Received from: Unison
Congress acknowledges that the climate emergency will affect all jobs and all workers adversely. This is a key trade union issue for us all. The working class, locally and globally, are already being impacted by the consequences of climate change with it affecting the supply and cost of food, water and energy, harming people’s health and putting unacceptable additional strain on public services.
Congress calls on the UK government to address this emergency as it would any other, with a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown.
Congress calls on the General Council to campaign for:
i. negotiated transition plans that guarantee protection for all workers in all sectors of the economy including equality strands to cover jobs, wages, pensions, training and skills, and trade union rights
ii. statutory just transition commissions for each nation to advise and direct on just transition plans that will protect workers and transform to a green economy
iii. public ownership of key sectors such as energy, water, transport, mail, broadband, education, health, and social care
iv. a national climate service to plan, coordinate and fund education and training for the workforce and a wide scale transformation to a decarbonised economy
v. unions to co-operate in negotiating industrial strategies for decarbonisation
vi. mandatory environmental impact assessments on all proposals and decisions
vii. a year of green trade union activity linked to climate justice groups to promote the importance of this work on all workers, jobs and the economy.
UNISON
AMENDMENT
Add at the end of the first paragraph, add:
“Congress notes the dire environmental consequences of war.”
Add a new bullet point iii. (and renumber existing):
“the government to seek to taper defence spending and arms proliferation, with a just transition into climate jobs for affected workers.”
University and College Union
AMENDMENT
Add new bullet point after bullet point v. (and renumber existing):
“vi. recognition for union green reps including facility time”.
FDA