Trade Unions and the multiple crisis of environment, society, economy and work
This Policy Study was written in the framework of the FEPS YAN (Cycle 7) by the Working Group on Trade Unions (members: Halliki Kreinin, Niklas Kossow, Wilko Mattia Artale).
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Abstract
This policy study focuses on trade union approaches to the multiple crises in a sector critical for the sustainability transformation: aviation. Based on empirical research, the authors find that unions, under pressure to face contradictory and complex problems, take divergent positions on societal-environmental issues and their solutions - verging from social-ecological transformation-focused to defensive stances, also in their collaboration with social movements for change.