Building a democratic expertise to inform labour’s struggle for a just transition

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13041385
AutoresJane Lethbridge (0000-0002-0094-9967, University of Greenwich, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen19
Número1-3
Páginas117-134
Fecha de publicación2024-03-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaContemporary Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2158-2041 • E-ISSN: 2158-205X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21582041.2024.2324066
OpenAlexW4392845791
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas27

Increasingly, the concept of a just transition is shaping labour's view of environmental justice but the experience of trade unions working towards just transitions has been mixed, although much action has built on the existing relationships that trade unions have had with their members, other trade unions and civil society organisations.Recent analysis of trade union environmental action has found that a more radical approach is needed that will promote the long-term interests of labour in what has been described as the just transition.This paper argues that if trade unions want future, more transformative strategies, they will have to build their own expertise, building on their own research which has informed their own democratic expertise.This paper makes a contribution to this process by identifying 'Three Pillars' which could be used to inform trade union thinking and action.The Three Pillars are: (a) critical analysis of current net-zero policies, (b) new green, industrial strategies supported by social infrastructure, (c) changing labour-environmental relationships.The paper includes a case study of a trade union which is campaigning for a new National Climate Service

Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies