Green Collective Agreements database

The Green Collective Agreements database identifies almost 300 green clauses which reflect the ways in which Canadian labour unions have sought to protect their members’ health, safety, job security, or pay, and to discharge their broader social responsibility to mitigate climate change impacts. The database was compiled by searching the publicly available websites such as the federal government’s Negotech website (https://negotech.labour.gc.ca/cgi-bin/RechercheSearchNegotheque/index.aspx), as well as provincial websites. Key unions also provided texts of their agreements.

The ACW Green Collective Agreements searchable database may still be available at https://www.zotero.org/green_agreements/library, but has not been updated since December 2021.

Green Bargaining Language 2022 Samples from the ACW Database.pdf is provided as an easy-to-read sampling of agreements and the text of clauses.

The GreenCollectiveAgreements20220316.csv file can be used by those with the Zotero application installed on their computers. To download the free Zotero application, go to https://www.zotero.org/. Then download the CSV file to your hard drive, open the Zotero application, and use the “Import” function in Zotero to save the contents.

An alternative for those with Zotero on their computers: use the compressed folder and move it directly into the Zotero user directory. It consists of an SQL file and a "storage" folder of library items.