by Judy Asman | May 2, 2020 | Articles
We dedicate this issue of Making a Living on a Living Planet to Charles “Chaz” Tsyaktati Wheelock, one of the co-founders of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). “(Chaz) is making his final journey to be with his Oneida relatives who have gone...
by Judy Asman | May 1, 2020 | Articles
Whether they are healthcare workers, bus drivers, janitors, factory workers, or firefighters, people who are declared “essential workers” and are therefore required to go to work in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic face many of the same threats. Demands from...
by Judy Asman | Apr 7, 2020 | Articles
As reported in The Hill, a letter to president Donald Trump from more than 100 unions, advocacy organizations, and environmental groups demanded that the administration immediately provide equipment to hospital workers, cleaning staff, restaurant workers,...
by Judy Asman | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles
More than 70 unions, civil rights groups, transit organizations, and coalitions in the labor and environmental justice movements led by the Labor Network for Sustainability and Institute for Policy Studies are campaigning to include funding for transit workers in the...
by Judy Asman | Apr 5, 2020 | Articles
By Judy Asman, LNS Communications and Information Director At the end of March, it seemed for a minute like Earth Day to May Day actions would be non-existent with the devastating spread of COVID-19—especially with executive orders throughout the states that suspended...
