by Harley Mocker | Jan 11, 2017 | Articles, Uncategorized
Donald Trump and his congressional Republican allies have taken control of the U.S. government. The result threatens to be devastating for both labor and the climate — not to mention immigrants, African Americans, Muslims, women, children, the elderly, the...
by Harley Mocker | Jan 11, 2017 | Articles, Uncategorized
by Traven Leyshon, president of the Green Mountain Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Following on what was for many of us the surprise election of Trump, and the consolidation...
by Harley Mocker | Dec 17, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
By Karl (Fritz) Edler BLET Div. 482, retired Special Rep, Railroad Workers United Washington, DC This is the story of one group of workers who used their union to improve their own conditions – and fight climate change – by proposing and winning their own plan...
by Harley Mocker | Dec 3, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline brings together two critically important struggles for environmental justice: the centuries long struggle for respect for the sovereignty of Native tribes and the global battle to curtail the climate crisis. These issues...
by Harley Mocker | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles
The original article written by Daphne Wysham can be found at the [Huffington Post] The mood in Marrakech was somber when top climate envoy for President Barack Obama Jonathan Pershing dropped a bombshell on observers gathered there: The rapid warming in polar regions...