by Ming | Aug 1, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate, Labor Convergence
Harrity outlined several reasons for local unions, labor councils, state or regional organizations to do this survey: INPUT FROM THE MEMBERSHIP: The survey should give you information about the current and anticipated impact of climate change on your members. ANALYSIS...
by Ming | Mar 30, 2019 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action
Nato Green, Campaign Coordinator for San Francisco SEIU Local 1021, writes in In These Times: In recent years, some unions have embraced “bargaining for the common good,” which use the union campaign to win broad, righteous public benefits. The best current example...
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action
by Jeremy Brecher The principles for a Green New Deal laid out by the youth Sunrise Movement call for a job guarantee program to assure a living wage job to every person who wants one. What is a “jobs guarantee program” and what does it have to do with protecting the...
by Ming | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action, pdf
A Discussion Paper on Protecting Workers and Communities in the Great Energy Transition [1] By Arjun Makhijani, Ph.DA Joint Project of: 6935 Laurel Avenue, Suite 201Takoma Park, Maryland [email protected] 11 Pine AvenueTakoma Park, Maryland...
by Jeremy Brecher | May 24, 2016 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action
[By Jeremy Brecher] Can we radically reduce the climate-destroying greenhouse gases (GHGs) we put into the atmosphere, yet also increase jobs for American workers, protect those whose jobs may be threatened by climate policies, and reduce America’s inequality and...
by Ming | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action
[By Jeremy Brecher] In a small church in the Albany, NY’s low-income, predominantly African-American South End, forty people were gathered for a community meeting. They were organizing a protest against trains carrying potentially explosive oil – dubbed by the...
