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Green Jobs and the Role of Workers’ Organizations

06 November 2018

Over 20 million new jobs will be created by 2030 but will these jobs be green? A conversation with ILO Actrav on the role of Workers’ Organizations to ensure the transition for a green and sustainable economy. Speakers: Béla Galgóczi, Senior Researcher from European Trade Union Institute (ETUI); Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Coordinator of ILO Green Jobs Programme ; Bheki Ntshalintshali, General Secretary of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU). Moderator: Lene Olsen, Senior Programme and Operations Specialist, ILO Actrav.

Just Transition and Climate change: Interview with Betty Lizzie Muvuma

12 June 2017

Betty Lizzie Muvuma, Central Organization of Free Trade Unions (COFTU, Uganda), explains how unions are addressing the challenges of the transition to a greener and sustainable economy and how workers, together with governments and employers can promote and implement the ILO Guidelines on Just Transition.
Just Transition and Climate change: Interview with Hannah Owusu-Korateng

12 June 2017

Hannah Owusu-Korateng, Women's Committee Chairperson of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), explains how unions are addressing the challenges of the transition to a greener and sustainable economy and how workers, together with governments and employers can promote and implement the ILO Guidelines on Just Transition.

Sustainable Development and Climate Change: What challenges and opportunities for Unions?

09 October 2015

The ILO hosted the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Sustainable Development, Decent Work and Green Jobs from 5 to 9 October 2015.The following is an interview with Ms. Rulita Wijayaningdyah, General Secretary of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union, who expressed her views about the challenges and opportunities for Unions towards an environmental sustainable economy.

A just transition for all: Can the past inform the future?

11 June 2015

The Bureau of Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) has just published the latest issue of the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR) which addresses “A just transition for all: Can the past inform the future?”. In this interview, the ACTRAV focal point on Green Jobs, Lene Olsen explains the issues surrounding the topic of just transition in the world of work, for the trade union movement in particular.

Zooming in on the safety and health dimension of greening the economy

23 April 2012

The 2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work focuses on the promotion of occupational safety and health (OSH) in a green economy. The shift to a green economy is perceived as a way to reconcile the world’s economic and social needs with environmental sustainability. However, even if certain jobs are considered to be “green”, the technologies used may protect the environment but not be safe at all. In this interview, Ms Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Labour Protection Department (PROTRAV), looks at the less visible dimension of green jobs and the greening of traditional sectors.

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