USW Local 1005 and its 900 members and 9,000 pensioners are waging a battle against US STEEL. Being locked out since November 7th of this year, the workers feel that US STEEL is driving pensioners into the dirt by de-indexing their pensions, along with a defined benefits plan closed to new hires and replaced with defined contribution plans that they feel is nothing more than glorified savings accounts. This has made way for a "Hamilton Day of Action" at City Hall on January 29th, 2011 at 1pm.
The OFL, CLC, USW Local 1005 and Hamilton District Labour Council are calling for a massive province-wide mobilization to stop U.S. Steel and other foreign-owned companies from wrecking local communities and stealing their futures.
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