Dear Friends,   We urgently need your help.   My name is April and in April of 2022 at 57 years of age, my husband Dennis was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anemia, a rare life-threatening autoimmune disease. His bone marrow stopped producing platelets and he has required over 120 platelet transfusions and 80 red cell/hemoglobin transfusions. He underwent four-weeks of ATG treatment, where antibodies from a horse were used to try and kickstart his own antibodies.

7TH ANNUAL BOB DERBY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE 7TH ANNUAL BOB DERBY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE Dear Community Partner, We are pleased to announce that our 7th annual Bob Derby Memorial Charity Golf Tournament is returning this fall! Last year, we hosted our first event in three years coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the generous support of our many community partners, we were able to raise $35,000 in support of the Union Protein...

The Local's Standing Committees are made up of member volunteers. Robust and effective committees require lots of input and lots of volunteers.  Please review the descriptions below, find something you are interested in and join a committee.  We need your participation.   Safety Council/WCB Committee The purpose of the Safety / Workers Compensation Committee is to promote all aspects of health and safety, including Workers Compensation issues, in the Local Union.

          NEWS October 19th, 2022 1. THE SCOW BELT PLAN: • Oct. 18: New tail drum to arrive on site • Oct. 19: Installation of new tail drum (Afternoon Millwrights) • Oct. 20: New belt to be installed and vulcanized (Contractors) • Oct. 21: Belt to be tracked and tested (Contractors and Millwrights). Scow to be loaded after all work is completed. • The tail drum will be installed the 19th on afternoon (after production).

September 28, 2022 On behalf of our Officers and our staff, we want to take the time today to acknowledge the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation taking place on September 30. September 30 is Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. USW Local 2009 acknowledges the underlying title and inherent rights of self-determination of Indigenous peoples, and our presence as uninvited guests in the traditional and unceded territories of the Stolo, Kwantlen,...

On Monday, June 27, security screening officers at 42 airports across Canada will again be wearing jeans as part of “Casual Monday” actions at several airports across the country, to bring public attention to their concerns over low pay and working conditions, which are due primarily to the federal government’s underfunding of the sector.  Airport security screening officers face tremendous pressure, stress and demands in their jobs, but they are underpaid and...