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6 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
This seems a positive development, making a vital case for worker-led transition in a key union. Currently unions like GMB and Unite are wedded to policies like support for airport expansion. Rank-and-file campaigns like this have the potential to change that.
There are ongoing discussions around these issues in my union too. In 2019, our general secretary opposed an AGM motion supporting a socialist Green New Deal on the basis that it would put our offshore energy worker members out of jobs: theclarionmag.org/2019/09/04/why…
In the year since, our offshore energy workers’ branch @RMTOILC1 has worked with @PlatformLondon, @GreenpeaceUK, and @FoEScot, who produced a report about oil and gas workers’ struggles for job security, and the possibility of a worker-led transition: rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-react…
Every union needs to discuss what worker-led transition and decarbonisation means for our members. Wherever we work, we need workers’ plans for the decarbonisation of our workplaces and industries. Well done to @GMB4GND for kicking off that discussion in their union.

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