A Just Transition

A Just Transition

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[Second in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen"] At the core of global labor’s strategy for climate protection is the idea of a “just transition” to a low-carbon economy. A just transition means that the burden of change that benefits everyone will not be placed disproportionately on a few.  It means that those most vulnerable to change [...]

Labor’s changing approach to climate change

Labor’s changing approach to climate change

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Some unions dissented early from AFL-CIO climate policy.  In 1990 the Steelworkers, America’s largest and most diversified manufacturing union with a strong history of environmentalism created an executive board committee on environmental issues and issued a policy statement saying that global warming “may be the single greatest problem we face. Some have compared its possible [...]