LABOR & CLIMATE NEWS
The Third National Labor Convergence on Climate, Chicago, June 28-23, 2019
The Labor Network for Sustainability held its Third National Labor Convergence on Climate in Chicago, June 28-29. The theme was “Strengthening Labor’s Voice to Help Shape Green New Deal.”
Future Energy Jobs for Chicagoland
A special plenary panel on local and state action described the partnership that has formed among organized labor, the environmental community, social justice advocates, the faith community, and businesses to enact bold clean energy and climate action goals that will drive quality job creation, lift up communities, and protect the environment in the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.
Diversity and Racial Justice
LNS Executive Director Michael Leon Guererro announced that issues of diversity and racial justice will be top priorities for the next meeting of the LNS Board of Directors.
An Educational Tool on Climate Change for Workers
The Convergence unveiled a new tool, a PowerPoint presentation headlined “We Need a National Political and Economic Mobilization to Confront the Climate Crisis.”
