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.
Virtueless Signalling – Reform in the spotlight
In his pocket. Photo montage by Wendy Mayes from original photos by: by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 For anyone who wants a future for this country that does not smell of ash trays, exhaust fumes and the sour sweat of xenophobia and, for that matter, anyone who wants...
New year, new struggle: the transformation must begin in 2024
Photo by Mick HolderResolution for 2024: move the climate debate on. As COP28 has amply demonstrated, it simply isn’t enough to wait for the elites to come around to the realisation that the impact of climate change is far greater on other people than it is on them. ...
Proposal: a campaign for free public transport in London
Photo by inspira studio on Unsplash We have discussed this proposal in the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel coalition, and now invite organisations, groups and individuals to join us in this initiative. We hope to have a get-together on this early in 2024. To indicate...
GJA writes to energy union GS’s on a transition to renewables and justice for workers
Photo by Anton Dmitriev on UnsplashFollowing a number of informal exchanges with TU reps and officials in the energy sector, and given the variety of different emphases given to a transition to renewable energy across the union movement, GJA has written to the six...
ITUC Briefings
The United Nations climate conference COP28 in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) will start in less than 50 days. The global labour movement is organising to defend workers’ rights at this important event. Workers and their families are experiencing ever-increasing...
GJA asks questions of Labour leadership
Photo by Scott Blake on UnsplashAt the recent Labour Party conference, announcements were made regarding plans for a programme of home building and retrofit, along with further statements around Labour’s financial approach. Consequently, GJA has written to Angela...
Labour must take the climate crisis seriously – and stop Rosebank!
Photo by Alisdare Hickson flickr.com/photos/alisdare/ A statement from Labour Party members and members of unions affiliated to the Labour Party. If you are a Labour member or affiliated trade unionist, please add your name (all signatories personal capacity unless...
We need to demand more than reversing Tory climate U-turns
Protestors at extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ demonstration, Summer 2023 ‘We need labour movement solutions and organising that are based in the reality and science of climate change, and the economic injustice of austerity policies.’ Sam Mason By Sam Mason,...
The Climate Contradictions of Gary Smith
Photo by Gavin Allanwood on UnsplashIn agreeing to be interviewed by the Spectator under the title "the folly of Net Zero" GMB General Secretary Gary Smith lets his members down; not least because remarks like these from a leading trade unionist help give Rishi Sunak...
Reviewing The Skills For A Jobs Transition
Photo by Red Zeppelin on UnsplashThis is a new report, issued in July under the banner ‘Future Energy Skills Programme’ and produced by a collection of organisations, led by Centrica and GMB, and also including TUC, Unite, Unison and Prospect, as well as Rolls Royce...
Labour’s Clean Energy Mission: Greenwashing A High Carbon Future
Photo: flickr.com/photos/fotdmike/By Les Levidow GJA is very pleased to reprint this article written by our friend and colleague Les Levidow for the London Green Left Blog. Les expands in significantly more detail on our own recent blogs on the pros and cons of...
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