the united steelworkers union and rogers communications have reached an impasse after months of negotiations in metro vancouver the union said thursday that it has requested conciliation from the federal mediation and conciliation service in canada after being in negotiations since february the union which represents about 300 members said that rogers has intentions to rely heavily on contractors and reducing its inhouse technician workforce as well as to further reduce voluntary departure packages rogers is heading down a very dangerous path and our members are not going to stop fighting for better job security and contractingout language that will serve them now and into the future said usw director for western canada and the territories scott lunny