Friday 11th June 10.30am-1pm
U-Net Union Learning Centre, Daniels Lane, Holmbush, St Austell PL25 3HS

Building alliances to change the way we live and work
with
Barbara Byrd, AFL/CIO
Tim Smit, co-founder and Executive Director of the Eden Project
Nigel Costley, South West TUC Regional Secretary, Green Workplaces project

We have a visitor coming from America 9-11 June. Barbara Byrd, runs the AFL-CIO (the TUC in the USA) regional office in Oregon and has played a key role in the US in encouraging their work on climate change and energy policy, including as a member of the ITUC delegation to the UN conferences. She has been working with Labor Center in Oregon, developing a training curriculum on climate change for trade unionists;  making connections between climate policy and jobs, working with the state council. She has been involved in the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of environmental groups and some surprising unions like the automotive workers and steel union. She is also on the Board of the Labor Network for Sustainability, which is doing some good work on-line.

We are delighted that Tim Smit has agreed to join us from up the road in the Eden Project. Tim needs little introduction but his views on building alliances and inspiring change always attract a good audience.

Places are limited due to the size of the Learning Centre so please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to attend. Email ncostley@tuc.org.uk

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