TRADE UNIONS are set to call for fossil-fuel divestment — but the plan has been criticised as “pie in the sky” by energy workers.

A motion due to be heard at the Scottish TUC Congress, which begins tomorrow in Aviemore, slams councils for “providing resources that accelerate climate change” through their pension fund investments.

The motion, put forward by Unison, says councils should not be “financially and politically supporting the most destructive industries on the planet.”