The reality of global warming and its catastrophic consequences are today beyond debate. But American labor is caught in an internal stalemate among those who fear job loss from efforts to deal with global warming, those who have not considered global warming an important union issue, and those who see the climate crisis as a call for immediate action and an opportunity for sustainable economic development.
THE AMBIGUOUS HISTORY OF LABOR AND GLOBAL WARMING
April 14, 2007 This is the second of a series of pieces on Labor and Global Warming. The majority of union members, like the majority of Americans, undoubtedly want action on global warming. But the US labor movement has particular structural problems that make it difficult to confront broad social issues like global warming…. Read More »
A BLUE-COLLAR UNION GOES GREEN
April 7, 2007 This is the third in a series of pieces on Labor and Global Warming. Given the stereotypes about blue collar workers’ attitudes about the environment, you might presume that the United Steelworkers would be one of the unions least likely to seriously address the problem of global warming. But in fact… Read More »
EGYPTIAN TEXTILE WORKER STRIKE: THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
March 21, 2007 In a previous blog we described an unanticipated upheaval by 27,000 Egyptian textile workers in Mahala El-Kobra (also translated as Mahalla al-Kubra) that occurred at the end of last year. Faced with denial of their year-end bonus, fearing privatization of their company, and disgusted with the corruption of their employers, they… Read More »
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