Green action days
[ch 2: page 31]Unions have encouraged members to get involved in environmental action days including:
The ITUC 2019 Global Day of Workplace Action to Climate-Proof Our Work (26 June). The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) invited its affiliates and the global union federations to work with union representatives to ask all employers to meet with workers and their unions to discuss plans for climate-proofing work and workplaces. It has produced a guide with resources including a model letter to request a meeting.
Unions, including the communication workers’ CWU and teachers’ NEU, sent their members information about Clean Air Day on 20 June and encouraged them to take action to tackle air pollution.
From 20-27 September 2019, millions of people across the world will walk out of workplaces and homes to join young climate strikers on the streets in a global climate strike to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. (see the UCU motion to TUC Congress).
ITUC, Climate-Proof Our Work (https://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/2019-04_climateproof_ourwork_en.pdf)
Clean Air Day (https://www.cleanairday.org.uk)
Global Climate Strikes (https://globalclimatestrike.net)
UCU, 30-minute solidarity climate stoppage (https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/10181/30-minute-solidarity-climate-stoppage)