Circa il 5% dell’occupazione nell’Ue riguarda industrie altamente inquinanti chiamate alla riconversione verde. Per questo le risorse pubbliche sono fondamentali, ma anche le imprese devono fare la loro parte. Servono l’adozione di un approccio sistemico alla strategia di politica industriale e l’applicazione di condizionalità sociali all’intera economia. Dal blog Mission Economics.
Last month, I spoke to European trade union leaders at a joint meeting of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Economic and Social Committee’s Workers’ Group about the urgent need to place labor at the center of Europe’s green transition. In 2022 I also gave a talk to the Labour7 group, comprised of the trade union confederations of the G7 countries, at the G7 meetings in Berlin, Germany, and the previous year I had the honor of giving the annual lecture to the International Labour Organization. These discussions are more important than ever with labor’s share of global income in steady decline, and the need for working people to have a stronger voice in the design of our economies—not only the fight for a more equitable distribution.
The discussion at the ETUC highlighted a crucial truth: the concept of a “just transition” has become a popular buzzword in policy circles. But history shows us that transitions are never automatically just – they must be negotiated and fought for. Without putting labor at the center of green industrial policy, there won’t be anything just about it.
