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Unions, climate activists and businesses unite for a just, planned, transition
“no ban without a plan”

TRADE unions, climate activists and businesses have called on the next government to deliver a just and planned transition away from fossil fuels.

Just one week before the election more than 60 climate groups, including Greenpeace, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth, have joined unions RMT and Unite to sign an open letter to party leaders calling for a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Building on a Friends of the Earth report published last year examining the aspirations of workers in the North Sea, the letter calls for expanded sectoral collective bargaining and a jobs guarantee, backed by funded retraining, as oil and gas production is phased out.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Until Labour has a concrete plan for replacing North Sea jobs and ensuring energy security, the ban on new oil and gas exploration licences should not go ahead.

“Labour must not allow oil and gas workers to become this generation’s coal miners.”

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