The Union Effect: Greening the Workplace

TUC conference

The Union Effect : Greening the Workplace

Congress House, London, Friday 11 July 2014 10.00-13.00 – free, with buffet lunch

The TUC has invited Labour’s shadow energy Minister Tom Greatrex MP to open our national conference on the achievements of trade union reps in building sustainable workplaces, and the rights and responsibilities they need to be even more effective. We will launch new findings from the Labour Research Department’s (LRD) study of the “union effect” on greening the workplace, and introduce UCU’s new Environment Reps Handbook Staff Organising for Sustainability SOS. Aimed at shop stewards and activists interested in creating sustainable workplaces, the conference will brief delegates on best practice projects across the UK, and advice on building green networks in trade unions and in the regions. Speakers include Kay Carberry, Assistant General Secretary, TUC; Lionel Fulton, LRD Secretary; Sarah Pearce, editor, TUC greenworkplaces newsletter; Beverley Hall, International, Environment & CSR Officer, Prospect;  Keith Hatch, South West TUC; PCS speaker TBC; and Graham Petersen, UCU Environment Coordinator. Our chair is Sue Ferns, Director of Research & Communications at Prospect and General Council lead on the environment.

To register online, please go to: www.greeningtheworkplace.eventbrite.co.uk