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Return-to-Office Directive, Ontario Office Closure

Hello members, It is with great sadness and outrage that we must report a substantial and unacceptable change to

Participate in Upcoming Steelworkers Vote Training Sessions!

Hello members, Provincial elections are rapidly approaching for both BC and Saskatchewan.

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USW District 3 Conference 2024

Hello Members, Get ready to join us for the 2024 District 3 Conference which will be held on October 28-31, 2024

Shaw Cablesystems intends on downsizing their workforce in British Columbia

April 15, 2020 - Last week, Shaw Cablesystems notified the Union that they intended to downsize their workforce under our Vancouver, Surrey and Abbotsford collective agreements. They proposed to do this through a voluntary exit package.

Help Unit 51 Share Hope through the Period Promise Collection Drive

March 11, 2020 - Following the three previous Share Hope campaigns that were organized in December 2017, August 2018 and November 2018, Unit 51 in Burnaby is organizing another Share Hope action this month.

Threat of Job Losses

March 5, 2020 - On Thursday, February 20, 2020, we heard Darren Entwistle, Chief Executive Officer of Telus, speak at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearings against legislation enhancing Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). We, the workers at Telus, understand his concern regarding the introduction of MVNOs that would be allowed to lease capacity from existing facilities-based carriers and then sell the service to retail customers.

Remembering Brother Travis Storozynsky

March 5, 2020 - It is with great regret and sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Local 1944 member Travis Storozynsky of Williams Lake, British Columbia, who lost his life on February 20th in a motor vehicle accident during his shift at Telus. 

Travis was a big part of his work team which considers itself to be like a family. Travis leaves behind his fiancé (Andrea) and many other friends and family. 

Travis was a Brother of ours and he will never be forgotten. 

Unit 63 members voted 83.3% in favour of ratifying the collective agreement with Stratcom

March 2, 2020 - On Sunday, February 23, 2020, Unit 63 members from the Stratcom certification attended a ratification meeting in Vancouver, BC.

Results of the ratification vote for the renewal USW Local 1944 Stratcom Collective Agreement have been tabulated and the agreement has been ratified.  It will be signed by the Local Union and the Company and will be effective, upon signing, from December 1, 2019 to November 30, 2022.

Telus members: Announcing the Project for United Membership Action

February 21, 2020

Are you tired of…

Unrealistic metrics?
Unfair discipline given to you or others?
Excessive training on job duties you didn’t sign up for?
Worse Collective Agreements every round of bargaining?
Have you been waiting for a real way to fight back, for yourself, and for your coworkers?

Join the Project For United Membership Action today!

November 2019 By-Laws

February 18, 2020 - The Local has been formally informed that the USW International has approved revised By-Laws for USW Local 1944, as per this letter from USW Local 1944 Administrator Omero Landi.

The Results are in! Member feedback on “To Pee or Not to Pee”

January 27, 2020 - On Dec 11th we sent a communication detailing members reporting that they are no longer allowed to use company time for a Bio Break, while other members report they are not having any “blow back”. 

We sought member feedback for a better picture of whether many individuals were impacted or if there were just a few cases here and there that we had heard about.