by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 2 May 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/protecting-workers-and-communities-from-below-part-2-there-ought-to-be-a-law/ Listen to the audio version >>   As key states start reducing their use of coal, oil, and gas, what will happen to the workers who produce, transport, and burn those fossil fuels? The previous Commentary, “Protecting… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 2 April 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/the-willow-project-which-side-should-labor-be-on/ Listen to the audio version >> American unions increasingly recognize the threat of climate change to workers and their communities. Yet some unions continue to promote programs like Alaska’s Willow Project that violate the basic requirement of… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 23 March 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/protecting-workers-and-communities-from-below-part-1-on-the-ground/ Listen to the audio version >>   Climate protection will create jobs for workers and economic development for communities. But as fossil fuel facilities are closed down there will also be some jobs lost and some communities… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 21 February 2023 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/articles/new-foundations-for-the-house-of-labor/ Workers’ problems are not limited to their relationships with their immediate employers. How can they gain the power to affect the hidden decisionmakers who affect them both at work and in the rest of their lives? Two… Read More »