by Ming | Apr 22, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, post
By Joe Uehlein The approach of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 provides us an opportunity to reflect on the “long, strange trip” shared by the environmental movement and the labor movement over four decades here on Spaceship Earth. A billion...
by BrendanS | Apr 6, 2013 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Local Organizing, post
As unemployment and hard times lead many to believe the issue is “protecting jobs vs. protecting the environment,” labor, religious, environmental, and community leaders in Connecticut decided to join together proactively to fight for job-creating climate...
by BrendanS | Feb 27, 2013 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action, post
At its just-completed Executive Council meeting, the AFL-CIO issued a new “Statement on Energy and Jobs.” While the statement is broadly in line with past AFL-CIO policy, it is worth close examination by those concerned about our twin crises of climate and...
by BrendanS | Feb 20, 2013 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, post
by Brendan Smith The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue — the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the KXL debate has largely centered around the environmental risks, from labor’s perspective opening up the...
by BrendanS | Feb 20, 2013 | Jobs and Climate, post
by Jeremy Brecher As our country is devastated by more and more severe droughts, floods, fires, and superstorms, the public is demanding regulation of the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change. The corporations that profit from coal, oil, and gas fear such...
by BrendanS | Jan 27, 2013 | Art and Activism, Articles, post
[by Brendan Smith] In 2006, Neil Young told the Los Angeles Times that the silence of young songwriters during the Bush era compelled him to retake the stage as a protest singer: “I was waiting for someone to come along, some young singer 18 to 22 years old, to...
