Take the TUC ‘green’ challenge
10th January 2012
How "green" is your workplace? Are you and your
colleagues meeting the climate change challenge? Do you recycle or
throw away? Are you switching off electrical appliances at the end
of each day?
A new questionnaire - going out to workplaces across
the country - is seeking answers to these and other questions, to
try to paint a picture of the UK at work today and whether we, as a
nation, are meeting the challenge to "go green to save the
planet." Complete it here now: Unions, greening the workplace
and climate change: A TUC survey
The TUC has asked the highly respected Labour Research Department
(LRD) to survey workplaces in order to judge just how effective the
various "green" initiatives have been, what's working
and what's not and whether it's time for some new ideas.
CWU senior deputy general secretary Tony Kearns and
national health, safety and environment officer Dave Joyce are
giving the study their full backing and are urging all workplace
reps to circulate the questionnaire and take the issue up at their
place of work.
"CWU takes environmental issues seriously and as well as being
part of the TUC, our union is affiliated to the Campaign Against
Climate Change and research such as this is essential if we're
going to take this fight seriously," said Tony.
And Dave agreed, pointing out: "We're urging all of our
regional and area
reps to email this to the workplaces in their various
'patches' and to get information from as many units as
possible."
LRD secretary Lionel Fulton thanked the CWU for its support and
explained: "We hope the survey will provide a useful picture
of progress on trade union action on environment/climate change in
the workplace and the role of the trade union movement in this
vital area.
"We would be grateful if you could complete this questionnaire
as soon as possible. It should take about 10 minutes. Just click on
the link below."
Unions, greening
the workplace and climate change: A TUC survey
