• mannycalavera
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    23 days ago

    Unite, Labour’s biggest trade union backer, has refused to endorse the party’s general election manifesto, saying it does not go far enough on protecting workers’ rights and jobs in the oil and gas industry.

    I thought we were going Green these days? Not supporting fossil fuel industries.

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      23 days ago

      The oil and gas industry isn’t short of money. If its workers aren’t getting a share of that dirty money, I’m not sure it’s entirely the government at fault

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      23 days ago

      Unite’s position on this is that oil and gas shouldn’t be phased out until there are suitable replacement jobs in the green sector.

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        19 days ago

        What the fuck?

        So do we need to make up jobs for them, or are they bitching that because the Green sector is smaller, they can’t support it?