Offshore wind: turning hot air into good and safe employment
2023
28
31-33
decarbonization ; wind power ; offshore worker ; outsourcing ; unsafe working conditions ; deregulation ; trade union document
Occupational safety and health
English
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"We need to make an ambitious and rapid transition to clean energy. However, a culture of subcontracting, exploitative employment practices and deregulation of safety protection pervades our offshore energy industries – including the renewables sector. For the offshore workers at the frontline of this transition, their livelihoods are hanging in the balance – and in the gravest cases, even their lives."
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