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9 MAY 2008 – Environmental Alliance Part of United Steelworkers National Health, Safety and Environment Conference – For a Safe and Healthy Future

May 12 to 14, 2008 Doubletree International Plaza Hotel 655 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON Plaza A-B Conference Office: MONTREAL A TORONTO – A formal signing of an alliance between the United Steelworkers (USW) and Environmental Defence will form part of the union’s National Health, Safety and Environment Conference from May 12 to 14 at the Doubletree ... more

Blue Green Canada Attending United Nations Climate Change Conference

RELEASE, 14 Dec. 2009 - Blue Green Canada will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen calling on the Harper Government to support a strong international agreement to address climate change that will result in good green jobs for Canadians. The delegation of labour and environmental representatives will be led by Ken ... more

When Blue Meets Green

EMAGAZINE.COM, 4 Nov.2009 – Read a fascinating story about how the “Teamsters and Turtles” alliance was started to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. How USW and the Sierra Club in the U.S. founded the National Blue Green Alliance to develop fair trade, healthy workplaces and global warming as key issues. Perhaps it ... more

Labour, Environment Group Calls for Strong, Fair Canadian Global Warming Law

Green Job Creation Should Guide Cap and Trade Design Toronto, ON - 30 JULY 2009 - USW and Environmental Defence, through Blue Green Canada, called on Ottawa to make sure green job creation is the guide in designing the Cap and Trade response to global warming. Cap and Trade Design Principles for Canada Two of Canada’s leading labour and environmental ... more