Utier Denounces Governor’s Announcement Of The Privatization Of The Public Power Utility (AEE, Or Prepa)
San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 23rd, 2018 The Union of Workers of the Electric and Irrigation Industry (UTIER) denounces Governor Ricardo Rossellá's announcement to privatize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). The announcement demonstrates the insensitivity of this government [...]
UTIER’s Proposals on the future of PREPA and the power (and water) sectors in Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 13th, 2018 Further details: Democratization of the Board of Directors To create a Board composed of sectors of diverse interests of society: industrialists, merchants, trade unions, consumers. To allow each sector to choose its representatives. [...]
TUED Bulletin #68: The Invisible Crisis of Wind and Solar Energy–and the Urgent Need for a Public Approach
Sean Sweeney and John Treat Why, in a world awash with “idle capital” and in desperate need for a just energy transition to renewables-based energy systems, are global investment levels in renewable energy so obviously out of sync with climate [...]
Report on TUED Strategy Meeting at COP23
On November 10th, during COP23, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) convened a “Strategy Roundtable” in Bonn, Germany. The meeting was attended by more than 40 representatives of roughly 25 unions from 14 countries as well as several allies from [...]
TUED Bulletin #66: Should Unions Strike for a Just Transition?
Should Unions Strike for a Just Transition? After more than a decade of tenacious union lobbying of government negotiators, the words “a just transition of the workforce” was written into the preamble of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. But now [...]