Shifting the politics of the Covid recovery towards climate and quality jobs
350 Australia
Jobs, Climate, Justice

TOTAL GRANTED
$105,000

Impact AreaSafeguarding our Environment
Year First Supported 2020
Shifting the politics of the recovery towards climate and quality jobs
Jobs, Climate, Justice is a campaign led by 350.org Australia in collaboration with trade unions and the climate movement, seeking to shift the politics of the economic recovery after Covid towards quality jobs and a renewable future.
Issue
At the height of Australia’s first wave of Covid-19, the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission was established, including a Manufacturing Taskforce to lead a ‘gas-fired recovery’ out of the current crisis. The Taskforce’s proposed recovery ignores the multitude of research from both climate NGOs and the trade union movement that demonstrates investing in high-quality jobs in renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing is the best path out of this crisis. If the proposed push for public subsidies for gas is successful, it will be a disaster for the climate, for Traditional Owners fighting to protect their land, for workers who deserve high-quality employment.
Response
350.org Australia has been working with trade unions and the climate movement to develop a collaborative campaign – Jobs, Climate Justice – and shift the politics of the economic recovery away from fossil fuel subsidies and towards quality jobs in renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing. This work fits within broader efforts by the trade union movement and climate NGOs to influence economic recovery spending, but adds a necessary intervention: finding common cause across the demands of organised labour and the demands of the climate movement, with justice at the centre.
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