by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate
Environmental Protection Agency workers protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and ensure a healthy environment for everyone. In the face of devastating climate change, we need them more than ever. The Trump Administration is gutting the EPA—slashing funding,...
by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate
How can unions educate their members about climate change? The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) just provided a sterling example. The entire current issue of its magazine American Educator is devoted to teachers and climate change. It is available free online....
by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements Top, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate, Politics of Climate Change
Ryan Pollock, an inside wireman with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) writes about the recent AFL-CIO Convention in Texas: Not only were many of my fellow trades siblings—plenty of whom work in the fossil fuel industry or represent fossil...
by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, Jobs and Climate
On December 13, trade unionists and supporters demonstrated at the U.S. Capitol for “Good Jobs for a Green Future”—and then sat down and were arrested for refusing to leave and end their protest. The civil disobedience action was part of “Fire Drill Fridays,” a weekly...
by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition
The American Postal Workers Union has taken on the climate crisis within the national union structure by following up on their last national convention resolution “Climate Change, Jobs and Justice.” At its recent national All-Craft conference held in Las Vegas, the...
by Ming | Feb 6, 2020 | Articles, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate
When work on public infrastructure is performed by union labor there are many benefits for workers, communities, and the economy as a whole. However, too many infrastructure workers are denied union representation. And many devices—such as subcontracting, performing...
