A reminder that the branch is running a bus to Glasgow for the GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE on Saturday 6 November. Details of the event are below. To book a place contact grampianresourcecentre@unison.co.uk
TRADE UNION BLOC ON THE GLASGOW MARCH – CLIMATE, JOBS, JUSTICE
Assemble Kelvingrove Park: 11.30 pm March off: 12.45 pm Rally at Glasgow Green: 3 – 4 pm Saturday 6 November. The trade union and workers bloc of the march will be headed by an STUC banner: Climate:Jobs:Justice. To see where is the assembly point for trade unions, go to Global Day of Action – STUC
For those of you who can’t make the march and rally there are a number of other events that you can join.
DIGITAL RALLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
Sat 6 Nov, 2021 19:30 This rally will bring together voices of activists across the world, campaigning for climate justice.
See more details HERE
JUST TRANSITION HUB
9.30 – 19.30 Monday 8 November, Govan Parish Church, 796 Govan Road G51 2YL
Hosted by STUC, Friends of the Earth Scotland, War on Want, Platform, TUC & the Just Transition Partnership – this will be one of the most comprehensive events yet on what just transition really means. It’s part of the People’s Summit. There will be loads of top speakers bringing great depth of experience from Scotland and around the world. Read about all the sessions here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/just-transition-hub-at-the-peoples-summit-tickets-189587420077
PEOPLE’S SUMMIT – OTHER RELEVANT EVENTS
Sunday 7 – Wednesday 10 November
Among the other enormous number of other events there are many which are about specific aspects of the just transition. A few are listed below but you can do your own search of the programme by checking the just transition box on the left. You might also do a search using topics like ‘climate jobs’ or ‘green new deal’.
See and search all events Events – COP26 Coalition
OTHER EVENTS RELATING TO JUST TRANSITION
- Events supported by Scottish Trade Union Congress: Public Events & Conferences – STUC
- Trade Unions for Energy Democracy: TUED Events at COP26 – Google Docs
- Just Transition events at COP26 mapped by WWF 1 – 6 November: Just Transition events at COP mapping – Google Shee
You’ll see that the document above is just for the first six days! Here are just a few of the most interesting events in the coming week:
Monday 1 November
13.30 Glasgow Climate Dialogues: Elevating the Voice of the Global South (with section on just transition).
Wednesday 3 November
13.30 The imperative of a Just Transition for the workforce to save our climate International Trade Union Confederation
18.30 Just Transition: Transforming public transport to fight climate change
Thursday 4
November 12.30 Beyond Energy: A Just transition for all – WWF
17.00 Work and Unions Movement Assembly – COP26 Coalition
Friday 5 November
17.00 Climate Action – Strike Action- People’s Assembly COP26 Rally
REMINDER: LINK TO THE RECORDING OF THE JUST TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER – Climate, Jobs, Justice: Making the Just Transition Happen (jtp.scot)