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Going Green at Work
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)
Presentation by Sarah Pearce, Unison – The Public Service Union (former TUC “Green Workplaces” Project Leader), at After Paris: Politics, Climate Change & Labour. 14 Slides. Toronto, 2015.
European trade unions and the transition to a low carbon society
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2015)
A presentation by Fred Steward, Professor at the University of Westminster, U.K., to the International Panel: After Paris: Politics, Climate Change and Labour in 2015. The presentation summarizes major policy European ...
Reaching into the Hearts of our Union Members to Save our Environment & Our Jobs
(Work in a Warming World (W3), 2011-09-30)
A presentation to Saving the Planet and Creating Jobs: Work in a Warming World Atlantic Forum in 2011, by Marc Fournier, Assistant Director for Plant Operations & Sustainability at Lasell College, in Newton, Massachusetts. ...
Just Transition and Beyond Just Transition: Canada in Action - Roundtable Summary Report
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2018-08-27)
The Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Respond to Climate Change project (ACW) brought together 38 representatives from Canadian labour unions, environmental advocacy groups, academics, and progressive policy groups ...
Green Transitions in the Built Environment: Europe (Presentation)
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018-11)
Presentation by Linda Clarke, Melahat Sahin-Dikmen, and Colin Gleeson, ProBE (Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment), University of Westminster, to the ACW All-Team Meetings in November 2018 at ...
Green Transitions in the Built Environment: Europe
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2018)
The role of trade unions in the transition to low carbon construction: examples from Denmark, Germany, Italy and UK/Scotland. This report presents findings from an investigation into the role of trade unions in the transition ...
Climate Change and Just Transition: What Will Workers Need?
(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 ...
Green Transitions in Europe
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11-14)
Presentation by Fred Steward, University of Westminster, at ACW All Team Meeting Researcher’s Workshop.
Vancouver, November 2016
Preliminary Report on Delivering Climate Training to Union Leaders: Models of Engagement and Sustainability
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016-11)
A presentation by Steve Staples to the ACW All Team Meeting in Vancouver, 2016. It reports on the findings of an ACW project to gather information on the models that the Canadian labour movement is using to deliver training ...
The Union as Climate Change Advocate: the BC Insulators' Campaign to “Green” the Culture of the Building Industry in British Columbia
(Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW), 2016)
This paper examines the efforts of one Canadian building trades’ union, the BC Insulators, to influence the culture and climate change policies of the construction industry in British Columbia. The union’s members install ...