6500 Blog

 

LABOUR DAY IN THE PARK

USW Local 6500 Awards Four Post-Secondary Scholarships

This week, Local 6500 awarded scholarships to the children of four of its members who will be attending University in September.  Congratulations to the winners!

Local Union Bargaining Committee Elections

LABOUR DAY IN THE PARK

On behalf of Nick Larochelle and your Local 6500 Executive Board, the Labour Day Committee would like to let you know that Labour Day is coming upon us, the planning has started and we are looking to make a huge impact at this year’s event on September 2nd at Bell Park.

Thank You, Leo and Carol!

Northern Lights Festival - Special Price for Members!

2019 Northen Lights Festival
July 4-7, 2019
Bell Park

This PhD student is using the stage to explore city's tumultuous labour history

Rich Duthie uses the 1958 and 1978-79 Inco strikes as backdrop to 'explore the past' as part of his dissertation.

There's a lot of anniversaries intersecting right now when it comes to Greater Sudbury's mining labour history.

The 60th anniversary of the 87-day-long 1958 Mine Mill-Inco strike was last year. The 40th anniversary of the end of the nine-month-long 1978-79 USW-Inco strike is this month.

General Strike Against Ford rally held in Sudbury (CBC Article)

Close to 100 people gathered in Sudbury on Wednesday to take part in a provincial protest against Premier Doug Ford.

The General Strike Against Ford protests took place in about two dozen Ontario communities. They were organized to protest cuts being made to programs across the province affecting health, education and other services.