A ‘Place-Based’ Just Transition is Possible

A ‘Place-Based’ Just Transition is Possible

By Judy Asman As with many organizers drawn to work with the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), Pamela Tau Lee saw first-hand the workplace cruelties and injustices of her ancestors and throughout the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities when...
Rutgers Divests!

Rutgers Divests!

Graphic: @ruaap, see the tweet » Members of Rutgers American Association of University Professors – American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) are joining with student allies in celebrating a vote to divest from fossil fuels by the Rutgers Board of Governors and...
How to “Build Back Better”

How to “Build Back Better”

Graphic: Sierra Club. Anyone interested in how to address the concerns of both labor and environmentalists in upcoming legislation  should take a look at the new Sierra Club report “How to Build Back Better: A 10-year Plan for Economic Renewal.” Although the Sierra...
Does Shale Gas Extraction Grow Jobs?

Does Shale Gas Extraction Grow Jobs?

Video: “How Appalachia’s shale gas boom became an economic bust,” by Ohio River Valley Institute. Over the past decade, many communities, especially impoverished rural communities in Appalachia, have been pitched the idea that extracting natural gas...