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A Model of Human Solidarity - Steelworkers Humanity Fund

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 ...more

Over 25 years, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund has become a model of human solidarity. Steelworkers are not only negotiating for ourselves but ensuring a bit of the wealth we generate reaches people in need in a collective struggle for a better world. - Established in 1985, the fund’s first project was emergency relief during the Ethiopian famine. ...more

Teaching Multinationals the Benefits of Unionism

A Time To Grow - Steelworkers Launch National Organizing Project

What do Noranda, Falconbridge, QIT, Québec Cartier, Alcan and Reynolds all have in common? These companies, all of which were once held by Canadian or North American interests, have now been assimilated into larger groups that are global giants in the natural resources sector. “These same companies are now an integral part of global, worldwide ...more

From 2007 to 2009, over 12,000 working people from across Canada joined our union from almost every sector from all corners of every province: woodworkers in Carseland, Alberta, bakery workers in Blainville, Quebec, warehouse workers in Hawkesbury, Ontario and airport security screeners in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. The list goes on ...more