The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
Environment
The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers’ Rights Issue
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The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis. There’s no real hope of fighting this crisis without a strong working-class movement.
Environment
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements
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The unionization of environmental organizations is changing the climate justice movement for the better. Here’s how.
Environment
The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What’s Stopping the AFL-CIO?
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For the faculty, teachers and paraprofessionals who make up the AFT, leading in the fight against climate change is paramount. And to get the rest of the labor movement on board, Nelson has some advice: “If you believe in something, you gotta be willing to fight for it.”
COVID-19
Big ag companies say business continues amid coronavirus pandemic
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Farmers across the U.S. are prepping for planting season, amid concerns about how the Covid-19 pandemic could disrupt the supply chain, lead to labor shortages and influence price manipulation.
Environment
‘How Minnesota Corporations Pollute our Planet and Politics’
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A coalition of environmental justice groups and SEIU 26 representing workers who clean major Twin Cities office buildings released a study that criticizes major Minnesota corporations for policies blocking solutions to climate change and environmental racism.
Environment
Climate Activists Can’t Afford to Ignore Labor. A Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Why.
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In the words of Jim, a former worker who requested only his first name be used due to fear of retaliation, “Fossil fuels need to be phased out aggressively. That being said, I’m in the industry. You can’t just allow the people in that industry to become like the coal miners, just floundering.”
Environment
Climate Justice is a Union Issue
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On September 20, millions of students and community members participated in a global climate strike. Climate justice activists gathered in streets in incredible numbers across the world, many students striking from school, to challenge local and national governments to actively address climate breakdown. A major supporter of the student climate strike, working closely with the student-led Sunrise Movement, is the Service Employees International Union.
Environment
The Unions Backing Friday’s Global Climate Strike—And What It Means
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When asked why he’s planning to support the Global Climate Strike slated for September 20, Larry Hopkins, a rail crew driver for the transportation and maintenance company Hallcon, says the reason is simple: “I want to help preserve and protect our personal safety. Because right now, we’re in a climate emergency that is very bad for our health and our safety.
Environment
Airline Food Workers at MSP vote 99.7% to Strike
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The vote calls attention to growing crisis around catering workers’ wages, healthcare amid a booming airline industry
Environment
IBEW trains members to install electric vehicle charging stations
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Electrical Workers Local 1 and the St. Louis chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association have launched the first electrical car training program in Missouri and one of the few in America.