JobsAndClimate, Energy Democracy & Trade Unions 1
Channel: Occupy News Network
Date: 2018-03-11

What is happening to our planet and why this is a trade union issue.
Energy Democracy: How can Trade Unions 'resist, reclaim, restructure' the energy system? 

The global trade union campaign, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, believes the the only way we can transition to 100% renewable energy is through public ownership and democratic control of our energy system. The future is decentralised, flexible and diverse with new renewable sources of energy large and small, from tidal to solar. What could these radical changes mean for trade unions across the well unionised energy sector, and how should they respond? Can popular trade union and community support be won for reclaiming the power sector to public ownership?