UCU: Union action on climate change

Motion

Motion text: Congress welcomes the motion passed at the 2024 TUC Congress:
1. declaring that the climate emergency affects all workers adversely and is a
key trade union issue for everyone;
2. calling for a year of trade union climate action including engagement with
community and climate justice groups
This Congress resolves:
a. to support the year of trade union climate action, starting in autumn 2025,
with COP30 in Brazil, 10-21 November – a key mobilising moment of unity.
b. keep campaigning on climate issues in union activities: including green
bargaining in all Reps training, and working with the Heat Strike campaign
c. Support branches organising outreach events, and joint local activities with
other unions, community and climate justice groups
d. Sign-up to the campaign for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to provide
a global roadmap to halt the expansion of fossil fuels; to raise awareness of
it amongst members, sister unions in the TUC, Scottish TUC, Welsh TUC, the
ETUCE and Education International, and explore holding joint meetings and
campaign events with the Treaty campaign
e. support initiatives to fund essential climate finance for the Global South,
such as Brazil's proposal for a global 2% tax billionaires.