by BrendanS | Jun 18, 2015 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, Just Transition, post
How can the United States actually meet the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that climate scientists say are necessary to forestall catastrophic climate change without catastrophic economic impacts on American workers? Green Growth: A U.S. Program for...
by BrendanS | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles, Labor-Environmental Cooperation, post
For Immediate Release: June 11, 2015 Contact: Tom Geiger, 206-604-3421 In a strong show of support for a better future, local labor unions have signed a letter to oppose the decision by the Port of Seattle Commission to permit the Shell Oil rig to have safe harbor in...
by BrendanS | May 10, 2015 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action, Labor-Environmental Cooperation, LNS News, post
[By Jeremy Brecher; Original Published in the Nation Magazine] Under banners proclaiming “Healthy Planet & Good Jobs,” thousands of trade unionists from 75 local and national unions, highly visible in their red, blue, green, and white union uniforms, joined the...
by BrendanS | Apr 3, 2015 | Articles, LNS News, post
[By Jeremy Brecher; cross-posted with Waging NonViolence] Since international climate negotiations began a quarter of a century ago, annual greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions have increased by 60%. As we approach yet another climate summit this November in Paris, the...
by BrendanS | Mar 7, 2015 | Articles, Just Transition, Labor-Environmental Cooperation, LNS News, post
[By Joe Uehlein] Thousands of trade unionists and seventy-five local and national unions participated in the Peoples Climate March in New York in September — a quantum leap from any previous labor participation in climate action. Climate protection has become a...
by BrendanS | Mar 6, 2015 | Articles, Jobs and Climate, LNS News, Local Organizing, post
While global cooperation is required to address global warming, national governments are so far failing to adopt the necessary agreements and policies. Therefore people and governments have had to take the initiative for protecting the climate by reducing greenhouse...
