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"Climate Change: it's time to prepare"

Workshop: Trouble on the way to paradise- unions and climate change

Purpose:

Give a quick overview of what trades unions are doing on climate change

(TUC, CCCTU, workers climate action)

Get people talking freely and honestly about the barriers and problems within trades unions on climate change, and other problems without.

GET PEOPLE WHO WORK NEAR EACH OTHER OR IN SAME SECTOR SWAPPING DETAILS

Presented by: ??
Time and room:
Questions posed:

Why have the trades unions been so slow to start working on climate change?

What are the difficult questions they face

What is to be done about estates managers and purchasing departments?

Who wants to start working with whom?

Websites to check out:

A report on the recent CCCTU conference

CCC page, with conference report link

TUC page

Workers Liberty trade union page

Judi Bari's home page

Just Transition Alliance


Further info: none at present