Resources for trade union climate campaigning

Take action in your workplace

General flyers - Five things trade unionists need to know about the climate crisis

Climate Quiz

Short quiz that can be used for stalls and at meetings. How much do you know about the climate crisis: how it's affecting us now, why it's a social justice issue and why drilling in the North Sea won't help our energy bills? Download as Word doc (space at the end if you want to edit to add your own union branch details). For a bit more background about the quiz answers the page here has links to further reading.

Workplace survey about climate action

For green reps and anyone else who'd like to find out about more about their fellow workers' concerns about climate change and where they'd like to take action, here is a survey template here (Word doc). We strongly suggest that you use this as a starting point and adapt to be appropriate for your own workplace and sector.

There's more about taking action focused on your workplace in the TUC toolkit: Greener Workplaces for a Just Transition

Find out about the climate jobs we need

Campaign against Climate Change: Climate Jobs: Building a workforce for the climate emergency. Find out more about how climate jobs could bring about a just transition to a low-carbon economy, and what it would mean for our society and our climate, in this report by our trade union group. Free to download, or order hard copies.

Campaign against Climate Change: A brief report on Climate Jobs in Cumbria relating to the campaign against the proposed Whitehaven coal mine

PCS Union: National Climate Change And Biodiversity Service: A PCS workers’ plan for an alternative civil service

'Beyond Drax: A Real Green Future for Yorkshire and the Humber'