Latest Updates
Did you participate in the Union’s Pay in Lieu program between 1992 - 2018?
Under this program participants earned a payment in exchange for volunteering personal time to assist with Union business. While these payments are recorded by the Union, they must be formally claimed by the individual.
If you think you might have taken part in the Pay in Lieu program, please email contact@usw1944.ca to confirm if there is an amount owing to you.
Please note that if you do not contact the Union by March 31, 2029, the Payment will be deemed abandoned and you will be considered to have fully relinquished your rights to it.
Sign up for our email list:
USW Canada
-
Airport security screeners win wage increases, benefits, through arbitration – United Steelworkers
TORONTO – Members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) working for GardaWorld Security Screening at airports in Ontario and Atlantic Canada have secured new three-year collective agreements through... —
-
United Steelworkers union disappointed with ADT by Telus job cuts impacting Calgary workers
CALGARY – The United Steelworkers union (USW) is disappointed with ADT by Telus after the company announced it is eliminating all Canadian Client Representative, Retention and Client Representative an... —
-
Making strides on USW priorities Progress report: National Policy Conference 2023
In April 2023, Steelworkers from across Canada came together for the 55th USW National Policy Conference. The result was 56 resolutions ranging from industrial policy and climate action to internation... —
-
A majority reached in Ottawa: The government must now deliver for workers
For nearly an entire year following the federal election in the spring of 2025, the political climate in Ottawa was defined by a balance of power that seemed to shift from week to week, driven by poli... —
-
GET TO KNOW USW ACTIVISTS
What do you do? I come out of Local 1944, where I was a service technician working for Telus. I became a local union rep for the local in 2022, representing technicians, construction, cable repair and... —