontario/Atlantic ... more

Court Upholds Canadian Law’s Power Over Foreign Takeovers

Government Is Obliged to Enforce Canada Investment Act, USW Says Toronto, 14 June, 2010 - A court ruling released today confirms the federal government’s ability and obligation to ensure foreign takeovers of Canadian companies provide real benefits to the country, the United Steelworkers (USW) union says. “This ruling is a victory for our ... more

Rally March 14 2009 for Locked Out Workers at US Steel Lake Erie Works

On Sunday March 14th, 2010 join your neighbours, family and friends at 1:00 p.m. Come to the front gate on Regional Road 3. When U.S. Steel announced it would idle of all of its Canadian operations in March 2009, four hundred and eighty-six of our neighbours and families lost their livelihoods. In the weeks that followed, four hundred more families ... more

TV DEBATE: To Privatize or not to Privatize

VIDEO, BNN - 31 Dec. 2009 - USW Economist, Erin Weir, debates on BNN the value of privatizing government services with the founder of Genoa Capital Markets Counsel. BNN chats with Erin Weir, economist, United Steelworkers, John Sadler, founder, Genoa Capital Markets Counsel and former senior policy advisor on privatization to the federal government ... more