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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.

1 - Workers' power

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A worker-powered transition starts with freedom of association and civic space

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No real power without economic empowerment (economic empowerment first)

When workers earn barely enough to survive (approximately 1/3 of a living wage) they are highly dependent on their current job, no matter how poor the working conditions are. The fear of losing the job and the inability to feed their families, pay rent, or cover other basic needs is a powerful trap …

How can the work of trade unions in a just transition be best described?

What do trade unions do? What exactly is your work about? How can trade union work be well described?

How can this part of the manifest include marginalized groups better which lack representation in most unions?

This is based on a participants' comment to the prompt text during the German Clean Clothes Campaign meeting in Leipzig in 2025. I rephrased it into a question/discussion topic and extended the argument. Much of work in the fashion industry happens in the informal sector and/or in very small prod…

What knowledge, information, skills and legal support do workers and trade unions need to be a driving force for a Just Transition?

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Are trade unions in the lead of a just transition?

What needs to happen for TU to be in the lead?

Which innovative company governance models would strengthen the leadership role of trade unions in creating a Just Transition?

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Reference: CC-PART-2025-03-2

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