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Title: Rethinking Canada’s Auto Industry: A Policy Vision to Escape the Race to the Bottom
Identifier (PID): yul:823121

Title: We make it Move: a Vision for Sustainable Transportation
Description: At the first ever CAW Transportation Conference, held from September 23 – 25, 2011 the Canadian Auto Workers discussed a draft version of a new policy for transportation in Canada. The starting point of the policy is that “transportation must change”, because of three forces: climate change, peak oil, and globalization. The union states its goal: “to create a made-in Canada transportation system that is the most efficient, accessible, green and safe in the world”, based on four overarching principles: the transportation system must be environmentally sustainable, recognized as a public good, made-in-Canada, and a place for good jobs. For each of the transportation sectors (road, rail, air, marine) the paper outlines issues and proposes very specific solutions and policy goals. The document and an accompanying action plan will be discussed and voted on by the National Executive Board, and CAW and Quebec Councils.
Identifier (PID): yul:788614

Title: Climate change and our jobs: finding the right balance. Discussion paper for the CAW Canada - Quebec Joint Council. St. John's N
Description: This report provides an overview of the issues of climate change, and a history of the CAW's positions and actions on environmental issues. It concludes with a statement of future intentions for bargaining and advocacy.
Identifier (PID): yul:788613

Title: Extended Producer Responsibility: CAW Health and Safety Fact Sheet
Description: The Fact Sheet calls for extended producer responsibility, and links that concept to the "social responsibility of producers to ensure worker safety in all the workplaces throughout the product’s life cycle. Producers can be required to ensure that they source their raw materials from responsible companies and hold their suppliers to a high standard of environmental performance and worker safety."
Identifier (PID): yul:788612

Title: Submission to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-30 Clean Air Act
Description: The submission summarizes some statistics re Canada's auto industry, and lays out the union's position in favour of vehicle emission standards, alternative fuel vehicles, and manufacture of transit vehicles.
Identifier (PID): yul:788611