DEMANDING CLIMATE JUSTICE
The Greener Jobs Alliance promotes skills training and job creation to grow low carbon sectors and green the whole economy.
Transition to a zero-carbon and resource-efficient economy drives sustainable economic recovery and job creation and makes existing jobs more secure. This requires a strategic national and local approach to deliver the skills needed and stimulate demand for clean energy and energy efficiency services.
The Greener Jobs Alliance liaises at a national and local level to build the broadest possible support for the policies, investment, partnerships and commitments needed to drive the transition to a low carbon economy because:
- Employers will not ‘green’ their operations without a clear national policy and incentives,
- Workers need job security which current policies don’t ensure
- Education providers will not support the development of new training programmes unless they can see a local demand for the courses offered
- Households and businesses will not be able to introduce low carbon options if there is a lack of skilled staff capable of doing the work
- The Greener Jobs Alliance works with training bodies, colleges, universities, employers, local and national government, trade unions, housing associations, campaign and community groups – to build the policies, investment and partnerships needed to drive the transition to a zero-carbon economy.
Supporting organisations include: UNITE, PCS, NEU, UCU, SOSUK, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Haldane Society of Socialist lawyers…
Blog & Debate
The transition to renewables is not a threat to jobs in the North Sea, its the only lifeline that workers there have
Speech at the Rally for a Just Transition outside the Treasury last week By Paul Atkin When people say “We have to make the transition to sustainable energy BUT we need to save jobs” we need to change one word in that sentence. “We have to make the transition to...
More from TUC – Workplace Temperatures & Heat Strikes
Another important climate-related debate that took place at TUC this month was Motion 19, moved by BFAWU, on the risks to the health and safety of workers of rising temperatures and advocating for trade unions to join with climate campaigners in ‘Heat Strikes’. The...
TUC Climate debates – addendum
We have just published on the GJA website a blog by our editor Paul Atkin that identifies the choices facing the trade union movement as regards Just Transition, and how these choices manifested themselves in the Composite motions passed at TUC Conference 2024 (C5 and...
Big step forward at TUC – Port Talbot and Grangemouth show how urgently needed this is
Photo: sarah d flickr.com/photos/tigerweet/ By Paul Atkin Passing composite 18 (see below) recognising that we need a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown at this week’s TUC Congress was a big step forward for the...