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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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California Commits to Workforce Standards in Clean Trucking Subsidies in win for Labor, Environmental Advocacy, and Environmental Justice Groups

Oct 09, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 794 today, which will put California on track to meet bold zero-emission vehicle goals and advance the cause of economic justice for exploited truck drivers in the state.

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BlueGreen Alliance Statement on the Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Aug 05, 2021

Today the world lost a powerful and passionate voice for workers. Richard Trumka began his career fighting for the rights of mineworkers and rose to lead the nation’s largest labor organization, where he helped lift up the voices of working people to ensure that their work was fairly compensated and their jobs were safe and healthy.

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Limited Scope of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Leaves too Many Workers in Danger

Jun 10, 2021

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today released an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The ETS applies only to healthcare workers and was released alongside updated general industry guidance.

Letters / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Passage of the PRO Act

May 08, 2021

The PRO Act would take tangible steps to stem the tide of continued violations of the rights of working people to organize and would provide real consequences for those who violate the rights of workers.

Blog / American Jobs Plan Blog Series

Wonk Wednesday: Standing up for Worker’s Rights

May 05, 2021

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act—which President Joe Biden included in his historic American Jobs Plan—is a meaningful step to bringing back the American middle class.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance National Energy Transition Policy Framework

May 05, 2021

America’s energy transition is well underway. This platform is a roadmap to ensure that the transition is fair for workers and communities.

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PRO Act Crucial to Protecting the Rights of Workers, Growing Thriving, Equitable Economy

Mar 10, 2021

The United States House of Representatives today passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act is designed to ensure workers can band together to negotiate better wages and safer working conditions by ending prohibitions on collective and class action litigation; prohibiting employers from permanently replacing striking employees; and amending how employees are defined to ensure that no one is misclassified as an independent contractor. In addition, it would strengthen remedies and enforcement for employees who are exercising their rights; create a mediation and arbitration process for new unions; protect against captive audience meetings; and streamline National Labor Relations Board procedures.

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BlueGreen Alliance Priorities for Economic Recovery

Jan 29, 2021

As we make investments to get the economy back on track, everything we do must be aimed at building a stronger, fairer, and cleaner economy that creates and sustains the good, high-paying jobs of the future and makes our communities and workers more resilient to crises.

Letters / Workers' Rights

BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Comprehensive COVID-19 Relief Package

Jan 29, 2021

The BlueGreen Alliance sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging the prioritization of workers and families as Congress continues to work to provide critical relief during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans Vote on another Pitiful COVID-19 Relief Package

Oct 23, 2020

The U.S. Senate recently voted on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s new $500 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes provisions from their previously released HEALS Act, which would shield corporations from liability if their employees contract COVID-19 on the job.

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House Passes another Covid-19 Relief Package while Senate Republicans Sit on their Hands

Oct 02, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed an updated version of the HEROES Act—a bill that Republicans in the Senate have refused to bring to a floor vote for four months.

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Senate Republicans’ New COVID Package Just as Bad as HEALS

Sep 10, 2020

The U.S. Senate today voted on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s COVID-19 relief package that includes provisions from their previously released HEALS Act, which would shield corporations from liability if their employees contract COVID-19 on the job.

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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

California Commits to Workforce Standards in Clean Trucking Subsidies in win for Labor, Environmental Advocacy, and Environmental Justice Groups

BlueGreen Alliance Statement on the Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Limited Scope of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Leaves too Many Workers in Danger

BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Passage of the PRO Act

Wonk Wednesday: Standing up for Worker’s Rights

BlueGreen Alliance National Energy Transition Policy Framework

PRO Act Crucial to Protecting the Rights of Workers, Growing Thriving, Equitable Economy

BlueGreen Alliance Priorities for Economic Recovery

BlueGreen Alliance Calls for Comprehensive COVID-19 Relief Package

Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans Vote on another Pitiful COVID-19 Relief Package

House Passes another Covid-19 Relief Package while Senate Republicans Sit on their Hands

Senate Republicans’ New COVID Package Just as Bad as HEALS