With the support of AdJUST, this international webinar will bring together three trade union representatives from Canada, Scotland and Spain to compare their experiences and draw lessons for union action.
The three speakers will be invited to provide an overview of the situation within their respective organizations and countries and to share the key lessons they have drawn from their experiences. The discussion will focus in particular on efforts to secure workers’ interests in climate policies and just transition initiatives, organizing and mobilization strategies developed in different contexts, and priorities for union action in the years ahead.
This webinar builds on the work of the Green Skills Lab at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), including research conducted as part of the “Advancing the understanding of challenges, policy options and measures to achieve a JUST EU energy transition” project (AdJUST, Horizon Europe), and the CRIMT Partnership on Experimentation for Better Work, including the work of CRIMT’s Workers as Climate Actors research team.
It aims to bring experiences from different countries into dialogue and explore how unions can play a more strategic role in increasingly contested climate transitions.
The webinar, scheduled for 6th October 2026 at 4pm CET, at will bring together three leading union specialists on climate issues:
– Ryan Morrison (Scottish Trades Union Congress – STUC)
– Patrick Rondeau (Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec – FTQ)
– Manuel Riera Diaz (Unión General de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores – UGT, Spain).
The discussion will be moderated by Gregor Murray (CRIMT, Université de Montréal), with introductory remarks by Ben Crawford (London School of Economics and Political Science) and closing remarks by John Peters (CRIMT, Memorial University).
The webinar will be held in English and French, with simultaneous interpretation.
Information and registration: https://www.crimt.net/en/2026/09/15/webinaire-du-crimt-les-syndicats-comme-acteurs-de-la-transition-climatique-ou-en-sommes-nous-et-quelles-lecons-avons-nous-tirees/
