Blog & Debate
Welcome to the GJA blog space. Here we host critical debates on the key issues we face, as an organisation, as a movement of workers, and as a society.
Reform run councils do not represent local opinion on climate
Image by Mick HolderThe increased number of Reform run Councils reversing climate emergency declarations and rowing back on limited but essential climate mitigation and adaptation measures should not be confused with popular support for them on this issue; even in...
Record temperatures in spring – ‘glorious weather’ or a wake-up call?
Image by dae jeung kim from PixabayBy Graham Petersen The last week of May has broken temperature records in the UK. UK records hottest spring day as heatwave hits 35C This has been overwhelmingly treated as a good news story where we can bask in weather that is...
UNISON shows the way!
Image by John Blower on flickr.com/photos/10332960@N03/At UNISON conference in June, Motion 83, 2026 Year of Green Activity (YoGA) - Turning Activity into Activism, the UNISON NEC puts a number of key points on the way forward for climate activism through and by trade...
Liberating work
A one-year accelerator programme to support the creation of jobs in new worker-controlled green projects has been launched by workers.coop, the UK federation of worker and social cooperatives. Called Own the Future, the programme is part of a wider effort to build an...
Towards a transformative response to the fossil fuel energy crisis
Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War_is_a_racket_u_know_-_it%27s_time_for_peace!.jpgThe US/Israeli war on Iran looks like it will be lengthy. Trump’s announcement of an indefinite ceasefire while maintaining an equally indefinite blockade indicates that the...
Rail Union calls for Free Fares to cut cost of living in response to war on Iran
Photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashTransport and travel union TSSA has called on the government to take immediate action to help the public with the cost of living in the face of ongoing economic volatility related to the US/Israel conflict with Iran. This includes...
Upcoming event from Hope for the Future – Oil Wars: Winning a Just Transition in an Era of Energy Crises
It's time to stop feeling powerless in the face of global insecurity and recurring energy crises, and instead reclaim our democratic system so that it works for the many. Since the US-Israel war on Iran began, we have witnessed a huge, coordinated lobbying push,...
Curriculum Review – not business as usual on climate, but we need more urgency
Photo by Tobias on Unsplash Faced with climactic conditions that are clearly breaking down, and posing an existential threat to humanity’s future (1) the Francis Review did not rise to the level of the challenge of preparing our students to help create a sustainable...
GJA AGM hears about Just Transition in Scotland and the ‘reset’ nobody wants
Photo by Mick Holder from our free online courses web page On March 10, the Greener Jobs Alliance held its Annual General Meeting at UCU HQ in Camden with around 30-plus attendees in person and online. We heard from GJA’s Graham Petersen about the ongoing great work...
A Primer on Carbon Capture and Storage Pipelines
Slide courtesy of Andrew Boswell By Ellen Robottom and Tahir Latif The first of a two-part blog on the government’s controversial plans to invest over £21Bn in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)1, focusing on the dangers and hazards to local communities of the proposed...
Cuba fights US sanctions with sunshine, and grit
Photo by Juan Luis Ozaez on Unsplash The tightened siege on Cuba by the US is an attack on one of the world's most sustainable societies by one of the least, and one that is trying to lead a charge towards climate catastrophe because, as Marco Rubio put it in his...
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