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We are a diversified local that consist of 13 units-939 members as of  January/2016. Each Unit has its distinctive character, whether it be manufacturing, wholesale, pharmaceutical, Health Care, financial industry, Women's Shelter etc...

The Units are: (Petro Canada Fuels, Ideal Roofing-(Warehouse),Ideal Roofing-(Mechanics),
G & K Services, Township of Osgoode Care Centre, Grand & Toy (Office Max), Aramark Entertainment SVS Canada (Known as Ottawa Convention Centre), Lanark County Interval House, Linde Canada, Alivida Lifestyles (Park Place Retirement Residence), Senior Suites (Park Place) Your Credit Union and DB Ontario Canada Inc.)

What happens at a general membership meeting?
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Why Unions?
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Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0CKu_Q7qg

USW Anti-Harassment Policy:
http://www.usw7552.com/Files/Steelworkers%20Anti-Harassment%20Policy.pdf

USW Sexual Harassment Policy:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u7hdgxbfap71u5c

USW International Constitution:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2z3yhq1fz1xtf5r

USW By-Laws Manual for Amalgamated Locals:
http://www.mediafire.com/?b6d3ydir0u7dzr6

USW Election Manual for Amalgamated Locals:
http://www.mediafire.com/?s8h3daa9uskqk48

USW By-Laws for Amalgamated Local 8327:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dnaztsqs7bfhzru

Why should I join a Union?
http://www.usw.ca/join/why

Location:
Our main office (United Steelworkers) is located at 2285 St.Laurent Blvd. Building D-12 Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4Z7

Regular Hours: 8 am - 4 pm Monday -Friday
Closed (Weekends)

Directions:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&q=United+Steelworkers&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=United+Steelworkers&hnear=Ottawa,+ON&hl=en&view=map&f=d&daddr=D+11-+2285+St+Laurent+Bl,+Ottawa,+ON+K1G+4Z7&geocode=CY7YGg2qWw6OFQ2JtAIdEzF--yGlbHf8x79fxw&ved=0CD8Q_wY&sa=X&ei=CCwgTcXUJoSQNd_F8OoL

DISTRICT 6 contact list
http://www.usw.ca/districts/6/contact

Staff Support:
Robert Macheta
Tel. Main Office (613)-260-7205 Fax (613)-260-7207
E-mail: rmacheta@usw.ca

Staff Representative:
David Lipton
(Office: 613-260-7205 ext. # 232) Fax (613)-260-7207
E-mail: dlipton@usw.ca

Staff Representative:
Darlene Jalbert
Office: (613)-260-7205
E-mail: djalbert@usw.ca

Staff Representative:
Richard Leblanc
Ottawa Office: 613-260-7205 ext. # 233
Hawkesbury Office:
250 Main Street, Hawkesbury, Ontario, K2J 3Y6
Tel. # Cell: 1-(613)-632-2995 Fax 1-613-632-3449
E-mail: rjleblanc@usw.ca

District 6 Coordinator/ Staff Representative:
Peggy McCombe (Kingston Office) 1-613-546-1177 or (cell) 1-(613)-532-3232
E-mail: pmccomb@usw.ca

District 6 Office:
Ontario and Atlantic Provinces
200 Ronson Drive, 3rd Floor, Suite 300
Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 5Z9
Marty Warren, Director, USW District 6, 416-243-8792, 416-577-4045.
E-mail: mwarren@usw.ca
Fax: 416-243-9573
http://www.usw.ca/

USW District 6 Organizing Department:
Contact our USW District 6 Organizing Department at 1-888-508-8880 Ext. 51231 or Carrie Robinson, USW District 6 Organizing Coordinator directly on her cell at 416-624-3536 or e-mail Carrie at crobinson@usw.ca

Steelworkers Non-Profit Dental Office: (Ottawa)
2285 St.Laurent Blvd Unit D-9 Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4Z7
Tel.# 613-731-21111 Toll Free # 1-888-290-9777
Tel.# 1-888-574-0143

The Steelworkers plan is a union health and benefit plan operated by and for the union members to meet the needs of working people and their families.

-Flex options, long term disability, benefits for Part time workers and retirees & a non profit pan.

How do Steelworkers join the plan? (Through collective bargaining)
Give us a call and see how we can help.

Steelworkers Advantage:

Better Pay and benefits, fairness and job security, voice and respect.

If you know workers who want to join the Steelworkers, contact us, or have them get in touch with us. Contacts include USW Staff Representative, your Steelworkers Regional Office, your USW District Office, or the Canadian National Office at (416)-487-1571, or info.@usw.ca.

Day of Mourning: Saturday, April 28th/2012

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

We all expect to return home to our families safe and sound after a day’s work. This is our right and it’s the law.

Steelworkers have fought hard to achieve these laws. We will continue to demand new legislation to further protect workers and hold management libel if they fail to protect the Health and Safety of workers. It’s not acceptable that workers pay with their lives and those responsible for their deaths receive little or no punishment.
Ontario workers fought hard to win their basic Health and Safety rights: The right to know; The right to refuse; and the right to participate.
Building on these rights, workers still struggle for protection against new and emerging workplace hazards. Their efforts helped secure Ontario ’s new Workplace Violence and Harassment laws.
Occupational disease now accounts for more than two-thirds of all claims at Ontario ’s Workplace Safety & Insurance Board and thousands more go unreported.
Employers have a legal duty to provide both general and specific instruction and training to workers. These same workers and their representatives have won the right to be trained on all hazardous chemicals within the workplace and ultimately certification as members of joint Health and Safety Committees.

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Westray Mine explosion where twenty-six miners lost their lives. We will honour and pay tribute to our fallen Brothers in a special Commemoration event in Stellarton , Nova Scotia on May 9, 2012. In May of 2012, the Steelworkers are launching “Honouring Westray”. It’s an education and information campaign to ensure that public officials use and enforce the Westray Act (formerly C-45).
Health and Safety has always been a Steelworker priority. We all have a responsibility and role in improving Health and Safety in the workplace. It’s our job to ensure those responsible for workplace fatalities are held accountable for their actions. We must continue the fight to protect the living and at the same time we must remember to mourn for the dead.


I encourage each and every one of you to support and celebrate this significant day by attending the Memorial events taking place within your communities.

Location: Vincent Massey Park-12:30 pm ceremony (Ottawa)
Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gqfkWBdAbk&feature=youtu.be

In solidarity,
Wayne Fraser

Welcome to 2012

On behalf of Amalgamated Local 8327 "Welcome to the NEW YEAR"
This years theme: Education
So many of our members lack the knowledge in regards to Health & Safety, Human Rights, Collective agreement, Employment standards act, Workers Compensation, Pensions, Benefits etc...
This year, the local will be working together with each Unit Chair devoting its time to promoting education within their Units.
With spring elections looming, this usually represents a change from within, suggesting new concepts.
The local is looking forward to the New Year and its pursuit to educate.
THE CHALLENGE BEGINS....