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Feb 12, 2023

When buildings are designed, built, and maintained to protect the health of people and the environment—and if the manufacturing of building products and materials create good-paying union jobs in the U.S.—then the wellbeing of people and communities will improve, especially for people of color. Building Clean works to increase the use of building products that are more efficient, less toxic, and manufactured in the U.S. We aim to improve the physical, environmental, and economic health of communities and promote a more equitable future for all.

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Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

Jul 25, 2019

Manufacturing towns dot the nation, and advanced manufacturing helps provide the foundation for the economy in major regions of the United States. Industries like the steel and automotive industries supported good-paying jobs, middle-class families, and prosperous communities for decades, while also spurring American leadership in innovation and technology. That’s still true in some areas. But in many others, factories have closed or new industries offer jobs that all too often are poorly paid, insecure, or unsafe.

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Reports & Fact Sheets / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs

Less Exposure and More Protection: What We Can Do Now to Protect More Black and Brown Workers’ Lives

Jul 29, 2020

This new paper looks at how the coronavirus pandemic has upended lives. The enormity of this pain, however, has not been borne equally. Latinx and Black Americans are three times as likely to become infected as their white neighbors and nearly twice as likely to die from the virus as white people.

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McConnell and Senate Republicans Side Against Workers with COVID-19 Package

Jul 27, 2020

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans today unveiled the broad strokes of a COVID-19 relief package, which would shield corporations from liability if their employees contract COVID-19 on the job, among other provisions.

Toolkit / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs

Crafting State Policy That Protects Workers From Infectious Diseases – A Policy Toolkit

Jul 24, 2020

This toolkit is intended to represent policy responses to COVID-19 that can help workers affected by the coronavirus, using examples drawn from state executive orders and legislation.

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Virginia Takes Action to Protect Workers

Jul 15, 2020

The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Safety and Health Code Board today adopted an emergency temporary standard to address COVID-19 hazards for all employees and employers under the jurisdiction of the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) program.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Good Jobs

Winning with White Working-Class Target Voters on Jobs and the Environment

Jun 18, 2020

White working-class voters in the Midwest were a critical component of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016. However, a new poll of 752 white working-class voters released by the BlueGreen Alliance tells the story of a new landscape.

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New Online Tool Launches to Shine Spotlight on Workers Left Unsafe During COVID-19

May 28, 2020

BlueGreen Alliance’s SafeJobChecklist.org Will Give Workers Access to Safety Information, Confidential Method to Report Conditions

Blog / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs

We Need More Than “Good Faith” to Protect the Lives of Meatpacking Workers, Their Families

Apr 30, 2020

By Charlotte Brody, RN, Vice President of Health Initiatives for the BlueGreen Alliance

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Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Former OSHA Official, BlueGreen Alliance Leaders Call on OSHA to Protect Workers on Workers’ Memorial Day

Apr 28, 2020

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today joined leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance and former Assistant Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) David Michaels to honor workers who have died on the job this year—including those who lost their battle with Covid-19—and to call on OSHA to protect workers during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

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Labor, Environmental, and Civic Leaders Call for Actions to Protect Workers, Bolster Economy

Apr 08, 2020

Leaders from the United Steelworkers (USW), Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA), Union of Concerned Scientists, and BlueGreen Alliance today called for immediate actions to protect workers on the job from COVID-19 and help families struggling with the economic devastation caused by the virus.

Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs

Trump Administration Strips Away Basic Industrial Protections For Workers, Communities, and Emergency Responders

Nov 21, 2019

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule dramatically weakening the Risk Management Program (RMP) for industrial facilities that handle dangerous chemicals.

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BlueGreen Alliance Opposes Nomination of Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor

Sep 19, 2019

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions meets today to consider the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be U.S. Secretary of Labor.

Letters / Good Jobs

Bluegreen Alliance and Partners Send Letter To U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Opposing Nomination of Eugene Scalia to be U.S. Secretary of Labor

Sep 19, 2019

The BlueGreen Alliance and seven labor and environmental partners urged the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to oppose the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be the U.S. Secretary of Labor

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Building Clean: Improving Efficiency, Health, and Equity in Housing and Creating Good Jobs

Solidarity for Climate Action: The Plan We Need to Get American Manufacturing Back on Track

All Updates & Resources

Less Exposure and More Protection: What We Can Do Now to Protect More Black and Brown Workers’ Lives

McConnell and Senate Republicans Side Against Workers with COVID-19 Package

Crafting State Policy That Protects Workers From Infectious Diseases – A Policy Toolkit

Virginia Takes Action to Protect Workers

Winning with White Working-Class Target Voters on Jobs and the Environment

New Online Tool Launches to Shine Spotlight on Workers Left Unsafe During COVID-19

We Need More Than “Good Faith” to Protect the Lives of Meatpacking Workers, Their Families

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Former OSHA Official, BlueGreen Alliance Leaders Call on OSHA to Protect Workers on Workers’ Memorial Day

Labor, Environmental, and Civic Leaders Call for Actions to Protect Workers, Bolster Economy

Trump Administration Strips Away Basic Industrial Protections For Workers, Communities, and Emergency Responders

BlueGreen Alliance Opposes Nomination of Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor

Bluegreen Alliance and Partners Send Letter To U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Opposing Nomination of Eugene Scalia to be U.S. Secretary of Labor