Agenda 21: Chapter 29

STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF WORKERS AND THEIR TRADE UNIONS PROGRAMME AREA

29.1. Efforts to implement sustainable development will involve adjustments and opportunities at the national and enterprise levels, with workers foremost among those concerned. As their representatives, trade unions are vital actors in facilitating the achievement of sustainable development in view of their experience in addressing industrial change, the extremely high priority they give to protection of the working environment and the related natural environment, and their promotion of socially responsible and economic development. The existing network of collaboration among trade unions and their extensive membership provide important channels through which the concepts and practices of sustainable development can be supported. The established principles of tripartism provide a basis for strengthened collaboration between workers and their representatives, Governments and employers in the implementation of sustainable development.

Participation of Major Groups
Workers and Trade Unions Amendments to the Zero Draft


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• 13 Mar 2012 - Save the date ? Second Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 3 Mar 2012 - Building alliances to promote Green Jobs in the UK (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 26 Feb 2012 - Trade union actions for success at Rio (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 25 Feb 2012 - Trade unions on the move for Rio+20 (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 25 Feb 2012 - Rio + 20 - Logistics and general information (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 23 Feb 2012 - What do Trade Unions demand at Rio? (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 6 Dec 2011 - Side event at COP17: Unions on the Road - from Durban to Rio (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 31 Oct 2011 - UN Rio+20 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs, Poverty and the Environment (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 28 Oct 2011 - UN Panel confirms Social Protection is key for sustainable development (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 27 Oct 2011 - The 'Seoul Outcomes' fall short on Asia-Pacific workers? needs (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 28 Sep 2011 - Youth movement calls for Jobs in Green Economy (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 22 Sep 2011 - Trade unions met with the Spanish Minister of Environment and the Director of UNEP to discuss green economy and just transition (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 14 Sep 2011 - Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean. Trade union demands in the debate but not the conclusions. (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 12 Sep 2011 - RIO+20: NGO conference conclusions reflect labour demands (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 3 Sep 2011 - Equity as an essential principle of a green economy (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 26 Jul 2011 - Rio +20 priorities include green jobs but not social protection and FTT (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 25 May 2011 - Call for Papers GURN/ITUC workshop: A Green Economy that Works for Social Progress (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 12 Apr 2011 - Madrid Dialogue: Green & Decent jobs, Social Protection & Financial Transactions Tax Must be on RIO+20 Agenda (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 4 Mar 2011 - Unions Welcome Pathway to Green Economy in UN Environment Report (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
• 4 Feb 2011 - 8th ITUC General Council Resolution on the Rio+20 process (by: Workers and Trade Unions)

• International Trade Union Assembly on Labour and Environment (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  11 May 2012 - 13 May 2012 , Windsor Hotel, Rio
• Social protection and Green and Decent Jobs at Rio discussions (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  23 Apr 2012 - 4 May 2012 , New York, USA - UN Headquarters
• Discussing the different dimensions of sustainable development: Congress of the Confederation of Workers of the Americas (CSA) (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  17 Apr 2012 - 20 Apr 2012 , Foz de Iguazú, Brazil
• Renewable Energy Development and Energy Efficiency in the Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  17 Apr 2012 - 19 Apr 2012 , Marrakech, Morocco
• Green Economy: Which Perspectives for the MENA-Region? (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  3 Apr 2012 - 4 Apr 2012 , Tunis
• Regional conference on Green Jobs and Decent Work, and Sustainable Development post Kyoto Protocol (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  3 Apr 2012 - 4 Apr 2012 , Singapore
• Towards Rio+20: Workers´ political vision on development (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  28 Mar 2012 - 29 Mar 2012 , Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Civil Society Coalitions React to Governments´Progress at Rio+20 Negotiations (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  27 Mar 2012 - 27 Mar 2012 , New York
• Green Jobs for Youth too: Working towards Social Equity (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  27 Mar 2012 - 27 Mar 2012 , New York, UN Headquarters
• Roundtable for Equity and Sustainability (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  23 Mar 2012 - 23 Mar 2012 , second floor of Church Center for the United Nations
• Towards Rio+20: A Sustainable New Deal for Europe (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  12 Mar 2012 - 13 Mar 2012 , Metalskolen Jorlunde Course and Conference Center, Denmark
• Reflecting on a common agenda (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  14 Feb 2012 - 14 Feb 2012 , Sao Paulo, Brazil
• GURN / ITUC Workshop ?A Green Economy that Works for Social Progress? (by: Workers and Trade Unions)
  24 Oct 2011 - 25 Oct 2011 , Brussels, Belgium