In response to the results of the elections, LNS issued the statement “Our Next Steps Together . . .” It said in part:
We as a nation awoke to the confirmation that Donald Trump will be serving a second term as president. For those of us who strive for climate justice and worker empowerment, this reality is an incredible setback.
As workers, we must never forget – despite seemingly insurmountable odds – our succession of victories throughout history.
Let us remember that during Trump’s first term, we saw a wave of sustained social protest from below that brought about real and often swift change: “#MeToo” burgeoned into an international movement that won major cultural shifts against misogynistic practices, student campaigns against tuition debt and cost-prohibitive higher education made significant gains, immediate mobilizations at airports and in communities across the country resisted and then bested Trump’s Muslim ban, and of course the wave of strikes bravely organized by previously invisible workers – who are truly essential – won protections and improved workplace conditions. These worker strikes emboldened even more workers from additional industries, so that at least half a million workers last year went on strike to improve their workplaces.
It is these workers from whom we must take courage and find our strength. No matter who is elected in our towns, states or federal offices, we must always remember that we have the power to hold those in office accountable. We are not simply voters who come out of burrows once or twice every four years. We are students and family members, citizens and workers who hold authority over any of our politicians. Together we must and we will continue to come together and organize our communities, our campuses and our workplaces to build the economically just and ecologically sustainable future that we need.
Join Us today – our solidarity is more crucial than ever.
For full statement: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/our-next-steps-together/