The union representing some 1,200 workers at a Teck Resources Ltd. copper mine in the British Columbia Interior has served a 72-hour… …
Steelworkers
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A proposed $120-million fund to keep British Columbia’s mills operating and forestry workers employed is a positive step for an industry facing… …
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM United Steelworkers and Thessalon First Nation finalize two-year collective agreement covering band employees
The deal runs from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2028 and includes wage increases of 5 per cent retroactive to April… …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Kamloops addiction treatment centre staff unionize, citing heavy workloads and stress
Workers at A New Tomorrow Treatment Solutions, an addiction treatment centre in Kamloops, B.C., have joined the United Steelworkers union (USW) in… …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsLayoffs
Stelco begins issuing layoff notices as first job cuts set to take effect Sunday
Stelco Holdings Inc. has started handing out layoff notices at its Hamilton, Ont., steel plant, the first in a wave of job… …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsLayoffs
Industry minister presses Stelco’s U.S. owner to present job-saving plan in 5 days
By Brett Bundale The federal government is turning up the heat on the U.S. owner of Stelco Holdings Inc. over impending layoffs… …
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Stelco’s owner says ‘significant’ number of laid-off Hamilton workers will land at Nanticoke mill. The union is skeptical
By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator Stelco’s U.S.-based parent company Cleveland-Cliffs says a “significant” number of the roughly 350 Hamilton steelworkers… …
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Labour RelationsFeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Steelworkers mourn Lawrence McBrearty, who pushed for Westray Law
Lawrence McBrearty, the former Canadian director of the United Steelworkers union (USW) who spent more than a decade pressing for criminal liability… …
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Four grievances filed on behalf of a single AltaSteel worker, including one challenging the worker’s termination, will be heard in one proceeding… …
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Labour RelationsFeatured
Steelworkers welcome B.C. pledge to build transmission towers with Canadian steel
BC Hydro would be directed to build 70 per cent of Phase 1 towers and all Phase 2 towers for the North… …

