The ETUC contribution to the Johannesburg Earth Summit 2002
European trade unions are going to the Johannesburg Summit with a message: that the current income and natural resource use gap between North and South is not sustainable. More – it holds cause for alarm.
Trade unions want world governments to adopt a global plan for sustainable development which will defeat poverty, protect the environment, and ensure respect for human and social rights.
European Trade Unions: actors for the sustainable development
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This brochure, produced jointly with the European Trade Union Technical Bureau, sets out the challenges of sustainable development in Europe, and works towards answers through examples of how they are being addressed in practice at company and industry levels.
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ETUC/TUTB Conference, Seville, June 2002
"The European trade union movement and sustainable development ahead of the Earth Summit. A European strategy for quality employment and the protection of the environment".
Thematic introductory reports
Climate change and energy
prepared by UGT and CC.OO, Spain
World food security and sustainable development
prepared by CFDT and CGT, France
Chemical risks
prepared by LO, Denmark
Workers as actors in sustainable development: capacities and rights
prepared by CGIL, CISL and UIL, Italy
Presentations
The issues of the Summit and the European Strategy for Sustainable Development
Paul McAleavey, European Commission
Technological, political and social changes demanded by sustainable development: towards a new kind of technological progress
Peter Hennicke, Wuppertal Institute, Germany
Trade union contribution: response to the proposals and major obstacles regarding the achievement of the proposed goals
Reinhard Klopfleisch, EPSU
Aspekte zur Europäischen Klimaschutz- und Energiepolitik aus Sicht der Europäischen Förderation der Bergarbeiter-, Chemie-, und Energiegewerkschaften
Tomas Nieber, EMCEF
Sustainable development: the possible role of transport
Doro Zinke, European Transport Workers' Federation
La política energética en el debate del desarrollo sostenible
UGT, CC.OO, Spain
For nature sake: organic farming
Jesper Lund Larsen, SID, Denmark
A technological step forward should not mean a step backward for social issues
Jan Kuipers, FNV, The Netherlands
Trade union contribution: chemical risks
Oraldo De Toni, EMCEF
Questions basées sur une expérience de partenariat dans l'agroalimentaire sur les domaines d'intervention privilégiés des syndicats
Myriam Gérard, CSC, Belgium
Europe's unions map out strategy for sustainable development
The sustainable development debate goes to key issues for trade unions, like hazards, democracy, the principles of justice and access to natural resources. These issues are also central to the current debates on the future and international role of the European Union. The TUTB’s input to spark off the debate on what contribution trade unions can make to a European sustainable development strategy is now being published jointly with the ETUC.
Contact: Marc Sapir |
