Anabella Rosemberg is senior advisor on Just Transition at Climate Action Network International (CAN-I).
This May Day, the battle lines are clear: workers’ rights and climate justice must stand together – or we will all fall together.
Jobs or the environment? For too long, politicians and corporations have framed the conversation as a false choice. Too often, environmentalists were lured into that same trap – crafting climate strategies aimed at convincing the privileged, while working people, especially those in polluting industries, were sidelined. Solidarity existed in moments, but the struggles for climate justice and labour rights ran on parallel tracks.
Then came an…