by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By Bakari Height, LNS Transit Organizer For the sixth year, the Transit Equity Network of Labor Network for Sustainability will celebrate Rosa Park’s birthday with a nationwide Transit Equity Day February 5. Transit rider organizations, labor unions, and transit...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By: Sydney Ghazarian, LNS Organizer Through bold strategy and collective action, United Auto Workers (UAW) have won historic gains in their 2023 contracts with the Big 3 Auto companies– gains that turned the tide against an unjust transition to electric vehicles and...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
In October this year, California Labor for Climate Jobs (CLCJ) launched as a new, state-wide coalition of fourteen California labor unions with express intent to promote a worker-led transition to a just and climate-safe economy. As a coalition of unions, CLCJ is...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
By Veronica Wilson, LNS California Organizer For the second year in a row, SMART (Sheet Metal Air Rail Transportation) International Union hosted a “Cleanup Kingspan Virtual Summit,” inviting organizations to stand with workers fighting for “good” “green” jobs. Labor...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles
At a November Department of Energy panel on “Community Voices from the Ground” grassroots environmental justice advocates asked the Department to stop promoting large-scale polluting project in marginalized communities of color. John Beard, founder and director of the...
