National Union of Journalists climate fringe meeting

Fringe meeting: How to stop climate chaos Climate change, due to human activity, is creating wild weather patterns, such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts, which have devastating effects on people’s
lives. What can we, as journalists and trade unionists, do to make a difference?
3 April 2008
19.30 - 21.30
Room: Dublin 1
Europa Hotel,
Great Victoria Street
Belfast
Speakers:
* Jeremy Dear, [...]

An Inconvenient Spoof

I’ve paved my front garden and planted three cars,
The rain cannot reach underground reservoirs
But I just don’t believe what they say are our follies,
That the poles are now melting like two big ice lollies
Great Yarmouth, it sizzles like somewhere in France,
And scorpions are spreading all over Northants
The warmest year yet since records began. It
Was [...]

Model Motion in support of the Campaign against Climate Change (CCC)

This model resolution can be amended for your own organisation.
This meeting notes:
1) That the level of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is up one third on that of pre-industrial times: a level higher than it has been for at least 400 000 years.
2) The evidence that human activity is changing the climate is now overwhelming. The UN [...]

NUT fringe meeting report

The CCC fringe meeting at NUT conference on Saturday went very well indeed. Phil Thornhill, Christine Blower (deputy general secretary) and myself spoke to around 40 delegates, and there was a very positive and interesting discussion. Following that meeting, we have now received pledges from senior officials within the union for help with [...]

Fringe meeting at NUT conference

 Download the CACCTU flyer for the NUT conference fringe meeting.
NUT CACCTU leaflet

The answer is collective action - Tony Kearns of the CWU

Tony Kearns is the Senior Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union. This is an edited version of the speech he gave to the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union conference.
 Trade unions have been involved in this issue for quite a number of years. The shop workers’ union in 1957 put a motion to [...]

Unions and environmentalists demand action on global warming

Published Date: 11 February 2008
Trade unionists and green campaigners have joined forces in central London in a bid to tackle climate change.
The Campaign Against Climate Change Union Conference brought together union leaders and employees from across the UK to discuss the challenges facing workers.
Topics for discussion at the conference, held at the University of London, [...]