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Historic Anti-Scab Legislation comes into Law Today

On June 20th, after decades of relentless activism, organizing, and advocacy, Bill C-58 will officially ban the use of Scabs in federally regulated se...
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Local 1944 Rogers Technicians in Abbotsford On Strike for Equal Pay and Fair Bargaining

Rogers technicians in Abbotsford, B.C., members of Local 1944, are on strike as of 12:01 a.m. this morning.

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Over 30 Workplace Accommodation Grievances Resolved!

Last year, Telus rolled out a Return to Office policy impacting nearly 1,000 Customer Experience workers — and redeployed over 150 Ontario members to...

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Reminder: 2018 Municipal Elections in BC will take place tomorrow, October 20th
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Reminder: 2018 Municipal Elections in BC will take place tomorrow, October 20th

October 19, 2018 - USW Local 1944 encourages our members in British Columbia to make their vote count tomorrow, October 20, for the 2018 Municipal Elections.

Reminder: 2018 Municipal Elections in BC will take place tomorrow, October 20th

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Reminder: October 22 is the 2018 municipal and school board election in Ontario
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Reminder: October 22 is the 2018 municipal and school board election in Ontario

October 19, 2018 - USW Local 1944 encourages our members in Ontario to make their vote count on Monday, October 22, 2018, for the 2018 municipal and school board elections.

Reminder: October 22 is the 2018 municipal and school board election in Ontario

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National Day to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
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National Day to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

October 3, 2018 - October 4 is the National Day to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (hereafter MMIWG).

In Canada, Indigenous people are twice as likely to be victims of violent assault than non-Indigenous people, especially Indigenous women and girls.

National Day to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

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Pre-planned power outage to affect Local 1944 operations on October 4th

October 3, 2018 - BC Hydro has notified us that they will be performing emergency work around our Burnaby Head Office on Thursday, October 4th.Unfortunately, this will result in the loss of power to the office.  Our office will be closed for the day and the outage will affect our servers and

Pre-planned power outage to affect Local 1944 operations on October 4th