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Bulletin 49 - August 5, 2016
WSF Montreal: Unions and Allies Champion Energy Democracy, Climate Jobs, and Just Transition

TUED-related events at the World Social Forum in Montreal, August 9th-13th, 2016

Commentary:  Record Union Participation at the World Social Forum, a Big Step for Both Labor and Social Movements  Sean Sweeney reports for TUED
 
Special event: Change the System, Not the Climate

August 10-12: CLIMATE SPACE
Hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung and Alternatives (Montreal)

Speakers include:
Naomi Klein, author and activist and Maité Llanos,Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) in Europe, Global Labour Institute Network, Geneva; Clayton Thomas-Muller, former Idle No More spokesperson and campaigner for 350.org, Canada

Summary of workshops related energy democracy, climate jobs, just transition, and system change, with sponsoring organizations:

Dates, times, locations of TUED-related events at the WSF in Montreal

One Million Climate Jobs: Labour’s Challenges and Opportunities  (CLC)

Just Transition – Fighting poverty with jobs and climate (FTQ)

What Québec and Canadian workers are doing in the fight against climate change and toward energy democracy (CUPE and TUED)

Transition écologique: croissance ou décroissance. Un consensus est-il possible? (FTQ)

Making the Leap: Conference on The Leap Manifesto (more details here, Avi Lewis explains to TUED how the Manifesto came about: video)

Global Trade Union Strategies for Decarbonization and a Just Transition post-Paris (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)

Energy Democracy: running energy for people and planet – not profit (Global Justice Now)

Energy Democracy Rising – How Unions Around the World Are Championing a “Public Goods” Approach to Climate Protection and Ecosystem Defense (TUED, CLC, CSN, FTQ, PSI)

Workers and Environmental Health  (People’s Health Movement, Canada)

-- The Leap Manifesto
About getting involved
 
For unions considering being formally involved TUED, most of the information you need is here.

Need more information about energy democracy?  Visit our resource page and take a look at our working papers series (y también en español)

Video: This is What Energy Democracy Looks Like!  in English, French and Spanish
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