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Unjust Transition: The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
Unjust Transition: The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers
Abstract
In 2019, Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a subsidiary of Federated Co-operative, locked out Unifor Local 594 after collective bargaining negotiations failed. CRC used the transition to a “low carbon” future as the justification for concessions on working conditions and reducing the workers' pension plan. The lockout demonstrates what a “just transition” means to fossil fuel corporations: rollbacks of collective bargaining, worker rights, cooperative spirit and environmental justice. In the name of a new future, Federated Co-operative and the Saskatchewan government trampled all over important worker rights — the right to strike and picket, occupational health and safety, pensions and collective bargaining. It also highlights the sorry state of co-operative values in Canada. As corporations and governments are poised to make a transition that will be detrimental to workers and communities, this books argues that solidarity between unions and community movements is absolutely necessary to make the transition away from fossil fuels a just one. -- Publisher's description
Place
Halifax
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Date
2024
# of Pages
vii, 224 pages: illustrations
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-77363-672-6
Short Title
Unjust Transition
Library Catalog
Open WorldCat
Extra
OCLC: 1405365069
Citation
Eaton, E., Stevens, A., & Tucker, S. (Eds.). (2024). Unjust Transition: The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers. Fernwood Publishing. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/unjust-transition