by Ming | Nov 13, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements
According to a recent article in The Guardian by Labor Network for Sustainability Research and Policy Director Jeremy Brecher and Assistant Professor at Occidental College J Mijin Cha, 62 percent of union members support the Green New Deal, while just 22% oppose it....
by Ming | Nov 13, 2019 | Articles, Climate Strike, Jobs and Climate
The Maine AFL-CIO just passed a resolution at its October Convention “to Address the Climate Crisis and Inequality Crisis and Create Union Jobs.” The resolution said climate change poses “an immediate and long-term threat to all working class people, our communities...
by Ming | Nov 13, 2019 | Articles, Jobs and Climate
I had just become president in 2014. We started a campaign about the working stations. And then it occurred to me, the next time I talk to the Chief Operating Officer of the company I’m going to ask him if there is any way that someone from the union itself could be...
by Ming | Nov 13, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal
Many unions are considering resolutions on climate change. Here’s one just passed by the local executive board of the Rutgers University AAUP-AFT, that endorses the Green New Deal, demands that Rutgers develop a climate action plan to be carbon neutral, and proclaims...
by Ming | Nov 13, 2019 | Articles, Climate Strike
Reporting on the LNS National Labor Convergence on Climate this past June, labor veteran Bea Lumpkin described a special meeting of educators at the conference: Educators at the conference agreed that we have a special responsibility in the struggle to mitigate the...