24 Hour Protest for a Climate Jobs Guarantee (Wollongong)

Start: Thursday, November 03, 2022• 1:00 PM

End: Friday, November 04, 2022• 1:00 PM

Labor has committed to taking climate action, but there is a long way to go to solve this crisis. COP27 is a global call for every country to ratchet up ambition to meet the code red emergency we are in. Australia must answer this call and adopt climate justice solutions - through implementing a Climate Jobs Guarantee.

We need a Climate Jobs Guarantee so that we can immediately get to work, solving the climate crisis at the speed scientists tell us we must. A Climate Jobs Guarantee would guarantee everyone a good job doing the work to cut emissions in every industry, prepare for climate impacts and rebuild resilience to cope with climate disasters.

Tomorrow Movement Wollongong will be holding a 24 hour protest in the heart of Wollongong to call on Labor to urgently deliver just solutions that match the scale of the crisis, and implement a Climate Jobs Guarantee. Our demands:

- We demand the government take a solution to COP27 that matches the severity of the climate crisis - A Climate Jobs Guarantee

- As a first step we are calling for a Senate Inquiry into the climate, jobs and housing crisis. The government must hear from communities about our experience of the intersections of these crises and the solutions communities are already calling for.

- For our MP Alison Byrnes to speak up in support for the CJG, and to speak with the relevant ministers about a Senate Inquiry into the climate, jobs and housing crisis.

The Illawarra community supports a Climate Jobs Guarantee. There are so many incredible opportunities in our region through decarbonising our economy and creating jobs that make our community more safe, caring and sustainable.

Join Tomorrow Movement Wollongong in our 24hours of protest. The action will culminate in a rally at 12pm on Friday 4th November, where we invite all community members to stand in solidarity with us. We will ask our MP Alison Byrnes for her support for a Climate Jobs Guarantee.

The climate emergency is here and there is no time to waste getting to work solving the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced. Join us!

We are committed to making our events as accessible as possible. If you have any specific accessibility requirements or questions, please contact Jack on 0491648003 or email wollongong@tomorrowmovement.com.

We acknowledge that this event will be held on stolen, unceded Dharawal Land. Tomorrow Movement pays respects to the Traditional and true custodians of the land, the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation. There can be no justice under colonisation, and no climate justice without First Nations justice.

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