November 20, 2009 By Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher When world leaders meet in Seattle after Thanksgiving for the “pre-millennial” session of the World Trade Organization, many will sincerely believe that there is no alternative to the present direction of globalization. But all over the world, activists and scholars associated with environmental, religious, labor,… 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
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 »
LABOR’S STAKE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
October 19, 2009 Climate change will directly affect most American workplaces not in some theoretical future but in the working lives of those now in the industry. And their unions will be affected right along with them. New Orleans was perhaps the most highly unionized city in the South. But when Katrina hit, unions… Read More »
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