Secure Jobs for a Safe Climate

Australia needs secure jobs for a safe climate

Australian union members are stepping up and taking action to fight for secure jobs and a safe climate.


Workers are stepping up to face the climate crisis by reducing emissions in our workplaces and communities, creating new clean energy industries, responding on the frontlines to extreme weather like bushfires, heatwaves and floods; and dealing with the impact that climate change is having on every job.

Unions welcome the Albanese Government’s Bill introduced into parliament to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Get active and make a real difference to combatting the climate crisis
Add your voice to our petition supporting the Climate Change Bill 2022
Step up and join your union to take real climate action in your workplace

All workers are being impacted by the planet becoming less habitable and safe with more frequent and extreme disasters and heat

There doesn’t have to be a fight between jobs and climate action, we can and must have both. Last year unions came together with business and climate organisations to develop an ambitious clean energy blueprint – which was sadly ignored by the former Morrison government.

With the Albanese Government and a new Parliament, we can finally work towards the future. 

Michele O’Neil

ACTU President

There’s no jobs on a dead planet

We need to have a sustainable planet with decent work and shared prosperity that provides workers with hope and security. And we need to make that transition just.

That requires unions to be at the table to develop an agreed plan that gives workers a secure future.

Sharan Burrow

General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Support real climate action

Australian workers know that we can be part of the solution, building new low carbon industries and creating good union jobs.

The Australian union movement supports carbon pollution reduction and the transition to a clean energy economy. Workers are critical to every step in this change, and we need to ensure that good, safe and secure jobs are wired into the plan.

The Albanese Government’s Climate Bill to reduce emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 and to reach net zero emissions by 2050

is supported by the union movement.

Climate resources for unionists

Read the Australian Unions Climate & Energy Action Plan

The world is facing a climate crisis. Australian workers know that we can be part of the solution, building new low carbon industries and creating good union jobs.

Check the ACTU climate resources page

Here’s a detailed list of resources about climate change, renewable energy and just transition.

Sign the Climate Petition to show your support

Add your name to support the Albanese Government’s Climate Change Bill, which will reduce carbon pollution and put us on track to net zero emissions.