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Solutions to climate emergency must improve workers' lives, trade unionists demand

SOLUTIONS to the climate and nature emergencies must also improve the lives of working people, trade unionists said over the weekend.

Socialists and activists gathered online on Saturday for the Scottish Socialist Voice Forum, discussing ways to build a mass movement to challenge the control of corporations responsible for pollution. 

Chaired by Natalie Reid of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), the meeting was held ahead of Cop26, which will be hosted in Glasgow next month. 

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