TUC and Amnesty come out in support of student climate strikes
by Matthew Taylor and Rajeev Syal from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Q1G3)
Unions give backing to 20 September day of action while NGO asks head teachers to back global protests
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged members to support student climate strikers on 20 September as Amnesty International called on head teachers worldwide to back their global protests.
At the their annual conference in Brighton, a proposal by the University and College Union (UCU) originally asked the TUC to call for millions of workers to stop work for half an hour, aimed at shifting government complacency over the climate crisis.
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