TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Trade union strategies and debates on the decarbonisation of the economy 
AU  - Adrien Thomas
 
AU  - Nadja Doerflinger 
AB  - The transition to a low-carbon economy is one of the major challenges ahead for trade unions. This raises the question of identifying and analysing the different strategies of European trade unions with regard to decarbonisation, especially in the manufacturing and energy sectors. Based on interviews and document analyses, our research indicates that unions adopt three types of strategies towards decarbonisation in the investigated industries: (1) opposition to decarbonisation policies, (2) hedging strategies seeking to minimize and/or delay regulation or (3) proactive support for decarbonisation policies. These union strategies are mainly rooted in sectoral economic interests mediated by unions’ ideological identities and understandings of union democracy. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2025.1333 
JF  - Technology and Innovation 
KW  - Climate change, trade unions, Europe, sustainability, industrial relations, Changement climatique, syndicats, Europe, développement durable, relations industrielles,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_techinn25v10n4_4.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2025/09/16 
SN  - 2399-8571 
TT  - Stratégies et débats syndicaux autour de la décarbonation de l’économie 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Trade-union-strategies-and-debates-on-the-decarbonisation-of-the-economy 
IS  - Issue 4 
VL  - 10 
ER  -