The response to climate change of big business and government looks like being too little, too late. But what if organised labour itself could create green jobs and push Australia towards a sustainable future?
It's a not a hypothetical, this is actually happening.
The Gippsland Trades and Labour Council (GTLC) oversees a region already hit hard by the privatisation of the power industry. Now, when some hear climate change sounding the death knell for the local economy, the GTLC is going on the front foot by backing the Earthworker Social Enterprise.
With their first factory producing solar hot water units almost ready to go, Earthworker founder and CFMEU organiser Dave Kerin will discuss how worker co-operatives can create new green-collar, manufacturing jobs alongside current coal and related jobs – and what you can do to help this important new movement grow.