Policy Priorities / Workers' Rights
***This resource was updated in July 2026 and reissued. View the updated checklist here.*** States, municipalities, and companies can protect workers who are exposed to extreme heat by ensuring that safeguards are put into a written policy and enforced. The checklist below is your tool to ensure that workers are safeguarded against the threat of…
Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began laying off thousands of workers yesterday under the direction of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This was part of the agency’s reduction in force plan to fire 10,000 HHS workers.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday night that would end collective bargaining for any federal employee he determines is working on matters of national security.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin today announced plans to overturn more than 30 regulations and other policies that protect public health, support job creation, and ensure that Americans have access to clean air.
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Recognizing the importance of defending the right of working people to organize and form unions at this moment, U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, reintroduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO)…
Reports & Fact Sheets / Workers' Rights
Employers in the United States have a legal and moral imperative to protect the lives and well-being of their workers by providing safe and healthy working conditions. Commonsense protections such as water, rest, shade, training, and first aid procedures are crucial for meeting this central obligation to heat-exposed workers.
Press Releases & Statements / Chemical Safety
Congress passed Congressional Review Act (CRA) legislation yesterday, repealing the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Waste Emissions Charge (WEC). WEC—a rule established under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program—reinforced the immediate need for methane mitigation to curb climate change and protect communities and workers from harmful pollution. Together with the $1.5 billion in…
Press Releases & Statements / Workers' Rights
Today, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to develop plans—known as Agency Reductions in Force and Reorganization Plans (ARRPs)—for mass layoffs at their organizations and submit them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) no later than March 13, 2025.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
President Donald Trump today issued an executive order repealing several Biden-era climate measures, efforts to address systemic racial and environmental injustice, efforts to position the nation as a leader in the clean vehicle sector, and protections for civil servants.
Press Releases & Statements / Racial and Economic Equity and Environmental Justice
Today, the nation honors the legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a fervent supporter of unions and working people throughout his life.
Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs
President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation this evening as his term as president of the United States comes to a close. Over the course of the past four years, some of the Biden-Harris administration’s most significant achievements are: The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S.…
Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities
The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership (CCRTP) released a new report detailing the urgent need for proactive planning to prepare for future refinery closures in Northern California’s Contra Costa County. The report identifies 31 actionable policy recommendations aimed at ensuring a just and equitable transition for workers and frontline communities while addressing economic, environmental, and public…