by BrendanS | Jul 23, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, Uncategorized
If you saw some scary headlines about global warming recently, there is a good chance they came from a preliminary draft of the US government’s third National Climate Assessment. The NCA is as close as there is to a definitive summary of what scientists tell us...
by BrendanS | May 23, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, post
[By Joe Uehlein and Jeremy Brecher] In 1940, as Nazi armies marched across Europe, United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) president Walter Reuther made a stunning proposal: Retool the Depression-ravaged auto industry to build 500 planes a year for national defense....
by BrendanS | May 13, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, Uncategorized
[By Jeremy Brecher, Labor Network for Sustainability] American workers need jobs. They also need protection from chemicals and pollutants that threaten their lives, health, environment, climate, and future. Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama’s nominee to...
by Ming | Apr 22, 2013 | Labor and Climage Action, post
By Joe Uehlein The approach of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 provides us an opportunity to reflect on the “long, strange trip” shared by the environmental movement and the labor movement over four decades here on Spaceship Earth. A billion...
by BrendanS | Feb 27, 2013 | Articles, Labor and Climage Action, post
At its just-completed Executive Council meeting, the AFL-CIO issued a new “Statement on Energy and Jobs.” While the statement is broadly in line with past AFL-CIO policy, it is worth close examination by those concerned about our twin crises of climate and...
