by Ming | Sep 17, 2019 | Articles, Climate Strike, Labor and Climage Action
Take pictures with signs about labor’s support. In advance of September 20 or during the week of action, snap a photo with a younger person, a family member such as a child, grandchild, etc., with a sign that reads: “Workers support the climate strikes,” or “Labor...
by Ming | May 9, 2019 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action
by Jeremy Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability On March 15, 1.5 million young people joined a School Strike 4 Climate in more than 2000 locations around the world. The school strikes have been occurring weekly since thirteen-year-old Greta Thunberg began sitting...
by Ming | Mar 30, 2019 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action
Nato Green, Campaign Coordinator for San Francisco SEIU Local 1021, writes in In These Times: In recent years, some unions have embraced “bargaining for the common good,” which use the union campaign to win broad, righteous public benefits. The best current example...
by Ming | Mar 30, 2019 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action
In a March 8 letter to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Edward Markey, the Energy Committee of the AFL-CIO stated, “America’s labor unions agree that climate change must be addressed.” It added, “It is critical that the voices of American...
by Ming | Jan 25, 2019 | Articles, GND Labor Endorsements, Green New Deal, Jobs and Climate, Labor and Climage Action
by Jeremy Brecher The principles for a Green New Deal laid out by the youth Sunrise Movement call for a job guarantee program to assure a living wage job to every person who wants one. What is a “jobs guarantee program” and what does it have to do with protecting the...
by Ming | Jul 30, 2018 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action
View the resolution in PDF here. Whereas, our members and our communities are suffering the ravages of pollution and climate change, as evidenced by extreme weather, unprecedented wild fires in urban areas and wilderness, continuing drought, rising temperatures,...
