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How to Protect Workers While Protecting the Climate

How to Protect Workers While Protecting the Climate

by Jeremy Brecher | Jul 15, 2021 | Just Transition, Strike!

By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> To protect against catastrophic global warming, the United States is preparing to rapidly reduce the burning of fossil fuels—coal, oil, and natural gas. As we transition to...
Postal Workers Take on Climate Change

Postal Workers Take on Climate Change

by ctruecolors | 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...
Global Labor Movement Voice the Global Climate Conference

Global Labor Movement Voice the Global Climate Conference

by ctruecolors | Dec 20, 2019 | Articles, Climate Strike, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition

“As workers organizations we are faced with a very important responsibility. Social progress, has never come for free, without struggle from the people affected. This is also the case for climate protection. We need to fight for our place at the table and to see that...
“Just Transition” – Just What Is It?

“Just Transition” – Just What Is It?

by BrendanS | Jul 6, 2016 | Articles, Just Transition, LNS News, Uncategorized

An Analysis of Language, Strategies, and Projects A JOINT PROJECT OF: Labor Network for Sustainability 11 Pine Avenue Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 info@labor4sustainability.org website: www.labor4sustainability.org Strategic Practice: Grassroots Policy Project 1515...
This Is What Insurgency Looks Like

This Is What Insurgency Looks Like

by ctruecolors | May 23, 2016 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action

[By Jeremy Brecher] In a small church in the Albany, NY’s low-income, predominantly African-American South End, forty people were gathered for a community meeting. They were organizing a protest against trains carrying potentially explosive oil – dubbed by the...
Making the Promises Real:  Labor and the Paris Climate Agreement

Making the Promises Real: Labor and the Paris Climate Agreement

by BrendanS | Jan 20, 2016 | Articles, Just Transition, Labor and Climage Action

[By Jeremy Brecher] As nearly 200 nations gathered in Paris approved the UN Climate Change Agreement, the AFL-CIO issued a statement that broke new ground on climate. While the AFL-CIO opposed the Kyoto climate agreement and never supported the failed Copenhagen...
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