Coalition building for a just transition : examining the convergence of trade unions and social movements in Flanders

The rise of the Just Transition concept offers the potential to reconcile the demands of trade unions and environmental movements in a united front. However, little empirical research exists on the potential of Just Transition for alliance building. Therefore, this study examines how differing Just Transition visions come together in a coalition between Flemish trade unions, environmental and other social movements by zooming in on the case of Reset.Vlaanderen (Reset.Flanders) as an institutionalised Just Transition coalition. By adopting Environmental Labour Studies and Social Movement Theory on alliance building, this study takes into account four overarching explanatory dimensions, context, resources, ideas and performances, to analyse how a coalition between the divergent Just Transition visions of labour and environmental movements is constructed.