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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

Working off the Clock and the Benefit of a Daily Diary

August 11, 2020 - Is the volume of work expected in your day so much that you cannot get through all the work assigned? Are your job metrics unrealistic? To keep up with expectations, are you reading work emails and completing work off the clock? Are you working before your shift start to get a jump on things in hopes of staying off the radar?

Enter the Contest and win one of three $500 Visa gift cards!

August 6, 2020 - As announced earlier this month, and to honour all Telecom Workers that allow Canadians to work from home, Local 1944 is organizing a contest. The challenge is simple: Display our “Thanks To All Telecom Workers” poster in the most creative and effective way. You could win one of three $500 Visa gift cards!

The Women of Steel Committee releases a series of four Special Publications

July 28, 2020 - Members of the Women of Steel Committee have been working on a series of four Special Publications addressing common mental health issues, including burnout. They will be releasing one publication each month. All four publications are inter-linked and ready now if you wish to read ahead for further information.

Reminder: Only a few days left to send in your application for the USW Local 1944 Scholarships 2020

July 22, 2020 - Members’ children have only a few days left to submit their application and seize the financial opportunity of a USW Local 1944 scholarship for their post-secondary education! Application deadline for the USW Local 1944 Scholarships: August 1, 2020

Local Union Representative’s first arbitration ends in big win for member

July 9, 2020 - The Local Union received a favourable arbitration award on June 29, 2020, reinstating a terminated member, in a case led by one of our Local Union Representatives, Tamara Marshall. The Local’s past practice has been that lawyers represented union members at arbitrations, but Local 1944’s Local Union Representatives have now been trained so that they can represent our members instead.

Telus takes down Union’s “Thank you to Telecom Workers” poster

July 2, 2020 - On Friday, the Union was notified by Telus that a member had dared to post the Local’s poster that reads, “Thanks to all Telecom Workers that allow Canadians to work from home” on a door within a Central Office in Alberta, and that management had taken the poster down as it wasn’t on a Union Board. 

Shaw downsizing update

June 30, 2020 - Hello Brothers and Sisters,

Grievances have now been filed under all three of our Collective Agreements with Shaw in regards to Shaw’s recent layoffs, and the first level meetings have each been held. The company has so far denied all grievances.

We have grieved this downsizing initiative on several fronts: 

An Update on the Concierge Grievance Settlement Proceedings

June 26, 2020 - A November 27, 2019 hotline communicated the Union’s intent to seek a ruling from the Arbitrator over the Company’s proposed compensation to our members, stemming from the Arbitrator deciding the Concierge grievance in our favour.