The ITUC’s Just Transition and Climate department (JTC) is calling for tenders

Trade unions around the world frame efforts to ensure that workers are at the centre of efforts to decarbonise the economy around the concept of ‘Just Transition’, which has been codified by the United Nations International Labour Organisation’s guidelines on the topic and has been cited in all UN climate summit statements since the 2015 Paris Agreement. At its core, Just Transition means that workers and their representatives are part of negotiations alongside governments and companies over the way the climate and environmental transition is happening on the ground, to ensure that the shift to sustainable industries creates decent, secure jobs. 

The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) Just Transition and Climate  department (JTC) supports affiliates (national unions in 167 countries worldwide) in their efforts around the Just Transition, across various sectors (including energy, industry, agriculture, transport, textiles and garments).

The ITUC JTC implementing a 3-year project for workers in the textile and garment sector. In collaboration with IndustriAll Global Union and IndustriAll Europe , the project seeks to empower trade unions in the textile and garment industry to integrate Just Transition principles into collective bargaining and negotiations with social partners at a global, regional and national level. For this to happen, the textile and garment trade union movement needs a joint understanding of Just Transition and what it means for the sector. A key deliverable of the project is therefore a Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment industry and supply chains that articulates the sector’s demands and provides a framework for union participation in the Green Transition.

The Manifesto will draw upon the outcomes of discussions that took place in 2024 during a series of online meetings convened by project partners and featuring dozens of union participants from across the world. 

This tender is seeking a qualified and experienced consultant to lead the process of developing a Just Transition Manifesto for the Textile and Garment industry and supply chains.

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