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USW Local 6500 Requesting Donations to Food Bank at Picket Lines

USW Local 6500 Requesting Donations to Food Bank at Picket Lines

Message of Support from Percy Hatfield, MPP - Windsor-Tecumseh

Hi Jamie.  I'm sending positive thoughts from Windsor for an early end to the Steel Workers strike in Sudbury.  

Message of Support from Percy Hatfield, MPP - Windsor-Tecumseh

Tweet of Support from Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath

Tweet of Support from Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath

Message of Support from Paul Miller, MPP - Hamilton East-Stoney Creek

Hi Jamie !  Please voice my support for my sisters and brothers at USW Local 6500. I am proud to be a retired member of USW Local 1005. 

Locals 6500 and 1005 have been through many struggles to improve workings conditions and wages over many decades. 

Message of Support from Paul Miller, MPP - Hamilton East-Stoney Creek

Letter of Support - Guy Bourgouin, MPP Mushkegowuk James Bay

Hi Jamie please share this email to my Steelworkers Brothers and Sisters of local 6500. Having picketed myself and being a Steelworker member of local 1-2010 and have sat in numerous negotiations session and seen up close the greed of employers.

Letter of Support - Guy Bourgouin, MPP Mushkegowuk James Bay

Message of Support from MPP Faisal Hassan - York South-Weston

Message of Support from MPP Faisal Hassan - York South-Weston

Bargaining Update - June 7, 2021

We gave the company our proposal on June 2 shortly after lunch.

They have been working on the answer to this proposal for 6 days now.

We had meetings every weekday and we were on call all weekend, they did continue to work on their response throughout the weekend.

Bargaining Update - June 7, 2021

2021 Strike Photos

2021 Strike Photos

Message of Support from USW Local 6166 Members in Thompson

Message of Support from USW Local 6166 Members in Thompson

USW Local 6500 Strike Assistance Pay

We are fielding a lot of inquiries about the Strike Assistance. We are in the process of collecting and uploading your information. The 1 penny "trial" deposit has NOToccurred yet. When it does, we will send out a mass text.

USW Local 6500 Strike Assistance Pay

Letter of Solidarity from Vale Workers In Brazil

Letter of Solidarity from Vale Workers In Brazil

Contract Vote Results

Thank you for your overwhelming support to return us to the bargaining table.

87% voter turnout - 70% rejection of the tentative deal. 

Contract Vote Results