A Just Transition for Oil Workers

Equity for a Green New Deal is raising money for North Sea oil & gas workers.

The coming energy transition threatens North Sea communities with industrial decline - over 35,000 workers have been made redundant in the last few years alone. Yet, Aberdeen could be the green manufacturing hub of the UK. Local workers have the skills to manufacture wind turbines, trains, buses and batteries, thus speeding the transition to a cleaner future. Currently, these jobs are outsourced overseas, and North Sea workers face an increasingly precarious and exploitative industry.

Communities most impacted by industrial change must be at the heart of moving away from fossil fuels. Equity for a Green New Deal offers solidarity to these workers as they organise themselves and campaign for a just transition. Their voices and experience, not the corporate energy industry, should be central in government plans to create new, socially beneficial energy systems.

We support a well-managed phase-out of oil & gas production, involving large-scale job creation in clean industries, fully funded retraining programs, and the safeguarding of workers' rights. Workforces across the country - including the theatre, TV and film industries - have a huge opportunity to benefit from publicly owned, local and renewable energy.

Equity for a Green New Deal is a network of activists within the union Equity UK, and does not speak for the union in an official capacity.