Press Releases & Statements / Buy Clean
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced $100 million in grants to help manufacturers track and disclose the emissions associated with the production of materials and products used in infrastructure projects. This will help private and public sector purchasers know which materials are made in the most climate-friendly way.
Press Releases & Statements / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Today the BlueGreen Alliance hosted a webinar called “Game Changer: The Inflation Reduction Act and Clean Manufacturing.” Government officials, union representatives, environmental experts, industry representatives, and others across the U.S. heard leading climate and labor experts discuss the Inflation Reduction Act and its promise to revitalize industrial manufacturing.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
One-term President Donald Trump is traveling to Detroit to feed his own ego while striking United Auto Worker (UAW) members are fighting for fair wages, an end to the inequitable tier system, and a union-built electric vehicle (EV) future. In a clear display of Trump’s lack of respect for the striking workers, he will be speaking at a non-union facility. In advance of Trump’s trip, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
In response to an invitation from United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain, President Joe Biden today joined striking auto workers on the picket line outside Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, MI. This is believed to be the first time a sitting president has joined striking workers on a picket line, providing major credence…
Press Releases & Statements / Other
Following the announcement that United Steelworkers (USW) International President and BlueGreen Alliance Co-Chair Tom Conway has passed away, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Jason Walsh.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Our Appalachian Regional Organizer, Dan Taylor, and our Senior Policy Advisor, Brennen Cain, penned a blog for Reimagine Appalachia on how the clean energy tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act are setting the stage for a unionized clean economy.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
New analysis by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst commissioned by the BlueGreen Alliance and National Skills Coalition estimates that the combined investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) will support nearly 3 million jobs per year over the life span of the laws.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
The new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst estimates that the combined investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) will support nearly 3 million jobs per year and 19 million job-years over their lifetime.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Buildings
This factsheet lists the broad range of programs now available to K-12 public schools, school districts as well as state, local and Tribal governments—and guides them on how to maximize the social and economic impact of these dollars.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Union contracts for nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis expired on Thursday, September 14 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Those workers are now on strike or working without a contract. UAW is pushing for, among other items, fair and equal pay, safer workplaces—particularly in electric vehicle (EV) battery plants—and job security in the transition to EVs.
Testimony & Comments / Support for Impacted Workers
The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) commented in support of the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed standard on Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
‘EV Jobs Hub’ Charts Unionization, Investments in Disadvantaged Communities, and State and Local Subsidy Data for 188,000 Announced Jobs from $154 Billion in Investment in More Than 300 EV Facilities