Green Jobs

  • Unions Can Address Jobs Crisis with Bold Action to Protect the Climate
    Sean Sweeney
    Jan 28 2011 - 11:25am

    Unions can use the promise of a Green New Deal to turn climate negotiations into a rallying point. Some U.S. unions could start by breaking ties with polluting employers.

  • Making Climate Protection Worker-Friendly
    Joe Uehlein
    Jun 16 2010 - 8:08am

    “There are no jobs on a dead planet,” said one union leader to those arguing unions should care only about jobs, not the Earth. But is it fair to put the cost of halting ecological devastation on the fossil-fuel economy's workers?

  • Who Gets the Green Jobs, and Are They Any Good?
    Tiffany Ten Eyck
    Jul 15 2009 - 11:38am

    Just because a job’s green doesn’t mean it’s good. With everything going green—if it really is—what does that mean for our workplaces? A union-backed report by Good Jobs First cautioned that job creation in the new “green economy” often means more low-wage, low-benefit work with companies hostile to unions.