Motion
- Motion title
- Extinction Rebellion/youth strikes
- Session
- 2018-2019
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 25 May 2019
- Status
- Remitted
- Motion
- 29
- Motion text
Congress
1. offers its solidarity to those who have taken part in Youth Strike for Climate and the Extinction Rebellion actions
2. believes that the current climate change emergency justifies the action taken
3. welcomes the call by Greta Thunberg for a general strike to highlight climate emergency and demand urgent measures by government and employers to tackle climate change.Congress
a. defends the right of school, college and university students to take part in protests and opposes any disciplinary action taken against them
b. encourages UCU branches to work with Extinction Rebellion and Youth Strike for Climate activists to support and promote their actions
c. calls on UCU branches to campaign for climate emergencies to be declared on university and college campuses
d. asks members to engage individually and collectively at their institutions to achieve as many positive climate related changes as possible.
- Proposing body
- National executive committee (NEC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Education committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2019/C/05-25/123/29