by Harley Mocker | Jan 11, 2017 | Articles, Uncategorized
by Traven Leyshon, president of the Green Mountain Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Communications & Community Engagement Coordinator Vermont State Labor Council, AFL-CIO Following on what was for many of us the surprise election of Trump, and the consolidation...
by Harley Mocker | Dec 17, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
By Karl (Fritz) Edler BLET Div. 482, retired Special Rep, Railroad Workers United Washington, DC This is the story of one group of workers who used their union to improve their own conditions – and fight climate change – by proposing and winning their own plan...
by Harley Mocker | Dec 3, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline brings together two critically important struggles for environmental justice: the centuries long struggle for respect for the sovereignty of Native tribes and the global battle to curtail the climate crisis. These issues...
by BrendanS | Oct 15, 2016 | Articles, Uncategorized
[The original posting by Jeremy Brecher can be found Here on Common Dreams] The Lilliputian defenders of the earth’s climate have been winning some unlikely battles lately. The Standing Rock Sioux, supported by nearly two hundred Native American tribes and a lot of...
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 [email protected] website: www.labor4sustainability.org Strategic Practice: Grassroots Policy Project 1515...
by BrendanS | Sep 20, 2014 | Articles, Politics of Climate Change, post, Uncategorized
The rebellion to save planet Earth: The politics of climate change are shifting. After decades of halfhearted government efforts to stop global warming, and the failure of the “Big Green” NGOs to do much of anything about it, new voices — and new strategies — have...
