The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Global Labour University (GLU) are launching an online course combining the knowledge of trade unionists, labour activists and academics. This online course provides concise knowledge on how trade unions are using power resources to improve working conditions and transform themselves in the process. The course provides also possibilities to discuss and network with trade unionists, labour activists and researchers from around the world.

Course Structure

The course focuses on three interrelated themes:

• The concepts of power resources and capabilities
• Varieties of power resources
• Power resources in context and in practice

You can follow this course with an online tutor starting on 31 March 2020, or you can study at your own pace; no prior knowledge on the topic is required. You are also encouraged to form your own group of trade unionists or friends from work to study together.

Enrol now at: www.iversity.org/en/courses/trade-unions-in-transformation

Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) has published its thirteenth working paper: Transition in Trouble? The Rise and Fall of “Community Energy” in Europe

This working paper aims to help reframe discussions among unions and others fighting for energy democracy on how to cultivate meaningful and broad-based community engagement in the transition to a more sustainable and just future. While community energy projects can bring certain benefits to those who are participating, the evidence suggests that they do not provide a means for the levels of local involvement that many consider either necessary or desirable, nor for the scale and speed of decarbonization required to limit the serious dangers from a changing climate.

Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) is a global, multi-sector trade union initiative to advance democratic direction and control of energy in a way that promotes solutions to the climate crisis, energy poverty, the degradation of both land and people, and responds to the attacks on workers’ rights and protections. TUED is the signature project of the International Program for Labor, Climate & Environment at the Murphy Institute, City University of New York and is part of the Global Labour Institute Network.

For more information on how your union can be part of TUED, see here.

“Destruction of the Natural World is a Criminal Act”

TUED participating unions and allies in the Asia-Pacific region have been actively involved in monitoring and responding to the devastating bushfires in Australia, and have issued a statement.

Signed by well over 50 union bodies from 17 countries across the region, the statement is an impressive show of international solidarity for climate justice.

The statement is available on the TUED website, here.

Signatory Unions

• International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) Asia-Pacific
• Public Services International (PSI), Asia Pacific
• UnionsACT, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• Australian Education Union, Australia
• Electrical Trades Union, Australia
• National Tertiary Education Union, Australia
• United Workers Union, Australia
• Australia Asia Worker Links
• Climate Justice Union WA, Australia
• Sentro ng mag Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO), Philippines
• General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT), Nepal
• Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress, Bangladesh
• National Workers Congress (NWC), Sri Lanka
• All Pakistan Workers Confederation, Pakistan
• Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union – APVVU, India
• Telengana Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union-TVVU, India
• Karnataka Vyavasaya utpathidarula Union-KVVU
• Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), South Korea
• The Labor and Civil Society Network on Energy, South Korea
• National Centre for Labour(an apex body of Unorganised workers unions in India)- NCL-India
• National Agricultural Workers Forum, India – NAWF
• New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand
• All Sindh Lady Health Workers and Employees Union, Pakistan
• Indian National Defence Workers Federation, India
• Confederation of Public Sector Independent Trade Unions, Sri Lanka
• National Organisation of Government Employees, India
• Union of Public Services in Nepal, Nepal
• Federation of Hotel, Restaurant, Plaza, Apartment, Catering and Tourism Workers’ Free Union (FSPM), Indonesia
• National Federation of Food and Beverage Workers (FSBMM), Indonesia
• Kesatuan Pekerja Pekerja Perkilangan Perusahaan Makanan/Food Industry Employees’ Union (KPPPM/FIEU), Malaysia
• Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation (BAFLF)
• Jatiyo Kisani Shramik Samity – National Women Farmers & Workers (NWFA), Bangladesh
• Nestlé Employees’ Union (NEU), Bangladesh
• Perfetti van Melle Employees Union (PVMEU), Bangladesh
• Catering & Hotels Industries Employees General Union (CHIEGU), Hong Kong
• Nestlé Workers Union (NWU), Hong Kong
• Swire Beverages Hong Kong Employees General Union (SBHKEGU)
• Vitasoy Employees Union, Hong Kong
• Cambodian Food and Service Workers’ Federation (CFSWF)
• Gujarat Khet Kamdar Sangathan’s (Gujarat Agricultural Labour Union) (GALU), India
• Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India
• Pakistan Food Workers’ Federation (PFWF)
• Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM)
• National Union of Hospitality, Catering and Tourism Industries Employees (NUHCTIE), Fiji
• Cooks and Servers Workers’ Union (CSWU), Thailand
• Phuket Federation of Hotel and Service Labour (FHSL), Thailand
• Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Employees Union, India
• Imsofer (Ferrero) Manufacturing Employees Union, India
• Haryana Breweries Limited Mazdoor Union, India
• Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General Workers’ Union (CMU), Sri Lanka
• AFFM- Food Allied Workers, Myanmar/Burma
• Hotel Chitthu Township Labour Organization, Bagan-Nyaung Oo (HLOB), Myanmar/Burma
• Agriculture and Farmers Federation of Myanmar [AFFM], Myanmar/Burma
• Etu, New Zealand
• NZ Dairy Workers Union, New Zealand
• Unite Union, New Zealand