We Need More Than “Good Faith” to Protect the Lives of Meatpacking Workers, Their Families
By Charlotte Brody, RN, Vice President of Health Initiatives for the BlueGreen Alliance
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Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
A Better Bailout for Workers
Congress took the first major step last week to address the immediate economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic when it passed legislation to provide paid time off to some workers and boost unemployment insurance, among other measures.
Blog / Supply Chain Development
Does Daylight Saving Time even save energy? Spring forward on energy efficiency anyways!
In 2008, The United States Department of Energy Department examined the impact of the extended Daylight Saving Time on energy consumption in the United States and found that Daylight Saving Time saved about 0.5% in total electricity per day. While this might not sound like a lot, it adds up to electricity savings of 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours—or…
Blog / Manufacturing and Industrial Policy
Another Trump Budget, More Broken Promises
The president’s 2021 budget cuts efforts to ensure worker and community health and safety, spur U.S. manufacturing and innovation, invest in the communities hardest hit by America’s transition to cleaner, cheaper energy, and protect our environment for future generations. The proposed cuts would make workplaces more dangerous, mean more pollution in our air and water,…
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
The GM Strike and the Future of American 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.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
How to Fix Climate Change and Income Inequality at the Same Time is a Debate Worth Having
Candidates seeking our presidency will be in Ohio tomorrow to debate the problems our nation faces and pitch their solutions to them. While worries about health care still dominate polling when it comes to the concerns of average folks, two other interrelated crises are rising up the charts: income inequality and climate change.
Blog / Advanced Clean Technology
Rolling Back Methane Regulation is a Leap in the Wrong Direction
One of the biggest challenges we face together as a nation is climate change and its ever growing threat.
Blog / Clean Economy Union Jobs
Creating a Prosperous, Fair, Clean Economy for Workers and Communities
To succeed in creating a new economy that values American workers, families, and our environment, we must ensure that nobody falls through the cracks. To do so we must build a globally competitive social safety net and reject the false narrative pushed by those intent on stifling the growth of the clean economy.
Blog / International Climate Agreements
It’s Time for Bold Action to Reduce Emissions
Any plan to address climate change that is not in line with what the science calls for is doomed to fail. That’s why when the BlueGreen Alliance and our labor and environmental partners drafted Solidarity for Climate Action science was front and center, and that’s why we’ve called for the United States to be on a path to net zero emissions by 2050.
Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing
Clean Car Standards Give Americans Freedom to Save, No Matter What They Drive
The 4th of July means its peak summer: barbecues, kids at the pool, roadwork, farm stands, and summer driving—in all kinds of vehicles.