Press Release – Unions Wellington
Unions Wellington, the local regional council of trade unions, expresses its support for the upcoming School Strike for Climate.
The Union movement has campaigned for a number of years for a proactive and urgent response to climate change. It is essential that New Zealand implements a just transition away from fossil fuels and a carbon economy, to a new greener future. To deal with these challenges will only be possible with the active engagement of working people and their communities.
Unions Wellington supports all action that helps to create the political pressure to drive this change.
Press Release – Unions Wellington Unions Support School Strike for ClimateUnions Wellington, the local regional council of trade unions, expresses its support for the upcoming School Strike for Climate. The Union movement has campaigned for a number of years for a proactive and urgent …
Unions Support School Strike for ClimateUnions Wellington, the local regional council of trade unions, expresses its support for the upcoming School Strike for Climate.
The Union movement has campaigned for a number of years for a proactive and urgent response to climate change. It is essential that New Zealand implements a just transition away from fossil fuels and a carbon economy, to a new greener future. To deal with these challenges will only be possible with the active engagement of working people and their communities.
Friday, 9 April 2021, 9:37 am
The Green Party supports the six demands for climate
action put forward by School Strike for Climate NZ, who are
striking across the country today.
“We fully support
the demands of the climate strikers. As part of the
Government the Green Party will continue to push for strong
climate action in every community in Aotearoa New
Zealand,” says Green Party Co-Leader James
Shaw.
“When we declared a climate emergency last
year, we said it needed to be backed with action. For what
was the declaration if not an acknowledgment of the
obligation we have to pass on to our children and
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