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Your Union in

Service

USW represents thousands of workers in auto parts, call centres, gaming centres, Transportation, Universities and more

Your Union in
Steel

Representing workers in manufacturing, steel service centres and foundries

President

     Manjit Sidhu

Local Representatives

     Scott McRitchie

     Jim Kilty

     Les Veale

    Peter Peats

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News

Sept 26th USW 2009 On Strike against Compass Group Canada at Lower Mainland Long term care facilities
June 26th USW 2009 organizes 114 new members at Hains Celestrial.
June 18th USW 2009 hosts annual picnic at Bear Creek Park ,Surrey. June 18th
June 5th USW2009 celebrates Philipino Independence Day at Holland Park in Surrey.
June 4th USW2009 jumps in at Burnaby's "Hats off Days".
USW2009 participates in National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injuried on the job and hosts Steelworker Accident Investigation Training. April 28th
USW 2009 and the Laff Riot Girls raise $7500.00 for the "Ride to Conquer Cancer". April 9th
Steelworker Vote Campaign 2011. Make a difference in this Federal Election. Vote on May 2nd
President Manjit Sidhu and Local hold Annual Delegated Meeting, March 26th
Leo Gerard meets with Local Union Officers, March25th
USW 2009 organize workers at Dura-Ramp Inc in Abbotsford March 23rd
Steelworkers' one step closer to private prosecution in Lyle Hewer death March 8th
Doubling CPP, the Canadian Labour Congress calls for the Federal Government to help Canadians save more for retirement by expanding the Canada Pension Plan March 8th

Health & Safety

Making Health and Safety a Membership Issue:

Know Your Rights;

As a BC worker you have some basic, inalienable rights that you must be aware of. Unfortunately, some employers will not inform you of your RIGHT TO REFUSE UNSAFE WORK, your RIGHT TO KNOW about workplace hazards and your RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE in health and safety issues in your workplace.

These are the three basic rights that you need to know.For more information click here.

The details of light duty or alternate work;

Worksafe BC relies on there policy item #34.11 Selective/Light employment. In
summary it says light duty is intended to promote a workers gradual restoration to there
pre-injury employment.
The plan states that the work must be safe to perform by an injured worker
The workers Doctor must be apprised of the nature of the work and conclude that it will
neither harm the worker or slow recovery.
If light duty is refused by the worker then Worksafe BC will determine if it is reasonable.

What this means? For more information click here.

Why it's important to report a work related injury:

If you have a pain or ache at work caused by work you are required to report it to your employer even if it is not disabling or you don’t need to see a Doctor. If you don’t report an injury and it progresses to get worse your chances of proving it happened at work is nearly impossible. The employer also has the right to know if you have been injured, they may want to investigate it and they won’t be able to if they aren’t aware.

	Unity and Strength for Workers	#202 - 9292 200th Street Langley, BC V1M 3A6	604.513.1850 office@usw2009.ca

USW is the largest Industrial Union in North America representing thousands of workers in our forests and mills

Representing Workers in Food Services, Housekeeping and Building Maintenance