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Can Unions be green? Can the Environment movement learn to live with the workers movement?
Traditionally, the environment movement has been conceived at being at odds with the union movement. The equation was simple: Jobs or the environment. But is the equation that simple?
In this forum we will be exploring the commonality of the Environmental and Union movements. To help us do this, in a special extended session,are two of Australia?s most innovative thinkers on this topic who haveworked hard over many decades to bring the environment movements and theunion movements together.
Dave Kerin - Union Solidarity Dave became active around the Vietnam War. Became a Builders Labourer start of 70's and was involved through the Green Bans period. On up through peace, environment and labour movement issues since. He is currently the coordinator of Union Solidarity; part of our brief is to move along the idea of union-supported Manufacturing Industry Cooperatives which will produce the green technologies here; currently three coverage-relevant unions are supporting a feasibility study towards that end.
When: Tue 25th September, 6:30 for a 7pm start. Finishing at 8:30 Where: Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne] Cost: $5 (free for ACDJ members) Contact:centre@democracyandjustice.org
