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  SA Unions Climate Change Campaign
 
 
Climate Conference
24 September 2009
9am to 4pm
Wayville Show Grounds
Goodwood Road, Wayville



 
  On the edge of a desert, at the end of a river
 

 

  As part of SA Unions Agenda for the Future it held its inaugural climate change conference on Thursday 24 September where participants heard from prominent experts as well as from union members who are doing practical things to drive the agenda for change in the union and at work.  It was a chance to understand the issues, explore the opportunities and build change in your union and your workplace.
   
  The following topics were discussed and The ACTU Climate Connectors campaign was launched.
 
  • Climate change and the economy in SA
  • Green jobs in a green economy
  • Unions and workers leading the way on climate change
   
  Speakers & Presentations
  Dr Ben McNeil - Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Climate & Environment Dynamics Laboratory at the University of New South Wales : The Clean Industrial Revolution ...>> presentation
   
  Colin Pitman - Director City Projects, City of Salisbury : Water, The Salisbury Council Model
   
  Tony Maher - Federal Secretary of CFMEU Mining and Energy Division : Shifting Union Policy and Taking the Climate Change Debate to Members and the Industry ...>> presentation
   
  Arthur Rorris - South Coast - Illawarra Green Jobs Project : Unions in the Illawarra Green Jobs Project 
   
  Katie Flanders - QPSU Organiser of Green Heroes' Workplace Project : Climate Heroes at Work ...>> presentation
   
  Nick Palousis - Business Shaper ...>> presentation
   
Richard Veale - Accommodation Project Change Manager, SA Water : Building a Green Building ...>> presentation
   
  Lynn Hall - Training Coordinator, AEU : Putting Climate Change on the Union and Workplace Agenda ...>> presentation
   
  Email : saunions@saunions.org.au  Fax : 8279 2223  Phone : 8279 2222

 


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