Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/environment/page/7/)
In a rally at the state Capitol and a protest outside U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s Minnesota office, labor and environmental groups Thursday voiced their opposition to CAFTA, the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement. They called on elected officials to invest in good jobs and a clean environment.
On the eve of Earth Day, the Blue Green Alliance will press the Minnesota Legislature to act for good jobs and a clean environment. Activities include a rally at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the Capitol Rotunda.
“5 Billion People, One Planet: Can We Coexist?” is the topic of the monthly St. Paul Labor Speakers Club program. Representatives of unions and environmental groups will discuss the future of labor and the environment.
In a lobbying effort signaling new unity between organized labor and the environmental movement, about 100 state legislators received office visits from union members and environmentalists speaking on a common agenda.
Much like the railroads expanded economic growth in the 1800s and the Internet transformed the business world in the 1990s, renewable energy can fuel good jobs in Minnesota and across the United States in this century, two national experts said Monday in St. Paul.
The potential for creating high-quality jobs by increasing energy efficiency and the availability of clean, renewable energy sources will be the focus of a ?Blue Green Forum? Sept. 13, at the Minnesota AFL-CIO.
Standing on the shores of Lake Superior at the foot of the historic Aerial Lift Bridge, labor and environmental leaders launched the Minnesota Blue Green Alliance, a grassroots coalition to promote the creation of good jobs while protecting the air, water, and land.
Farmers from Minnesota and around the world are in Washington this week for the 36th “World Farmers’ Congress” hosted by the National Farmers Union.
Led by the Steel Workers, a coalition of 17 unions, top environmental groups and Congressional Democrats is advocating “The Apollo Project,” an alternative energy plan they estimate would create 3.3 million jobs over 10 years.