by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Kevin Young teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is a vice president of the faculty-library union. His top organizing priority is making climate sustainability and justice more central to the work of the labor movement. On campus he...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Sydney G., LNS Strategic Campaigns Director On October 1, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) members are rallying across the country to demand better staffing, better services, and that postal workers and the public have a say in how this vital public service...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
A recent headline from the Machinists union proclaims “IAM Takes Bold Steps in Addressing Climate Crisis and Embracing Green Technologies.” It reports that the 2024 IAM Grand Lodge Convention in August passed a groundbreaking climate resolution: “Members passed...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Image: Courtesy of The ULiners LNS President Joe Uehlein has just published an article in the environmental publication Earth Island Journal titled “Pitfalls & Possibilities: The US labor movement needs to expand worker solidarity to human solidarity.” Here’s a...
by Oren Kadosh | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Labor Network for Sustainability recently brought together members of the AFT and NEA from the Educators Climate Action Network (ECAN) along with members of AFSCME for a workshop training on Pension Power. The workshop was facilitated by two incredible organizers, Jay...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Kevin Young, labor-climate activist featured in this issue’s “Spotlight” above, has recently published Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements that Won. Young is historian at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and a leader in the LNS-coordinated...
