Climate Strikes

There is a massive pipeline underway in northern Minnesota that violates Indigenous rights and would carry the pollution equivalent to 50 coal power plants. Sign the petition to call for the immediate stop of Line 3

Labor-climate advocates in Connecticut have just proposed a Climate and Community Investment Act. Modeled on a similar bill in New York, its goal is to be sure green jobs created in Connecticut are good jobs, and that they are filled by Connecticut workers. Advocates describe it as an economic relief bill.

A project of the Partnership for Working Families, the Green Workers Alliance was recently launched to organize current and potential “green workers” to win policies that can create good jobs by fighting climate change.

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has announced that New York State’s Common Retirement Fund, valued at over $226 billion, will decarbonize by 2040. The plan includes interim trajectory goals, rigorous reporting, staff hiring, and transparency. 

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), for which Burrow is General Secretary, hosted a conversation between youth climate activists and national and international trade union leaders from Australia, Belgium Germany, India, Ireland, the Philippines, and the European Union.

Congressional candidate Mike Siegal may have lost the 2020 congressional election in Texas’ 10th district, but the video above posted by Sunrise Movement shows why he won the support of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 520 and the Texas AFL-CIO...

#GivingTuesday, happening tomorrow, Dec. 1, is an opportunity for people to use their individual power of generosity to support the communities that are important to them. Whether you’ve just discovered one of our Just Transition Listening Project webinars or have been with us since we first started working to bridge the labor and environmental movements more than a dozen years ago, we thank you for being a part of the LNS community!

With the dawning of a new era, the Labor Network for Sustainability and allies are more excited than ever to host Transit Equity Days (yes “Days”) 2021. Official announcements of Feb. 3 and Feb. 4, 2021 actions will kick off on Monday, Dec. 21, the same day Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition hosts its Virtual Rally: Baltimore Transit Equity Solidarity Day.

With the likelihood of a federal government sharply divided between Republicans and Democrats, states are likely to play an expanded role in shaping the American future. The aspirations for a Green New Deal may have support from the presidency and the House, but they are likely to be fiercely contested in the Senate and perhaps the Supreme Court. Bold action to address climate and inequality could emerge at the state level.