Boilermakers attend UN climate change conference

(L. to r.), IVPs Sam May and Larry McManamon, DC-ETS Donald Caswell, AD-DGA Abraham Breehey, and IVP Warren Fairley attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Denpasar, Indonesia.

FIVE BOILERMAKERS joined a delegation of trade unionists from around the world last December at the 13th United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Denpasar, Indonesia. These conferences allow the nations of the world to develop mechanisms for addressing global warming and the consequences of climate change.

Dozens of unions belonging to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), representing over 160 million workers worldwide, sent delegates to the conference. International Vice Presidents Larry McManamon (Great Lakes), Sam May (Southeast), and Warren Fairley (Industrial Sector), Director of Communication Donald Caswell, and Assistant Director of Government Affairs Abraham Breehey attended for the Boilermakers.

Through participation in the conference, the unions of ITUC are working to ensure that governments do not use climate change as another excuse to oppress workers.