Towards a relational environmental labour studies

D Stevis - Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This essay builds on the contributions to this special issue to advance a historical relational
approach to labour studies, industrial relations, and Environmental Labour Studies (ELS) …

Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field

F Flanagan, C Goods - Journal of Industrial Relations, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
What does climate change mean for the field of industrial relations? In this article, we argue
that a meaningful disciplinary response to climate change requires more than simply …

[HTML][HTML] Contesting just transitions: climate delay and the contradictions of labour environmentalism

SJ Harry, T Maltby, K Szulecki - Political Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
The notion of 'just transition'(JT) is an attempt to align climate and energy objectives with the
material concerns of industrial workers, frontline communities, and marginalised groups …

[HTML][HTML] An improbable driver of “just transitions”? Union power in the coal heartland of Western Australia's energy shift

C Goods, B Ellem - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Much scholarship in the nascent field of climate crisis and labour assumes that trade unions
can readily become agents of “just transition” to post‑carbon energy systems but simply lack …

Labour strategies in the German automotive industry: limits and potentials of conversion from a Gramscian perspective

AK Keil - Environmental Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The automotive industry's transition toward electric vehicles is a key challenge for organised
labour in the sector. In this context, shifting production towards socially and ecologically …

Assessing the impact of structural change in sustainable consumption and lifestyles research

D Fuchs, A Debourdeau… - Consumption …, 2025 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Scientific evidence highlights the pivotal role for structural change in pursuit of the
sustainability transformation. A particular challenge for research on structural aspects of …

Collective actors and potential alliances for eco-social policies in Germany

JC Cremer - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 2024 - Springer
To break the vicious circle of mutually reinforcing climate and social crises, there is a rapidly
growing literature around integrated public policy instruments called eco-social policies. The …

The geographies of 'stranded communities' in energy transitions

E Atkins - Progress in Human Geography, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The transition from fossil fuels poses risks to communities and industries dependent on
carbon-heavy work. This article calls for geographical scholarship to engage more fully with …

A labour–nature alliance for a social-ecological transformation

P Nitsche-Whitfield - 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Europe's current multiple social, ecological and geopolitical crises reveal an urgent need for
change. Underlying these crises is a capital accumulation regime focused on generating …

A world systems analysis of union membership and support for government spending on environmental protection

J Ringqvist - Journal of Industrial Relations, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article contributes to debates about trade unions and the environment by studying
international variation in the association between union membership and support for …