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To Protect Labor and Climate: Protect Dissent!
There’s a war brewing against dissent. In Georgia, lawmakers are attempting to make it illegal for communities to protest and advocate against environmental injustice by labeling protestors as “domestic terrorists.” Bills introduced in legislatures around the country would make it illegal to protest at industrial sites, whether publicly or privately owned…
Green New Deal for Housing
On March 21, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act.
Providence: Clean Buildings and Union Jobs
On March 7 the Providence, Rhode Island city council passed an ordinance requiring that all municipal buildings, including public schools, be carbon-neutral by 2040. It includes strong labor and equity standards that will create pathways to union jobs in communities that need them most.
Climate Change: In Case You Haven’t Heard…
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on March 19 that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
Get Access to That Infrastructure Funding!
The NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) has just issued a report called ACT LOCALLY: An Equitable Investment Resource Guide for Advocates and Local Governments to Access Infrastructure Funding and Activate Bold Plans
If You Have a Cause You Need a Union!
The nonprofit Breach Collective, with support from the Communications Workers of America, has just released a handbook for building worker power in the nonprofit sector.
Champions: Dorie Ladner
“Champions” features current and historic figures who can inspire the struggle for a worker – and climate – safe world.
LNS Spotlight – Colette Pichon Battle
Colette Pichon Battle joined the LNS Board of Directors in 2023. She is an award-winning lawyer and climate justice organizer. She is a trusted voice in the climate justice and Black liberation movements, and her work focuses on creating spaces for frontline communities to gather and advance climate strategies that help us steward the water, energy, and land.
Testimony of Joseph Uehlein on H.R. 7422, Geothermal Cost Recovery Authority Act of 2024
Testimony of Joseph Uehlein, Founder and Board President, Labor Network for Sustainability Before the House Committee on Natural Resource Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources March 6, 2024 On H.R. 7422, Geothermal Cost Recovery Authority Act of 2024 ...
How Social Movements Escape Silos
Social movements often find themselves locked into isolated silos, divided by internecine conflict, or even brutalizing each other in “circular firing squads.” This Commentary provides historical examples of how such self-destructive patterns can be overcome. An earlier version was written as a contribution to the Great Transition Initiative Forum What’s Next for the Global Movement? The series addressed the question “What’s Next for Movement Unity?”
LNS Spotlight: April Sims, New Member of the LNS Board
April Sims (she/her) is a new member of the LNS Board.
Midwest Labor-Climate Meeting – Final Opportunity to Apply!
April 11th – 12th in Chicago, LNS and the US Climate Action Network (USCAN) are bringing representatives of the labor-climate movement together from across the Midwest to learn from one another, deepen relationships, and develop collective strategies in pursuit of a just transition.
March 2: Join the Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Statehouse Assemblies
The Poor People’s Campaign is holding a day of nationally-coordinated direct action in 32 state capitols and D.C. on March 2.
Transit Equity Day Promotes “Stronger Communities through Better Transit”
To mark Climate Equity Day 2024, LNS Transit Organizer Bakari Height wrote in an Op Ed published in five newspapers…
ART WORKS
Ken Grossinger is a movement activist and organizer with 35 years’ experience under his belt. He has spent his life serving movements for social and economic justice — in unions, in community organizations, and in philanthropy.
