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What is the link between modern slavery and climate change?
I was asked this question by a labour rights activist in Indonesia. I am aware of 3 issues:
1. the link between forced climate migration leading to people being exploited in modern slavery in garment workplaces, and some organisations areâĻ
Wie kann die Arbeit von Gewerkschaften in einem gerechten Wandel bestmÃļglich beschrieben werden?
Was leisten Gewerkschaften? Worum geht es genau in ihrer Arbeit? Wie kann gewerkschaftliches Arbeiten gut beschrieben werden?
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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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 indusâĻ
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 familiâĻ
Which innovative company governance models would strengthen the leadership role of trade unions in creating a Just Transition?
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What needs to change to make organising and protesting safer and more effective?
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What would make it easier to join a trade union?
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To what extent is just transition a priority for your trade union/ in your workplace?
Do you discuss just transition issues in the workplace? If yes, what do you discuss? If no, why?