Student research resources
Organizations, videos and more
BC labour organizations
BC labour history
Offers summer walking tours in Vancouver鈥檚 Downtown Eastside
Child labour
- (English/French)
Corporate crime
- Plunder: The Crime of our Time:
Directed by Danny Schecter, USA, 2010, 100 minutes
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity, uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed. It argues that the wrong doing committed by a few individuals distracts from the real story, implicating the institutions that financed and profited from fraudulent sub prime lending. These firms recklessly put trillions of dollars and the world economy at risk.
Health & safety
International
- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC):2010 survey of trade union rights violations around the world.
Survey in full
Video on the Survey: Press release on / / / /
The site explores the injustices of the international banana trade and broader issues surrounding free trade. Use the following link to access several short leaflets on a variety of topics including women in the banana trade and the environmental impact of bananas.
- Slavery and Forced Labour:
Labour & the green economy
- - Environment and the Green Economy
Social movements
- Sign petition for
Unions in Canada
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The site contains links to documents, resources and websites on young workers鈥� rights and organizing a union.
Wages
- B.C. Fair Wages Commission Web Library (2017)
The Living Wage for Families Campaign is guided by an Advisory Committee of representatives from community organizations and other partners and supporters in Metro Vancouver.
Women & gender issues
This virtual library of OFL materials deals with the labour movement and women.
- (English/French)
Workshop materials, a series of catchy short fact sheets, and background research documents from the Canadian Labour Congress campaign are posted on this website. Topics include child care, pensions, young women, the role of unions and more.