Carol Landry
International Vice President At Large
Carol Landry is the United Steelworkers’ first woman international vice-president at large, appointed at the 2008 USW International Convention.
Landry was appointed after convention delegates approved the expansion of the union’s International Executive Board (IEB).
Landry, a long-time activist and seasoned negotiator who joined the USW in 1987 at Canada’s largest copper mine, was appointed International Vice President by a unanimous vote of the 27-member IEB.
Landry has held virtually every position in Local 7619 at Highland Valley Copper: shop steward; treasurer; vice president and president. In 1989, when she was the only woman on a 13-member bargaining committee, Landry helped lead a 107-day strike that did away with company demands for inferior wages and lack of opportunities for women.
A decade later, Landry led negotiations as the local union president and stood firm against company demands for massive concessions and a threat of permanent closure. The contract she won tied wages to the price of copper, producing five years of increases for her co-workers.
Appointed to the USW Canadian staff in late1999, Landry serviced more than 90 collective agreements in the lower mainland of British Columbia and led negotiations in a variety of industries. She has been an instructor for the union for more than 16 years and has served as education coordinator for District 3 (Western Canada and the territories). Until her appointment to the IEB, Landry was the assistant to District 3 Director Steve Hunt.
Landry is also an executive member of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF), as well as a member of the IMF Women’s Committee.
