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 »
THERE’S AN ALTERNATIVE
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 »
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 »
LESSONS FROM HARD TIMES PAST – 1
July 12, 2009 We’re back! Well almost. For the past few months GLS staff have been working on a project assessing US labor’s current and future role in efforts to address the climate change crisis. The fruits of our efforts will appear here and elsewhere in the future. But a tight deadline has meant… Read More »
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