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Press: Members interested in booking a subsidised place on a bus to Paris for
12 Dec demonstration should seek nomination through their branch. See below for
details.
It’s time next month to join the global
movement marching for a better future, demanding strong
action from world leaders at the United Nations climate talks in December.
UNISON members are invited to a
GreenRead more…
UNISON Scotland is showing our colours by supporting
the Stop
Climate Chaos Scotland Climate March on Saturday 28 November.
On that weekend around the world, millions will be
marching to put pressure on world leaders for an ambitious deal at the UN
climate negotiations in Paris in December.
Scotland’s Climate March is in Edinburgh, with
other marches taking place in Wales onRead more…
In Bonn this week, where the UN is labouring through an 86-page draft climate treaty, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has welcomed the return of three clear commitments in the draft text to just transition and decent work. Labour’s three “hooks” re-appeared in the UN draft treaty as…Read more…
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is holding a Rally for the Climate on Wednesday May 27 at the Scottish Parliament as part of its ‘For the Love of’ campaign.
UNISON members are urged to take part, even if you can’t attend on the day, by telling First Minister Nicola Sturgeon what you love that is at risk from climate change, and that the Scottish Government needs to do more to cut emissions.Read more…
#stuc15 The STUC will work with NGOs and trade unions internationally to press for a Just Transition as part of a binding international deal at the UN Conference on Climate Change due to be held this year in Paris, which is “critical for the future of the planet.”
UNISON’s Pat Rowland told delegates that a Just Transition will ensure that the costs and benefits of switching to a low carbonRead more…
Earth Hour 2015
takes place next Saturday, 28 March, and is a reminder of the importance of a
global climate deal in Paris in December.
UNISON Scotland
is a strong supporter of WWF’s Earth Hour campaign.
Each year Earth
Hour sees the lights go out on countless famous buildings and in
ordinary homes around the world to raise awareness of the need for action on
climate change.
Love is in the air this week…love for everything that climate change threatens.
And Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is asking us all to tell First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that we believe a new global climate deal must be agreed at United Nations talks in Paris in December this year.
In the new Show the Love campaign, members and supporters of SCCS members across Scotland, includingRead more…
Next Brighton and Sussex Branch Meeting at the Craft Beer Co upstairs
Thursday 15 January, from 8pm
22-23 Upper North Street, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1…Read more…
What trade unions are basically looking for here at #COP20 in Lima is union recognition, and with that, the right to represent our members. In a sense this is no more complicated than any struggle be it among contract cleaners, cinema workers, or in th…Read more…