The co-chairs of the Political Action Committee are:

Milly Weidhaas: phone # (416) 585-4520; email: w_milly@hotmail.com

John Ankenman: phone # (416) 506-9090 ext. 227; email: john.ankenman@usw1998.ca

The United Steelworkers has long been in the forefront of legislative and political change. Our success at the bargaining table and in organizing new members is greatly determined by the governments we elect and by the economic, social and environmental policies in place.

We know that we must be involved in all aspects of legislative and political action. We must, directly as a union, lobby governments at the national, provincial and local levels. We must work with other unions, community and coalition groups to identify and promote our common interests. We must also actively engage our members building and electing the social democratic parties we helped to found - the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Parti Québecois in Quebec, more from the USW Canada website...