June 10, 2010 “The California Jobs Initiative.” Sounds like a good idea. After all, California’s unemployment rate is now over twelve percent. But there’s something a little funny here. Turns out that the main financial backers of the “California Jobs Initiative” are a bunch of oilmen from Texas. Texas-based Valero Energy Corporation gave a… Read More »
UNIONS CALL FOR SCIENCE-BASED REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GASSES
January 15, 2010 Cross-Posted with the Labor Network for Sustainability and Huffington Post Over the past couple of years, the American labor movement has become an enthusiastic supporter of expanding “green jobs” that fight global warming. But policies to reduce carbon emissions scientists say are safe have been a harder pill to swallow. Now,… Read More »
GREEN JOBS IN A GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL
December 8, 2009 Fifth in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen The effort to address the worst environmental catastrophe in human history is coming in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Business and governments have used economic adversity as an excuse to limit efforts to address… Read More »
CLIMATE-PROTECTING DEVELOPMENT
December 6, 2009 Fourth in the series “Labor goes to Copenhagen One of the most contentious issues in climate negotiations is how to share the burden of climate protection between the rich developed countries of the North and the poor developing countries of the South. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) represents unionized workers… Read More »
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