by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
The Labor Network for Sustainability has endorsed the “Energy Security and Independence Act” (ESIA), sponsored by Senator Sanders and Representatives Bush and Crow. The legislation would take on the climate crisis, deny revenues to authoritarian...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
According to an April 5 article in the Guardian, US labor leaders view this year’s elections – and 2024’s — as “a goal-line stand to preserve America’s democracy.” Shane Larson, Director of Government Affairs for the Communications Workers of America, told the...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
Germany, which imports around two-thirds of its gas from Russia and other former Soviet Union states and which aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, is planning to require nearly 100% renewable electricity by 2035. Robert Habeck, German’s economic affairs and...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
LNS board member Sarita Gupta and Jobs with Justice leader Erica Smiley have just published a new book called The Future We Need, Organizing for a Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century. The book lays out ways to evolve collective bargaining to match the needs...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles
Edgar Franks, LNS Board member since 2019, is the Washington State Campaign and Political Director for the independent union Familias Unidas por la Justicia where he works with union leadership and allies in the development and implementation of the Just Transition...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 30, 2022 | Articles
The United Mine Workers just announced that it will partner with energy startup SPARKZ to build an electric battery factory in West Virginia in 2022 that will employ 350 workers. The UMWA will recruit and train dislocated miners to be the factory’s first production...
