TUC general secretary slams Tory and Reform ‘flat-earthers’ over climate policy
Paul Nowak made the comments in his speech to TUC Congress
Paul Nowak – the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) – has hit out at what he described as the ‘flat-earthers in Reform and the Tory party’ over their views on the climate emergency.
Nowak made the comments in his keynote address to the TUC Congress taking place this week in Brighton.
He told delegates: “We are at the end of the hottest summer on record, a summer that scorched our landscape.
“Now, the flat earthers in Reform and the Tory party might pretend it’s got nothing to do with climate change. And Richard Tice might say we should just ‘enjoy the heat’.
“But I dare him – dare him – to to say that to the firefighters battling wildfires, to railway workers and passengers injured when tracks buckle in the heat, to nurses fainting in hospitals, to bus drivers trying not to pass out behind the wheel.”
Nowak went on to use his speech to call for a maximum legal working temperature.
He told the hall: “So let me say it clearly: Climate change is real and we need to act. That means bold climate action, underpinned by good, unionised jobs. And it means keeping our workplaces safe. It is time for a maximum legal working temperature.”
Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward
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