Browsing Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate Change (ACW) by Subject "Labour unions"

ACW Baseline Sub-Report: Labor Unions and Green Transitions in the US

Stevis, Dimitris (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-04-15)

This Draft Baseline Report was prepared for the ACW Project, December 7, 2015 (edited April 15, 2016). This report provides an exploratory overview of U.S. labor union proposals and practices regarding a green transition. ...

ACW Baseline Sub-Report: Policies and Practices to Promote Work Enhancing Pathways in the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

Steward, Fred (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)

Presented at the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW) International Workshop in Toronto, Canada, November 2015. This review gives an overview of the European policy context with regard to climate change. An analysis ...

After Paris Conference Toronto 2015 - video 5 - Going Green at Work

Pearce, Sarah (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)

Presentation by Sarah Pearce, UNISON – The Public Service Union (former TUC “GreenWorkplaces” Project Leader), to the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces, and Work in a Warming World. International Panel: After Paris: ...

After Paris Conference Toronto 2015 - video 7 - Labour and Climate Change

Brown, Larry (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)

Presentation by Larry Brown, National president of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), to the Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces, and Work in a Warming World. International Panel: After Paris: ...

After Paris Conference Toronto 2015 - video 9 - Question & Answer - International Panel

Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW) (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)

Question and Answer session. Adapting Canadians Work and Workplaces. International Panel: After Paris: Politics, Climate Change and Labour. Toronto, 2015.

The BC Insulator Union’s Campaign to Promote Climate Literacy in Construction (Salamander Report): Documenting Its Efforts to "Green" The Industry's Culture

Calvert, John (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2019-06-13)

The role of the labour movement in contributing to Canada’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use has not been the subject of scholarly attention in much of the climate change literature in recent ...

The BC Insulators: The Union as Climate Change Advocate

Calvert, John; Tallon, Corinne (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11)

Presentation by John Calvert, Simon Fraser University, at ACW All Team Meeting Researcher’s Workshop. Vancouver, November 2016

Canada Post and Environmental Leadership

Lipsig-Mummé, Carla (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-10-31)

Presentation by Carla Lipsig-Mummé, Principal Investigator, ACW, York University, Canada. Submitted to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, Government of Canada. October 31, 2016

Canadian Labour Unions and Climate Change: Selected Documents Published by Canadian Unions

Perry, Elizabeth (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2022-05)

Documents created & published by Canadian labour unions on the topic of climate change and labour.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers presentation to the W3 Atlantic Forum 2011: Saving the Planet and Creating Jobs

LaFleur, Donald (Work in a Warming World (W3), 2011-09-30)

PowerPoint presentation to the Work in a Warming World Atlantic Forum 2011 by Donald LaFleur, 4th Vice-President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

City Building (Glasgow): An Inspirational Model of Low Energy Social Housing and Public Building Production

Clarke, Linda; Sahin-Dikmen, Melahat (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018)

The aim is to investigate trade union policies and engagement in initiatives in the area of sustainable construction. The research is comparative and identifies case studies illustrative of trade union involvement in four ...

Climate Action in the Postal Sector

Hawley, Karen (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)

Presentation by Karen Hawley at the ACW-W3 Researchers’ Workshop. November, 2015. 12 slides. Toronto, 2015.

Climate Change and Canadian Unions: The Dilemma for Labour

Lipsig-Mummé, Carla; LaFleur, Donald; Bickerton, Geoff (Work in a Warming World (W3), 2013)

In 2010, a group of Canadian trade unions, labour academics and environmental groups began a five year funded community-university research project, Work in a Warming World (W3), to develop effective ways for labour to ...

Climate Change and Just Transition: What Will Workers Need?

United Steelworkers Canada; Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW) (Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018)

The United Steelworkers Union (USW) in Canada has produced a new workshop guide to educate workers about the impact of climate change on jobs, and to better prepare them to ensure that government policies promoting a just ...

Climate Change and Labour Union Strategy in the Accommodation Sector: Opportunities and Contradictions

Tufts, Steven (Work in a Warming World (W3), 2011)

Climate change is affecting tourism-related industries such as accommodation and hospitality (e.g., changes in tourist flows, the ‘greening’ of hotels). The role organized labour in such industries will play in climate ...

Climate Change, Construction and Labour in Europe: A Study of the Contribution of Building Workers and their Unions to 'Greening' the Built Environment in Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark

Calvert, John (Work in a Warming World (W3), 2011)

This study reviews the overall climate policy and legislative framework of the European Union (EU) and then examines what governments in Germany, the UK and Denmark have done to reduce energy consumption, cut greenhouse ...