by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 30, 2022 | Articles
Joel Batterman began working as a consultant with LNS in the fall of 2021, assisting with outreach for Transit Equity Day and conducting consultations with Transit Equity Day participants to help guide the future of the event. A Michigan native, Joel has a background...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 4, 2022 | Articles
By: Bakari Height, LNS Transit Organizer For the past four years on February 4, Labor Network for Sustainability and a network of transit rider unions, community organizations, environmental groups and labor unions have organized Transit Equity Day (TED)–a national...
by Ming | Mar 4, 2022 | Articles
Don’t miss your chance to enter the “Future is Union: Climate Urgency through the Eyes of Workers” photo contest! Submit a photo that shows what climate work means to you and win up to $500! The contest is open to any union member who sees their work as a “climate...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 3, 2022 | Articles
By Mike Cavanaugh, LNS Senior Strategic Advisor/Organizer After years of facing challenges to their very existence as public service workers, the workers of the US Postal Service are close to finally achieving a measure of security with the February 8 passage of the...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 3, 2022 | Articles
The Green Workers Alliance is a new multiracial organization that fights for more and better green jobs. More than 400 workers have already joined GWA online. On-the-ground organizing will begin in Virginia and other southeastern states this spring. The GWA is...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 3, 2022 | Articles
By: Oren Kadosh, LNS Legal and Policy Researcher The federal rollout of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA” – colloquially known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”) is now beginning. The IIJA set overall requirements that any construction jobs...
