by Jeremy Brecher | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles, Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Just since the start of 2021 there has been a wave of state legislation and executive action that sets and implements new standards for greenhouse gas emissions. States have greatly expanded their plans for...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles
LNS is enlarging the scope of “climate workers,’ such as railroaders and transit workers, to lift-up the importance of investing in the transit workforce to create good jobs for operators and maintenance workers as we transition to clean energy transit systems. This...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles
LNS is empowering a rising generation of young workers to lead the labor-climate movement into the future. This fall, LNS convened an inaugural Young Workers Convergence that brought together nearly 100 young workers from 23 states (as well as DC and Canada) and more...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles
In 2022, LNS advised the Green New Deal Network (GNDN) on how to strengthen the pro-labor, climate justice provisions in federal policy proposals. Although Build Back Better (BBB) and the Protect the Right to Organize Act could not get past the Big Coal/Big Oil...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jan 5, 2023 | Articles
Image Source: Jeremy Francis- stock.adobe.com LNS is working strategically in key states that are leading the national narrative on climate justice. This year, LNS and Jobs with Justice San Francisco launched California Labor for Climate Jobs, a coalition of labor...
