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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.
LNS Co-director Joshua Dedmond on “Cooperative Economics”
Joshua Dedmond is not only Co-executive Director of the Labor Network for Sustainability – he is also Program Director for Cooperation Jackson, a pioneering effort to use coops to foster economic equity, sustainability, and community empowerment.
Architectural Workers Call for a Green New Deal and a Just Transition
The Architecture Lobby (TAL) is a grassroots organization of architectural workers that advocates for just labor practices and an equitable built environment.
How Auto Workers and the Climate Movement Joined to Fight for a Just Transition
The UAW strike against the auto industry Big Three won not only better wages and conditions for auto workers, but also forged a pathway for a just transition to climate-safe vehicle production for the US auto industry.
LNS Historian Recounts the Rise of Industrial Unionism
In an interview for the podcast series “Organize the Unorganized: The Rise of the CIO,” labor historian and LNS co-founder and Senior Advisor Jeremy Brecher recounts the rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s:…
Climate Change: In Case You Haven’t Heard…
For the first time ever, global average heating exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for a 12-month period. Climate scientists have declared 2023 the hottest year on record.