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Over Ten Thousand Sign Petition in Support of Extending Operation of Pickering Over ten thousand people have now signed the “Pickering 2024” online petition to support the province’s plan to [...]

Year-End Message From President Don MacKinnon 2016 was another very successful and tremendously busy year at the PWU and in our industry generally. The Holiday Season is a time of year to reflect [...]

TORONTO HYDRO AND COGECO PEER 1 EMPLOYEES  MERGE INTO POWER WORKERS’ UNION A merger between CUPE Local One and the Power Workers’ Union (PWU) is now final. CUPE Local One Members at Toronto [...]

“Three Amigos” Statement on a North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment strategy On June 29 Prime Minister Trudeau, U.S. President Obama, and Mexican President Peña Nieto released a [...]

Contracting Out Responsibility for Safety is Risky Business for Employers  On March 29 of this year Hydro Ottawa was found guilty and fined $225,000 in relation to charges filed in 2012 by the [...]

The electricity sector in Ontario, as in other parts of the world, is experiencing massive and rapid change. In the past six months we have seen a changing of the guard at the top of the house of [...]

A Year End Message from President Don MacKinnon PWU Proposes Extending Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Operations Bruce Power Reactor Refurbishments Get the Go Ahead Merger Proposal Approved [...]

Don MacKinnon Named Leader of the Year by Electricity Human Resources Canada Inside Workers at Great Lakes Power Transmission Join PWU Private Sector Consortium to Operate Canadian Nuclear [...]

PWU Launches New Video Profiling the Union Special Report: The Sale of Hydro One, Pressure on Pensions and Government Austerity at the OPG and Hydro One Bargaining Tables Merger Status of [...]

Day of Mourning: April 28, 2015 Ontario Budget Confirms Plans to Sell Majority Interest in Hydro One PWU/Hydro One Apprenticeship Program a Great Success Spots Filling Up Quickly – PWU Charity [...]