Climate Strikes

A recent headline from the Machinists union proclaims “IAM Takes Bold Steps in Addressing Climate Crisis and Embracing Green Technologies.”

LNS President Joe Uehlein has just published an article in the environmental publication Earth Island Journal titled “Pitfalls & Possibilities: The US labor movement needs to expand worker solidarity to human solidarity.”

Labor Network for Sustainability recently brought together members of the AFT and NEA from the Educators Climate Action Network (ECAN) along with members of AFSCME for a workshop training on Pension Power.

Kevin Young, labor-climate activist featured in this issue’s “Spotlight” above, has recently published Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements that Won.

The summer of 2024 had the hottest global temperature on record, putting the earth on course for the hottest year in human history.

The first full year of the Inflation Reduction Act created nearly 150,000 clean energy jobs according to a new report by nonpartisan business group E2.

The United Steelworkers Union (USW) recently announced an agreement with Convalt Energy mutually pledging to prioritize workers’ rights as together they work to bring solar energy manufacturing back to the United States.

The mayor’s office of Washington DC is cutting a vital service to the riders, visitors, and especially workers of the region- the red yellow colored downtown buses known as the DC Circulator. 

Members of Teamsters Local 657, which represents workers at 22 UPS facilities in Texas, rallied August 28 to demand the company move faster on the union contract it signed with the Teamsters last year.

“Champions” features current and historic figures who can inspire the struggle for a worker- and climate- safe world.