January 25, 2012
Michigan labor and environmental organizations representing an estimated 450,000 Michiganders today stood together to reject attempts to weaken the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Citing the importance of these protections to job creation and public health, representatives from the Michigan AFL-CIO, United Steelworkers (USW), Michigan American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Sierra Club highlighted several resolutions passed by labor organizations and local unions throughout the state in support of EPA’s authority to protect public health and the environment under the Clean Air Act.
January 18, 2012 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
After Governor Snyder delivered the State of the State in Michigan, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Jobs21! National Co-chair Mark Schauer saying that the state must continue its efforts to create jobs through clean energy and fuel efficiency standards.
December 01, 2011
Following Governor Rick Snyder's veto of House Bill 4326, a bill passed by the Legislature that prevents state agencies from having stricter rules than the federal government, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from former Congressman and BlueGreen Alliance Jobs21! campaign Co-Chair Mark Schauer:
November 30, 2011
Former Michigan Congressman and BlueGreen Alliance Jobs21! National Co-Chair Mark Schauer led a roundtable discussion today at the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) to urge Michigan to invest in its transportation systems and crumbling infrastructure and increase public transportation to keep America competitive, decrease pollution and create good, green jobs. The discussion was followed by a tour of the CATA facility expansion.
November 28, 2011
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) joined business, labor, environmental, civic and investor leaders at a news conference earlier today in highlighting plans for a foundry facility in Eaton Rapids that will cast hubs and other components for wind turbines and at full production could bring approximately 200 new jobs to the area. The event at Dowding Industries/Astraeus Wind Energy also marked the release of the BlueGreen Apollo Alliance’s Michigan Green Manufacturing Action Plan (GreenMAP), a report that provides a roadmap for growing clean energy and creating jobs in the state of Michigan.
November 21, 2011
As Governor Rick Snyder decides whether or not he will veto a bill that prevents state agencies from having stricter rules than the federal government passed by the Legislature last Thursday, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Jobs21! Co-Chair Mark Schauer:
November 09, 2011
Calling the need for action on job creation “urgent,” Congressmen John Conyers and Hansen Clarke, both of Michigan, and local labor and environmental leaders joined together today at Detroit-based NextEnergy to urge the passage of the President’s jobs plan, along with additional clean energy policies to encourage the creation of millions of good, jobs.
October 27, 2011
The Sheet Metal Workers’ in Michigan was dedicated in 1977 and had the first “straight” air solar heating system in the state and it continues today to provide workers with skills to make homes and businesses more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
October 20, 2011
With no end in sight to the jobs crisis, unemployed workers and local residents gathered in Monroe today to call on elected officials to invest in infrastructure to create good-paying construction jobs and jumpstart Michigan’s economy. Similar actions are planned across the state this week in Lansing, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie, Kalamazoo and Monroe. The rallies are being organized by We Are the People and BlueGreen Alliance.
September 29, 2011
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (September 29, 2011) Former Michigan Congressman and Jobs21! National Co-Chair Mark Schauer led a roundtable today discussion on rebuilding the state’s transportation infrastructure at Rapid Central Station, followed by a tour of the facility
July 27, 2011
July 23, 2011
Door to door, community to community, people from all over the country are coming together because we all want the same thing: to keep our current jobs and to create new jobs in the industries that will drive the 21st century global economy. The Jobs21! campaign, coordinated by the BlueGreen Alliance, is a nationwide, grassroots campaign to maintain our jobs now and create new ones and to ensure America leads the 21st century economy.
July 22, 2011 | BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE
The Michigan and Wisconsin Women of Steel, an organization within the United Steelworkers dedicated to advancing working women's issues, recently passed a resolution declaring their support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's authority to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
May 25, 2011
embers and representatives from the state’s top environmental organizations — the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter and Clean Water Action — today joined with Michigan labor leaders to call for an end to recent attacks on workers’ rights — declaring that union workers are Michigan’s guardians of the environment. The labor and environmental leaders, led by BlueGreen Alliance Jobs21! Co-Chair and former Michigan Congressman Mark Schauer, called for a statewide plan to preserve and create the jobs of the 21st century economy in Michigan.
September 30, 2010
Michigan Workers are Building the Clean Energy Economy
March 17, 2010
February 25, 2010
Michigan workers support a clean energy economy
February 04, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
SEIU members Robin Barfoot and Yolande Langston from Michigan recently spoke about their support for clean energy and the Blue Green Alliance
February 03, 2010 | Blue Green Alliance
The Michigan Blue Green Alliance is bringing together environmentalists and labor unions to build a strong, clean energy economy - creating jobs while protecting the environment in Michigan.
November 12, 2009 | Blue Green Alliance Report Provides Recommendations for Creating Manufacturing Jobs in Michigan
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