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.
Fossil Fuels & the Far Right: A primer on how racism & climate denialism go hand in hand
Photo: DANGER by Alisdare Hickson https://www.flickr.com/photos/alisdare/That COP30 taking place in Belém, Brazil, later this year, a city that is the gateway to the Amazon river, is highly significant. Can the symbolic setting precipitate a fundamental change to...
TSSA calls for public transport fares to be slashed – let’s all do the same!
Just the ticket? Photo: Sasha Atkin-WastiBy Paul Atkin TSSA calls for public transport fares to be slashed - let's all do the same! In a sharply worded blog on the TSSA web site, General Secretary Manuel Cortes notes that we have to deal with two crises...
Farnborough air show: for the industry, not for the workers
Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance The GJA Secretary went to Farnborough to join campaigners and activists from the anti-aviation/pro-worker organisation Stay Grounded in a protest against the Corporate love-in that is the Farnborough air show. A photo...
All Climate Politics is Global
Photo by Markus Spiske on UnsplashBy Paul Atkin As revealed in this Oxfam Report, the poorest 50% and middle 40% of the global population have a minimal or declining carbon footprint. The top 10%, and even more the top 1%, already have carbon footprints that are...
Why Climate campaigners should support the rail unions
Photo: Glastonbury Left Field on FlickrPaul Atkin/Tahir Latif What is the link between climate action and stopping the decline of public transport? From the RMT: "We want a transport system that operates for the interests of the people, for the needs of society, and...
No Climate Justice without workplace justice!
Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance The industrial action currently being taken by the RMT is a source of hope and inspiration for workers across the country. But it is also action aimed at a more sustainable transport system that works for people and...
Labour movement agendas in conflict over decarbonisation pathways
Photo: Matt HrkacLes Levidow The Just Transition concept has sought to avoid socially unjust means and consequences of a low-carbon transition. Alternatives could provide the basis for a common agenda of the labour movement. Yet trade unions have had divergent...
Feedback on ‘Polluter Pays principle’ in aviation
Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance The previous blog 'Polluter Pays Vs Public Interest’ sought to bring to a GJA audience what is a staple topic among those concerned with the future of aviation and the environment, especially those who form the Stay...
Polluter vs Public Interest
Tahir Latif Secretary, Greener Jobs Alliance A couple of years back a certain world-famous singer told of how he immediately booked a flight to Paris on hearing of the death of a friend. Conscious of the world he is living in, he halted his story momentarily for a...
Challenger expedition reveals ocean warming
By Philip Pearson Challenger, the great ocean expedition of the 1870s, is now providing evidence to support the UN’s urgent warnings this week (5 April) that ‘It’s now or never’ if the world is to stave off climate disaster. The evidence is brought together for the...
Leeds Bradford abandons its expansion plans – where does that leave us?
Tahir Latif is Secretary of the Greener Jobs Alliance. The opinions expressed here are his own, and not necessarily those of all GJA members. In the spirit of this newly created blog space, we invite alternative views and responses, which can be sent to...
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