Union representatives expressed their satisfaction for seeing in the current negotiating text one of the most important demands for labour : the call for a “Just Transition” for workers in the process to achieve a climate-friendly and climate-resilient society.
They also informed the Chair about other demands being delivered to governmental negotiators, such as the need for recognizing the role of social protection, the vulnerability of precarious workers and public investment in the context of adaptation, and for promoting sustainable industrial policies, dialogue with social partners and skills development policies when discussing mitigation, among others.
Mr. Zammit Cutajar encouraged the trade union delegation to work further with the governmental delegations in order to promote a sustainable and socially-fair agreed outcome in Copenhagen.
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