Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Donald Trump is once again making sweeping statements of success and false promises from sea to shining swing state. But the numbers—and the facts—tell a different story.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
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.”
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
California, like the rest of the nation, is facing a number of gut punches including a pandemic, systemic racism, historic wildfire season, and unemployment.This September, BlueGreen Alliance is supporting a bill in California that, while not a silver bullet for all of our ailments, aims to move the needle slightly on every one of these issues.
Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs
As Congress debates the scope and scale of urgently needed COVID-19 relief and recovery packages, a recent public opinion poll highlights several critical considerations. Voters were clear. Financial assistance provided to larger corporations must be accompanied by specific and robust accountability measures to ensure that taxpayer money is spent efficiently and effectively in support of protecting jobs and positioning American industries for future success.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The BlueGreen Alliance and national labor, environmental, and public officials joined U.S. Sen. Tina Smith for a virtual town hall focused on the BlueGreen Alliance’s manufacturing agenda and the actions we need to take now to rebuild American manufacturing and good jobs in communities across the nation. Speakers included: U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) United…
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance—a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations—today released a national agenda to rebuild American manufacturing, cut pollution, and create and sustain the good-paying jobs necessary to rebuild the middle class and help fix America’s beleaguered economy.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives today unveiled new, economic-recovery focused legislation to rebuild America’s infrastructure and boost American manufacturing called the Moving Forward Act.
Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The Trump administration is expected tomorrow to release a rule dramatically weakening the nation’s globally competitive fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. A BlueGreen Alliance analysis estimated a rollback of the standards could cost at least 90,000 future jobs in American manufacturing.
Toolkit / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The Trump administration is taking action to deeply weaken America’s world-leading fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas standards. That action is bad for workers and the economy.
Testimony & Comments / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Kevin Lee, the State Policy Director for the BlueGreen Alliance, testified before the Joint Meeting of the Minnesota State Senate Committees on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
After more than a month on the picket lines, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) at General Motors (GM) returned to work this week having ratified a contract that means better and more equitable wages, secure health care benefits, and that their “temporary” co-workers have a path to permanent jobs.