by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the original sponsors of the Green New Deal, have reintroduced the Green New Deal legislation, whose goal is to eliminate fossil fuels in a decade while creating millions of well-paying jobs....
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
By Veronica Wilson, LNS California Organizer California teachers, education, and health advocates took a major step toward winning on climate in May when the California Senate unanimously passed (39-0) SB 394, a mandate to create a master plan for healthy,...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
After a three-year organizing struggle, workers who manufacture school buses for Blue Bird in Fort Valley GA voted last month to be represented by the Steelworkers. Blue Bird is the second-largest bus manufacturer in the country. Steelworkers organizing director Maria...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
Jeremy Brecher’s review of Dimitris Stevis’ new book Just Transitions: Promise and Contestation The late president of the AFL-CIO once quipped that the reason he didn’t believe in a just transition is because he had never seen one. It’s too bad that he didn’t live...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 1, 2023 | Articles
On October 30, 2020, the Marathon oil refinery in Contra Costa County, California, was permanently shut down and 345 unionized workers laid off. A new study from the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that 74% of former Marathon workers (excluding retirees) had found new...
