Workers and Communities in Transition:
Report of the Just Transition Listening Project
By J. Mijin Cha, Vivian Price, Dimitris Stevis, and Todd E. Vachon with Maria Brescia-Weiler (aAll authors contributed equally to this report and are listed alphabetically for convenience.)
Introduction by Jeremy Brecher
Introduction by Jeremy Brecher
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Main Findings
Recommendations
- Recommendations for Policymakers
- Recommendations for Labor and Movement Organizations
- Recommendations for Future Research
INTRODUCTION: WE ARE NOT DISPOSABLE
WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION
Report of the Just Transition Listening Project
Problem
- Introduction
- Transition is Constant and Inevitable
- A History of Unjust Transition
- Determining the Scale and Scope of a Just Transition
- Introduction
- Recognizing Diversity in Lived Experiences
- How those from Labor Understand the Situation
- Fear of Job Loss for Fossil-Fuel Workers
- The Intersection with Social Position
- The Role of Education
- Support for Job Creation by Building Trades Workers
- Experiences with Deindustrialization by Manufacturing Workers
- Workers Outside of Fossil-Fuel Related Industries
- Age and Intergenerational Relations
- The Effect of the Movement for Black Lives
- How Those from Community Understand the Situation
- How those from Labor Understand the Situation
- How Labor and Community Become Involved with Climate and Transition Work
- Constructing Possible Solutions Through Coalition Building
- Introduction
- Inclusion: Just Transitions for All
- Ambition: From Fragmentation to Transformation
- Concluding Comments on Pathways
CONCLUSION: MAJOR FINDINGS AND LESSONS
Main Findings
Recommendations
- Recommendations for Policymakers
- Recommendations for Labor and Movement Organizations
- Recommendations for Future Research
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Selected Case Studies and Narratives
- Case #1: Colorado
- Case #2: Washington State
- Case #3: Huntley Plant/Tonawanda
- Case #4: Diablo Canyon Plant
- Case #5: Lordstown Transition Center
- Case #6: Jobs to Move America
- Case #7: Redwood Employee Protection Programme 1978
Appendix B: Data Collection and Research Methods
Appendix C: Description of Data
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Author Bios
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