Are Green Jobs Decent? International Journal of Labour Research, Vol. 4, Issue 2

TitleAre Green Jobs Decent? International Journal of Labour Research, Vol. 4, Issue 2
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2012
PublisherInternational Labour Organization
CityGeneva
KeywordsAfrica, Asia, Europe, gender, Global Union Research Network, green economy, green jobs, GURN, recyling, renewable energy
Abstract

For all the talk about green jobs, there had been until recently a dearth of research on them, the analysis often remaining at the level of projections and generalizations about the job potential of the shift towards a green economy. There is even the need to have an agreed definition of green jobs for statistical purposes. In order to help fill this void, a workshop entitled “A Green Economy that Works for Social Progress” was convened under the auspices of the Global Union Research Network (GURN) in October 2011. The workshop gathered researchers from several countries, presenting their studies on a certain number of employment-related aspects of the green economy. This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research is essentially the product of that encounter. The articles cover a wide range of experiences in different regions, most notably in Asia but also in Africa and Europe. They examine the quality of jobs created in the renewable energy sector and also in the recycling sector. One piece also offers some perspective on whether the prospects of green jobs for women are materializing and how trade unions might help this process along.

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