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A participatory process is a sequence of participatory activities (e.g. first filling out a survey, then making proposals, discussing them in face-to-face or virtual meetings, and finally prioritizing them) with the aim of defining and making a decision on a specific topic.
Examples of participatory processes are: a process of electing committee members (where candidatures are first presented, then debated and finally a candidacy is chosen), participatory budgets (where proposals are made, valued economically and voted on with the money available), a strategic planning process, the collaborative drafting of a regulation or norm, the design of an urban space or the production of a public policy plan.
6 - Safety Nets
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Don’t make workers pay for the transition
When the going gets tough, companies steal workers’ wages and severance pay in the absence of robust social protection for workers. Often under pressure from companies, governments can be unable or unwilling to provide a safety net for workers, and to tax corporate profits in a redistributive way. Business does well from this. In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic trade unions and activists put together a plan for a Severance Guarantee Fund that would make it easy for companies to live up to their obligations to provide a social safety net.
Workers will have an increased need for such safety nets in the coming years. Without a worker-centred transition job losses are in sight in the garment sector as climate-related impacts may lead to reduced production, factory relocations or factory closures. Technology is also driving changes to jobs across the industry.
There will be other costs involved in a Just Transition and workers cannot be left to bear this burden. States have a responsibility to protect citizens’ and workers’ rights, including in case of violation by companies. They should act to protect workers’ rights, keep companies accountable and provide comprehensive social protection. States, brands and large manufacturers, insurers and investors have a responsibility to cooperate in order to provide guarantees and resources which overcome national boundaries and cover all workers.
Todos los trabajadores no deberían pagar por la transformación
Comentario de un miembro del colectivo Degrowth, República Checa: No solo los que trabajan en las fábricas, sino también otros trabajadores que pagan desproporcionadamente de sus impuestos los costos de salarios insuficientes en diversos beneficios sociales, etc. Me centraría más en el hecho de…
Si existiera un fondo mundial de emergencia para los trabajadores de la confección que pierden sus empleos debido a los desastres climáticos, ¿quién debería pagarlo y por qué?
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Si las empresas pueden permitirse pagar millones a los accionistas, propietarios y directivos, ¿por qué no pueden garantizar a los trabajadores una protección básica a medida que el cambio climático golpea?
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