Blue Green Canada The United Steelworkers and Environmental Defence Canadaare working together to promote a diverse economy that provides good jobs and protects the environment.

Strategic Alliance Between Environmental Defence Canada and United Steelworkers

This document sets out the terms under which the United Steelworkers and Environmental Defence are creating a strategic alliance in order to build solidarity and a closer unity of purpose between the two organizations.... more

Securing Our Children's World, Our Union and the Environment

Steelworkers have always fought for a better life for our children. Today, two of the greatest threats to our children’s future are the destruction of good-paying jobs and the environment in an economy where multinational corporations compete globally without regard or loyalty to their home countries. But destruction of what we hold dear is not inevitable. Just as Canadians and Americans responded to the challenges of World War II by harnessing the ingenuity and productivity of its working people, we can retool our economy and rebuild it on sound environmental principles. ... more

Public Statement by the Leadership of the Steelworkers Union on the Kyoto Accord

According to the government of Canada, up to 16,000 Canadians die prematurely each year as a result of air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial activity. pdf version The United Steelworkers is a union representing working people all across Canada in many different kinds of jobs. Our involvement in the mining, smelting, ... more

Steelworkers Environmental Policy

In 1987, a United Nations report was released that marks a watershed in the movement for environmental change. Like many other reports before it, "Our Common Future" highlighted the growing number of specific crises threatening the environment in countries around the world. The report was prepared by an international committee chaired by Gro-Harlem Brundtland, the Prime Minister of Norway and the leader of that country's Labour Party. ... more