Tuesday, September 29, 2009
[IWS] [NEW BLOG] GREEN JOBS, SAFE JOBS -- from Hazards Magazine/ International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Hazards magazine | International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
[NEW BLOG] Green jobs, safe jobs
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/
About
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/about/
Making sure green jobs are decent, good and safety jobs
Far from being our economic and employment salvation, left to its own devices the green economy could deliver the same unhealthy mix of hire-and-fire, poison-and-pain jobs that remain a blight on the reputational landscape of the not-so-green economy. This isn�t paranoia. It�s already happening, and it is happening on a grand scale. Luckily, unions and environmental campaigners are on the case, working for good, green jobs.
This �Green jobs, safe jobs� blog, from the trade union health and safety magazine Hazards magazine - http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/ and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - http://climate.ituc-csi.org/, addresses the real life health and safety issues that must be an integral part of discussions on the development of a green economy.
The blog aims to challenge the assumption that green jobs are automatically a good thing. If they kill workers they are not good; if they exploit workers they are not good. And there is no iron law guaranteeing that employers who are kind to the environment are kind to their workers.
The �Green jobs, safe jobs� blog presents evidence on the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them, so that we get jobs that are decent, safe and green. And it widens the discussion to incorporate issues like worker participation and unionisation as essential components of a healthy green economy. The blog is designed as a companion to the Hazards green jobs, safe jobs webpages -- http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Hazards magazine | International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
[NEW BLOG] Green jobs, safe jobs
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/
About
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/about/
Making sure green jobs are decent, good and safety jobs
Far from being our economic and employment salvation, left to its own devices the green economy could deliver the same unhealthy mix of hire-and-fire, poison-and-pain jobs that remain a blight on the reputational landscape of the not-so-green economy. This isn�t paranoia. It�s already happening, and it is happening on a grand scale. Luckily, unions and environmental campaigners are on the case, working for good, green jobs.
This �Green jobs, safe jobs� blog, from the trade union health and safety magazine Hazards magazine - http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/ and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - http://climate.ituc-csi.org/, addresses the real life health and safety issues that must be an integral part of discussions on the development of a green economy.
The blog aims to challenge the assumption that green jobs are automatically a good thing. If they kill workers they are not good; if they exploit workers they are not good. And there is no iron law guaranteeing that employers who are kind to the environment are kind to their workers.
The �Green jobs, safe jobs� blog presents evidence on the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them, so that we get jobs that are decent, safe and green. And it widens the discussion to incorporate issues like worker participation and unionisation as essential components of a healthy green economy. The blog is designed as a companion to the Hazards green jobs, safe jobs webpages -- http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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