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Climate Change: In Case You Haven’t Heard…
The “2024 State of the Climate Report” just issued by a team of climate scientists finds that “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster.” This is “a global emergency” in which “much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.”
New York State Bill to Put Solar on Public Buildings
A recent law passed by the New York City Council with a supermajority of votes will put unionized workers to work installing solar panels on city buildings.
Solar Jobs Market Heating Up
The recently released 2023 Solar Jobs Census published by the independent nonprofit organization Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), found that full-time jobs in the US solar industry grew nearly 6% in 2023.
Big Businesses Promoting Union Busting, Climate Destruction
A report by the global labor federation the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) finds that the large corporations Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard, and Glencore are undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights. The ITUC represents 191milllion workers in 169 nations.
Southern California Refinery to Close
On October 16th, news broke that Phillips 66 will shut down its Los Angeles refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company gave notice of plans to close the refinery that has roughly 600 employees and a few hundred more contractors in two facilities linked by pipeline located five miles apart in Carson and Wilmington, California.
Jeremy Brecher and Labor Network for Sustainability Announce New Book
Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy Historian, documentary filmmaker, activist, and author Jeremy Brecher is launching his latest book, The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and...
Hurricane Helene: A Wakeup Call for Climate Justice
The tragedies of death and destruction unfolding in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina are not natural. Global warming and the climate crisis are making the rapid intensification of storms more deadly and more frequent. NBC reported two...
What Ever Happened to Globalization?
Globalization has been the hallmark of the economic world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Since the Great Recession of 2008, however, globalization as we knew it has been changing fast. That change is an important part of what is being called the “polycrisis,” the convergence and mutual aggravation of geopolitical, economic, governance, climate, and other crises. This commentary examines the rise and fall of globalization as we knew it. The next commentary explores what is emerging from it. Both are part of a series on “The Polycrisis and the Global Green New Deal.”
LNS Spotlight: Kevin Young
Kevin Young teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is a vice president of the faculty-library union.
Stand with Postal Workers on Oct. 1
On October 1, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) members are rallying across the country to demand better staffing, better services, and that postal workers and the public have a say in how this vital public service serves us.