Judith Kirton-Darling : "A just transition: giving workers a stake in the story"
2023
28
24-28
just transition ; trade union attitude ; IndustriALL ; sustainable development ; employment ; trade union document
Environment
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"The European Commission claims that the European Green Deal ‘will transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy'. But does this vision include real support for the workers who will make this transformation happen? The trade union federation of industrial workers industriAll Europe has been one of the loudest voices for a ‘just transition', launching a manifesto in 2022 under the slogan ‘Nothing about us without us!'. Representing 7 million workers in the manufacturing, mining and energy sectors, the federation's membership is at the frontline of the transition's employment impacts.
HesaMag spoke to Acting Joint General Secretary Judith Kirton- Darling about the urgent need for a transition framework that prevents the exacerbation of regional and social inequalities."
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