LABOR & CLIMATE NEWS
Workers to Join Student Climate Strikes September 20-27
In the last few months, as we’ve experienced the hottest ever recorded July globally and extreme floods in the Midwest, it’s undeniable that climate crisis is already impacting many of us, our communities, and our workplaces. Last year, the IPCC issued a report that drastic action must occur before 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change – we have to act now!
Poll Shows Union Members Support the Green New Deal Nearly Three to One
A poll by YouGov Blue on behalf of Data for Progress shows brought support for the Green New Deal from union members.
Labor-Environmental Alliance Calls for Climate Solidarity
The Blue-Green Alliance, which unites large labor and environmental organizations, recently released the statement “Solidarity for Climate Action.”
Brecher on Future of the Climate Movement
A recent article by LNS Research and Policy Director Jeremy Brecher in the Great Transition Forum argues that the climate movement has entered a new historic phase, pioneered by the Sunrise Movement, the Student Strike for Climate, and the Extinction Rebellion and expressed in the massive activity around the Green New Deal.
