Environmental Groups Call on Green Building Community to Stop Partnering With Kingspan Group, Global Manufacturer of Building Materials

by Ming | Mar 3, 2022 | News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2022 CONTACT: Lauren Burke (301) 244-9848 Meredith Schafer (202) 662-0883 Santa Ana, Calif. — Forty-five (45) local and national groups organizing against climate change and for environmental justice have signed a statement calling on...

LNS Executive Director Testifies Before House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Expresses Support of the Justice40 Initiative

by Ming | Jul 21, 2021 | News Releases

‘The Goal of Creating Good Jobs and Protecting Our Environment Are Not Incompatible,’ Recommends Ways to Protect Workers Amid a Shift to a Green Economy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2021 Contact: Judy Asman (She/her) 714-651-6170 WASHINGTON, D.C. –  On Wednesday...

Transit Equity Network Calls on Congress to Pass Legislation that Truly Supports Accessible, Safe and Equitable Transit in Support of H.R.3744

by Ming | Jul 20, 2021 | News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2021 Contact: Judy Asman (She/her) 714-651-6170 NATIONWIDE – The network of transit riders, community organizations, environmental groups, and labor unions responsible for organizing Transit Equity Day annually on Rosa Parks’ birthday to...

How and Why We Formed LNS

by Ming | May 5, 2021 | Uncategorized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad7yeCbTJKQ Labor Network for Sustainability President and Founder Joe Uehlein is a lifelong trade unionist and environmental justice advocate. His remarks below are from the September 18, 2020 Labor Day Fundraiser. by Joe Uehlein We...

Strike for Black Lives

by Ming | Aug 1, 2020 | Articles

On July 21, the Labor Network for Sustainability joined more than fifty unions, civil rights organizations, environmental groups, and others in the first Strike for Black Lives. Lead organizers of the action were the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and...