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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

Feb 12, 2023

When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Jul 25, 2019

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

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Investments in PFAS cleanup will Create Jobs, Improve Public Health

May 27, 2021

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) today took part in a roundtable discussion on the need to support federal level efforts to set public health standards around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and sufficiently fund efforts to help communities deal with existing contamination issues.

Letters / Chemical Safety

BlueGreen Alliance urges withdrawal of a proposed rule regarding the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards

Mar 02, 2021

On January 6, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) posted a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would remove 49 explosive chemicals from Appendix A of the Chemical Facility Anti- Terrorism Standard (CFATS). CISA explains that the intent of their proposal is to reduce the regulatory and compliance burden…

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As Trump Travels to Minnesota and Wisconsin to Tout Record, New Report Spotlights Trump Administration’s Attacks on Workers, the Environment, and Jobs

Sep 17, 2020

Ahead of President Trump’s rallies in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the BlueGreen Alliance today released Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment, an interactive report exploring the real world impacts of the Trump administration’s actions on workers’ rights and safety, environmental protection, job creation, and pandemic response.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment

Sep 17, 2020

As the current presidential term comes to an end, the nation is at a natural moment for taking stock. In evaluating the Trump administration, Americans will want to know: has this President improved my situation in life and is the nation’s future brighter? Analysis of a range of policy actions made by the Trump administration reveals that overwhelmingly the answer to that fundamental question for working families is a resounding “no.”

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Maine Environmental Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Striking Bath Iron Works Workers

Jul 31, 2020

The following is a statement from the BlueGreen Alliance, Conservation Law Foundation, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Maine Conservation Voters, Maine People’s Alliance, Natural Resources Council of Maine, and Sierra Club Maine, who are standing in solidarity with the workers on strike at Bath Iron Works:

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U.S. Sen. Duckworth Joins Labor, Environmental Leaders to Call for Senate Action to Establish an Enforceable Workplace Standard to Protect Workers

Jul 29, 2020

As Senate Republicans focus on legislation that would shield companies from legal accountability for endangering workers on the job during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance in calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to take up a COVID-19 relief bill that establishes an enforceable temporary Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard to protect working people on the job during this pandemic.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Chemical Safety

Less Exposure and More Protection: What We Can Do Now to Protect More Black and Brown Workers’ Lives

Jul 29, 2020

This new paper looks at how the coronavirus pandemic has upended lives. The enormity of this pain, however, has not been borne equally. Latinx and Black Americans are three times as likely to become infected as their white neighbors and nearly twice as likely to die from the virus as white people.

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McConnell and Senate Republicans Side Against Workers with COVID-19 Package

Jul 27, 2020

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans today unveiled the broad strokes of a COVID-19 relief package, which would shield corporations from liability if their employees contract COVID-19 on the job, among other provisions.

Toolkit / Chemical Safety

Crafting State Policy That Protects Workers From Infectious Diseases – A Policy Toolkit

Jul 24, 2020

This toolkit is intended to represent policy responses to COVID-19 that can help workers affected by the coronavirus, using examples drawn from state executive orders and legislation.

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Virginia Takes Action to Protect Workers

Jul 15, 2020

The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Safety and Health Code Board today adopted an emergency temporary standard to address COVID-19 hazards for all employees and employers under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Winning with White Working-Class Target Voters on Jobs and the Environment

Jun 18, 2020

White working-class voters in the Midwest were a critical component of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016. However, a new poll of 752 white working-class voters released by the BlueGreen Alliance tells the story of a new landscape.

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New Online Tool Launches to Shine Spotlight on Workers Left Unsafe During COVID-19

May 28, 2020

BlueGreen Alliance’s SafeJobChecklist.org Will Give Workers Access to Safety Information, Confidential Method to Report Conditions

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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

All Updates & Resources

Investments in PFAS cleanup will Create Jobs, Improve Public Health

BlueGreen Alliance urges withdrawal of a proposed rule regarding the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards

As Trump Travels to Minnesota and Wisconsin to Tout Record, New Report Spotlights Trump Administration’s Attacks on Workers, the Environment, and Jobs

Misled: The Impact of the Trump Administration’s Agenda on Working Families and the Environment

Maine Environmental Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Striking Bath Iron Works Workers

U.S. Sen. Duckworth Joins Labor, Environmental Leaders to Call for Senate Action to Establish an Enforceable Workplace Standard to Protect Workers

Less Exposure and More Protection: What We Can Do Now to Protect More Black and Brown Workers’ Lives

McConnell and Senate Republicans Side Against Workers with COVID-19 Package

Crafting State Policy That Protects Workers From Infectious Diseases – A Policy Toolkit

Virginia Takes Action to Protect Workers

Winning with White Working-Class Target Voters on Jobs and the Environment

New Online Tool Launches to Shine Spotlight on Workers Left Unsafe During COVID-19