November 30, 2009 This is the first in a series of posts as representatives of trade unions around the world head off to Copenhagen. It is cross-posted with the Labor Network for Sustainability. While world leaders play the “blame game” for their failure to negotiate a binding climate agreement in Copenhagen, trade unions from… Read More »
CLIMATE LEGISLATION MUST PROVIDE A JUST TRANSITION FOR WORKERS
White Paper: Climate Legislation Must Provide a Just Transition for Workers
By Labor Network for Sustainability
November, 2009
WILL CLIMATE LEGISLATION PROTECT WORKERS?
November 12, 2009 One great fear is blocking public support for climate protection: The fear that protecting the planet will destroy millions of jobs. Without a bold program to protect workers from the effects of climate protection, the struggle against global warming can all too easily come to be perceived as a struggle against… Read More »
AFL-CIO CONVENTION: SOLIDARITY WITH VAN JONES?
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 »
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