by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 7, 2024 | Articles
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. Trump’s approach to the environment, which the...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 2, 2024 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> The convergence of crises now often referred to as “the polycrisis” was heralded by the global economic crisis known as the Great Recession. Since then neither national nor...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 1, 2024 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> The global convergence of crises that has been dubbed the “polycrisis” has emerged in tandem with the decline of globalization. But what is replacing globalization is less...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles
Workers organize to protect themselves from inadequate pay, overwork, insecurity, and threats to their health and safety. And now there is another threat to workers’ wellbeing: climate change. And workers are organizing to fight it. The threat becomes more visible...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles
A recent article in the workplace safety newsletter Confined Space analyzes recent deaths at Impact Plastics to show why workers are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The author is Jordan Barab, who was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor from...
