---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anna <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:06 PM Subject: Fwd: [climate trade union] Exciting times To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> Begin forwarded message: *From:* Jonathan <[email protected]> *Date:* 21 May 2014 16:11:24 BST *To:* ccctu ccctu <[email protected]> *Subject:* *[climate trade union] Exciting times* *Reply-To:* [email protected] Here is a link to Bill McKibben writing in Rolling Stone, calling people to join what he is sure will be the largest climate march in history in New York City on the weekend of 20/21 September. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-de... Among the eloquent things Bill says is: "Sometimes in the past, trade unionists have fought against environmentalists – but unions in health care, mass transit, higher education, domestic work and building services are all beginning to organize for September, fully aware that there are no jobs on a dead planet. Energy-sector unions see the jobs potential in massive solar installation and a "just transition" off fossil fuels. Here's a banner I know you'll see in the streets of New York: CLIMATE/JOBS. TWO CRISES, ONE SOLUTION." The International TUC has also just launched a global Unions 4 Climate campaign. They start with three slogans: Building Workers Power There are no jobs on a dead planet Climate Action = Jobs Growth. You can sign up here: http://act.equaltimes.org/unions4climate -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Climate Trade Union" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/climate-change-trade-union-network. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/