[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 [...]

The Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) released a White Paper today arguing that current House and Senate climate bills do not do enough to protect workers, and laying out an alternative strategy for worker protection. The White Paper, Climate Legislation Must Provide a Just Transition for Workers, kicks of the LNS’s campaign to strengthen provisions for [...]

While fewer and fewer people are willing to publicly deny the validity of global warming science, those who oppose action to protect the climate have taken up a new strategy:  Denying that climate change will have a major impact on the U.S. economy. This denial is rejected by most economists who have studied climate change. 

Calling all labor movement climate and sustainability activists: The Labor Network for Sustainability needs you — And you need it. Are you in the labor movement?  Are you concerned about a sustainable future?  Climate change?  Economic justice?  If so, you should know about the Labor Network for Sustainability. The LNFS was launched in October, 2009 by labor [...]