by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 19 July 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/transforming-transportation-from-below/   People are acting at the local and state level to create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas pollution, and equalize transportation by expanding and electrifying public transit, electrifying cars and trucks, and making it safe to walk and… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 2 June 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/unions-making-a-green-new-deal-from-below-part-2/ This second of two commentaries on “Unions Making a Green New Deal from Below” portrays what it looks like when unions in a town decide to create a local Green New Deal or when unions in a… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 20 May 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/unions-making-a-green-new-deal-from-below-part-1/ While Washington struggles over job and climate programs, unions around the country are making their own climate-protecting, justice-promoting jobs programs. While unions have been divided on the Green New Deal as a national policy platform, many national… Read More »

by Jeremy Brecher, originally published 23 March 2022 on Labor Network for Sustainability’s Stike! Commentaries, accessible here: https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/fossil-fuel-phaseout-from-below/   Protecting the climate requires rapidly reducing the extraction of fossil fuels. That’s a crucial part of the Green New Deal. While the federal government has done little so far to reduce fossil fuel production, people and… Read More »