November 11, 2009 The attack that drove “green jobs czar” Van Jones from the White House this week is an attack on labor and on workers’ best hope for good jobs. If labor wants to promote green jobs, labor should embrace Van Jones – publicly, loudly, and fast – at the upcoming AFL-CIO Convention. Van… Read More »
WHAT THE CBO ISN’T TELLING CONGRESS: CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MILLIONS OF JOBS
November 9, 2009 While fewer and fewer people are willing to publicly deny the validity of global warming science, those who oppose action to protect the climate have taken up a new strategy: Denying that climate change will have a major impact on the U.S. economy. This denial is rejected by most economists who… Read More »
EHREN WATADA: FREE AT LAST
October 29, 2009 By Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher On June 7, 2006, a 28-year-old Army lieutenant named Ehren Watada released a video press statement announcing that he was refusing to deploy to Iraq because the Iraq War was illegal and his “participation would make me party to war crimes.” After three years… Read More »
UNIONS NEED TO SEVER ALL TIES WITH ANTI-CLIMATE BILL GROUPS
October 22, 2009 Under escalating pressure from activists, Nike, the utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and others have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies. It’s time for labor unions to follow suit by cutting all ties with groups opposing climate legislation like the… Read More »
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