by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 30, 2024 | Articles
A January 18 podcast interview with labor historian Jeremy Brecher, editor of LNS’ Making a Living on a Living Planet, delved into strategic issues for the labor and climate movements. Noting the 52nd anniversary of Brecher’s labor history Strike!, interviewer Scott...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 30, 2024 | Articles
Nayyirah Shariff is a grassroots organizer based in Flint, Michigan and recently joined the LNS Board of Directors! Nayyirah was one of the co-founders of the Flint Democracy Defense League, a grassroots group formed to confront Flint’s emergency manager in 2011. They...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By Bakari Height, LNS Transit Organizer For the sixth year, the Transit Equity Network of Labor Network for Sustainability will celebrate Rosa Park’s birthday with a nationwide Transit Equity Day February 5. Transit rider organizations, labor unions, and transit...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By: Sydney Ghazarian, LNS Organizer Through bold strategy and collective action, United Auto Workers (UAW) have won historic gains in their 2023 contracts with the Big 3 Auto companies– gains that turned the tide against an unjust transition to electric vehicles and...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
In October this year, California Labor for Climate Jobs (CLCJ) launched as a new, state-wide coalition of fourteen California labor unions with express intent to promote a worker-led transition to a just and climate-safe economy. As a coalition of unions, CLCJ is...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By Veronica Wilson, LNS California Organizer For the second year in a row, SMART (Sheet Metal Air Rail Transportation) International Union hosted a “Cleanup Kingspan Virtual Summit,” inviting organizations to stand with workers fighting for “good” “green” jobs. Labor...
