Representatives from North Lancashire Green Party recently held discussions with Lancaster and District Trade Union Council on possible common ground. Lancaster & Fleetwood general election candidate Gina Dowding and county councillor Chris Coates met with Union delegates at the january monthly meeting of the Trades council at their offices in Morecambe. Subjects discussed ranged from Green Party economic and job creation policies, through renationalising the railways to local campaigning against school closures.
Gina Said “There was much more common ground between us than I think either of us thought there was going to be. We were all concerned about the impact of possible cuts in public service funding and we discussed ways that we might work together locally.”
The meeting also discussed the TUC research paper – A Green and Fair Future; For a Just Transition to a Low Carbon Economy. The report produced by the TUC to look into the implications of restructuring the economy for a low carbon future concludes that ” There are no ‘ ifs’ about the threat of climate change and the challenge it poses to the global community………. Citizens engagement is the key to unlocking rapid transition based on principles of equity and social justice.”
See Just transition at – www.tuc.org.uk
