Sunday 8th September, 6.30-7.45
Meeting room 1c
The climate crisis is a class and trade union issue, already impacting the lives and livelihoods of working class people globally. Tackling it requires urgent action on fossil fuels and active leadership across the union movement is essential. This is not an issue any trade unionist can ignore.
It’s about communities having homes that are affordable to heat, decent public transport and clean air. It’s about public ownership of key services, and workplace health and safety. It’s about climate jobs, with a massive deployment of skilled labour needed across many sectors.
An end to fossil fuels, a just transition and a plan to deliver this and huge public investment in the transformation of the economy have never been more urgent.
Speakers:
Daniel Kebede, General Secretary, NEU
John Moloney, Assistant General Secretary, PCS
Liz Wheatley, Unison
Nick Mead, BFAWU
Chaired by Suzanne Jeffery, Campaign against Climate Change trade union group