Labor Studies Journal Relationships to Resource Development in Labor-Environment Campaigns Beyond the Blue and Green: The Need to Consider Aboriginal Peoples' Beyond the Blue and Green: The Need to Consider Aboriginal Peoples' Relationships to Resource De

• Main Author: Suzanne E Mills
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: inuit
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1081.5106; http://www.aeji.org.il/sites/default/files/2012_story_files/labor_studies_-_aboriginal_peoples_-_environment.pdf

Abstract In this article, I argue that labor researchers in North America need to engage more thoroughly with Indigenous studies if they hope to advance social and environmental justice. First, I suggest that researchers approach Aboriginal peoples' relationships to the environment by supporting Aboriginal rights to lands and resources. Second, and related to this point, I raise the issue of the need for Aboriginal-controlled development in northern Aboriginal communities. Finally, I draw on a case study on Inuit and union participation in the creation of the Vale Inco, Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Labrador to discuss how the increasing prevalence of corporate-Aboriginal alliances is creating important challenges to union engagement that need to be addressed.