The head of the international trade union movement has warned Australian unionists against putting coal jobs ahead of environmental concerns, as the CFMMEU pushes Adani for a commitment to long-term jobs at its controversial Queensland mine.
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| Sharan Burrow says political leaders need to give working people confidence in a 'just transition' away from coal. |
"There are no jobs on a dead planet," the International Trade Union Confederation's general secretary, Sharan Burrow, told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
"Our motto is you can't deny that climate change is real - I'm shocked to see that some of our people in Australian parliament still do," she said.
"For an educated country, if you don't read the science - then, goodness gracious, really.”
Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Dana McCauley - “‘No jobs on a dead planet', warns world's top union leader.”
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