working-class environmentalism
Powering Change through the trade union movement
Activities
TULE hosts a range of academic conferences and workshops to connect early-career researchers with workers and trade unionists.
Multimedia
TULE develops podcasts and blogs to share stories about how workers and unions are shaping the Just Transition.
Research
TULE is made up of a group of early-career researchers who study the role of trade unionism in tackling climate change.
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Trade Union environmentalism
Trade unions are complex and often contradictory entities. They both express and contain worker resistance to capitalism by acting as agencies of accommodation and conflict; trade unionism is as much a product of capitalist society as it is a reaction to it. The climate crisis is an opportunity to rediscover the ecological potential for trade unionism through a renewed focus on working-class agency, building worker power around (and beyond) the Just Transition agenda — in opposition to attempts by governments and corporations to defang its radical ambitions.
For a more detailed description of our research interests, read TULE’s Founding Document.
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