Recent News Releases
Labor Network for Sustainability Co-Executive Directors Elected to Climate Justice Boards
Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) Executive Directors Liz Ratzloff and Joshua Dedmond have recently been elected to serve on the boards of two important allied coalitions within the climate justice movement.
CTU Webinar Media Advisory
April 15, 2025–Labor Network for Sustainability is kicking off “Earth Day to May Day” organizing by hosting a webinar featuring the Chicago Teachers Union. Members of CTU will share how they led a year-long contract campaign where labor and community won on many issues including climate justice and public sector resilience.
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...
Labor unions and environmentalists are working together on the energy transition
By Brooke Larsen, Hight Country News—In 2023, groups found solidarity on the climate, but work lies ahead.
The Big 3 Want You To Think Striking Workers and the Climate Are at Odds. They’re Not.
By Sarah Lazare, In These Times—Mainstream media coverage of the UAW strike has implied that workers’ demands stand in conflict with achieving climate goals. That’s BS.
Looking to join a climate community? Try your workplace.
By Katie Myers, Grist—The labor movement and the environmental justice movement have a shared history — and today, workers in all kinds of sectors are banding together to call for climate action.
Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements
By Leanna First-Arai , TRUTHOUT—Ongoing organizing in the labor movement could have enormous implications for curbing the climate crisis.
Environmental Groups Call on Green Building Community to Stop Partnering With Kingspan Group, Global Manufacturer of Building Materials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2022 CONTACT: Lauren Burke (301) 244-9848 Meredith Schafer (202) 662-0883 Santa Ana, Calif. — Forty-five (45) local and national groups organizing against climate change and for environmental justice have signed a statement calling on...
LNS Executive Director Testifies Before House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Expresses Support of the Justice40 Initiative
‘The Goal of Creating Good Jobs and Protecting Our Environment Are Not Incompatible,’ Recommends Ways to Protect Workers Amid a Shift to a Green Economy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2021 Contact: Judy Asman (She/her) 714-651-6170 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday...
Transit Equity Network Calls on Congress to Pass Legislation that Truly Supports Accessible, Safe and Equitable Transit in Support of H.R.3744
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2021 Contact: Judy Asman (She/her) 714-651-6170 NATIONWIDE – The network of transit riders, community organizations, environmental groups, and labor unions responsible for organizing Transit Equity Day annually on Rosa Parks’ birthday to...