3 December, 2009Industrial workers' trade union federations call for a binding international agreement that will provide a framework for combating global warming, while at the same time safeguarding employment and workers' rights.
GLOBAL: The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is taking place on December 7 to 18, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Metalworkers' Federation will be there to support the process for a binding international agreement that will provide a framework for combating global warming, while at the same time safeguarding employment and workers' rights.
On December 16, in conjunction with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation (EMCEF), IMF will be holding an event at the World of Work (WoW) pavilion on cutting emissions and transforming industrial jobs.
Speakers include Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (former-Danish Prime Minister and President of European Socialists and representatives of the South African government delegation to COP 15. For more details download the flyer here.
The demands of the industrial workers' trade union federations while in Copenhagen are set out in a new leaflet published online here.
IMF's journal Metal World is focused on the topic of climate change this quarter, you can view issue 4, 2009 here.