6500 Blog

 

40th Annual Day of Mourning

Hundreds attended the USW Local 6500 Day of Mourning event to remember and honour those who lost their lives, were injured or became ill due to occupational disease while at work. We also remember

Local 6500 Post-Secondary School Scholarships Now Available

Local 6500 Post-Secondary School Scholarships are now available! If you are a member with children attending a post-secondary institution this fall, application forms are available by contacting the Worker Representative in your Plant or by contacting Kimberly Kmit at 705-675-3381 ext. 238 or by email - [email protected]. Click the "Read More" link below to view available scholarships.

Upcoming OCHOW Webinar for Occupational Disease Clusters

The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers wants to make you aware of two free public information webinars that are being offered this week and next that are relevant to our members and their families. 

January 20, 2021 Membership Meeting CANCELLED

The Vale / USW Edgar Burton Christmas Food Drive Wraps Up Another Successful Year

SUDBURY, December 18, 2020 – The 2020 Vale / USW Edgar Burton Christmas Food Drive wrapped up another successful year thanks to the generous support of the Sudbury community. The beloved holiday giving campaign is expected to collect more than 112 tons of food and a groundbreaking $233,000 in financial contributions. Those donations couldn’t come at a more opportune time, with the additional pressures placed upon the Sudbury Food Bank as a result of COVID-19. The annual campaign has collected more than 1500 tons of food since it began.

Local 6500's Children's Christmas Party Proceeds Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Although there is no formal Children's Christmas Party due to the Pandemic, USW Local 6500 Elves have been hard at work disributing gifts to the children of our members again this year.  If you haven't dropped by the Hall with your children yet, we will be here from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. December 17, 18, 21, 22, 23.  Social distancing will be adhered to and masks must be worn by all family members. 

We wish our members and their families a very Merry Christmas and safe and happy New Year.

USW Local 6500 Presents Cheque for $2500.00 to Edgar Burton Christmas Food Drive

Steelworkers Humanity Fund Makes Donation to Blue Door Soup Kitchen

The Blue Door Soup Kitchen is one of the 117 charities across Canada to benefit from the $226,750 raised by the Steelworkers Humanity Fund.

Founded in 1985, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund is a registered charitable organization that supports Canadian communities.  USW Members contribute to the fund through clauses negotiated into collective agreements.  In some cases, employers make matching contributions to the fund.

USW Local 6500 Children's Christmas Party

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, our 42nd Annual Children’s Christmas Party will be changed to comply with public health guidelines.