by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
Excerpts from an interview with Friedrich Graeber of the Magdeberg grouping of the Youth Climate Strike group Fridays for Future: All this goes back to three years ago when we approached the trade unions in Germany and we asked them if they were interested in working...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
Keith Brower Brown started in April as the first Labor-Climate Organizer at Labor Notes, the long-running media and organizing network for rank-and-file activists. The new role will focus on reporting and supporting workplace fights with bosses in growing green...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Apr 30, 2023 | Articles
In a new article titled, “Educators Are Standing Up for Healthy Green Schools and a Livable Climate This Earth Week,” two union educators describe how “students, educators, parents, school staff, and community members” around the U.S. are “taking action to demand...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Apr 30, 2023 | Articles
In a surprise victory, Brandon Johnson, formerly an organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, has just won election as Chicago’s mayor. He ran in part on a program for a “Chicago Green New Deal” which includes: Support a Just Transition Protect frontline workers and...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Apr 30, 2023 | Articles
According to a new study by the nonprofit Energy Futures Initiative, the Inflation Reduction Act passed last summer will create 1.5 million climate and energy security jobs by 2030 – seven years from now. Over 100,000 will be in manufacturing, with 60,000 coming from...
