Bathgate no more. Lindwood no more. Grangemouth no more. Now, Larbert no more?
After the news of Alexander Dennis' closure, @rosiehampton.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social ponder whether Scotland is witnessing another unjust transition.
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Great day yesterday at @foescot.bsky.social Alternative Energy Futures event, talking about our broken energy system, how it could be fairer, cheaper, more democratic, meaningfully benefitting local communities instead shareholders - and places in Scotland where this is already happening.
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From St Fitticks Park to Grampian Pride, communities in the North East are increasingly rejecting the narratives of a profit-hungry fossil fuel industry and instead demanding a different, greener and fairer future for the region.
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
The oil & gas industry has lost 227,000 jobs in the last decade.
This is despite UK governments issuing roughly 400 new drilling licences over this period, and energy companies making record-breaking profits.
We shouldn’t have to wait until crisis point before workers get the support they need.
From Grangemouth to Aberdeen, in Scotland we are already seeing what a transition led by corporate greed will look like, with job losses, fuel poverty and emergency food bank use on the rise. This cannot continue.
We need public investment to support workers into good, secure, unionised jobs.
A group of people with banners, flags and placards standing on grass opposite Westminster
Great to be out with trade unions and climate groups standing shoulder to shoulder outside UK Parliament today, calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to commit £1.9bn a year in transition funding for North Sea workers.
No more empty promises, time for real action for workers and their communities.
BREAKING 🚨: We’re calling on the Chancellor @RachelReevesMP to commit £1.9 billion a year for transition funding for North Sea workers.
We need a proper industrial strategy that puts worker justice at its heart.
