by Jeremy Brecher | Jul 6, 2023 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> While the Green New Deal has been largely blocked at the national level, it is thriving in communities, states, and cities. The previous Commentary, “The Green New Deal in...
by Jeremy Brecher | Jul 2, 2023 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> While the Green New Deal started as a proposed national program, some of the most impressive implementations of its principles and policies are occurring at a municipal...
by Jeremy Brecher | May 15, 2023 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> As key states start reducing their use of coal, oil, and gas, what will happen to the workers who produce, transport, and burn those fossil fuels? The previous Commentary,...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 30, 2023 | Strike!
Listen to the audio version >> American unions increasingly recognize the threat of climate change to workers and their communities. Yet some unions continue to promote programs like Alaska’s Willow Project that violate the basic requirement of climate safety:...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 31, 2023 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> Climate protection will create jobs for workers and economic development for communities. But as fossil fuel facilities are closed down there will also be some jobs lost...
by Jeremy Brecher | Mar 1, 2023 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Workers’ problems are not limited to their relationships with their immediate employers. How can they gain the power to affect the hidden decisionmakers who affect them both at work and in the rest of their...