Labor unions and envi­ron­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions spoke out against leg­is­la­tion to pro­hibit state agencies from rules more strin­gent than fed­eral standards, saying that this would wipe out important environmental, consumer and worker protections.

Members 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.

“We Are One” kicks off today with more than 1,000 events across the country this week in support of workers’ rights. The BlueGreen Alliance a statement from Executive Director David Foster.

According to Dave Foster, “Ohio needs a jobs plan to put people back to work. Instead of focusing on job creation, the Ohio House of Representatives passed legislation that will take a wrecking ball to the rights of public workers.”

After the Wisconsin Legislature passed Governor Walker’s plan to eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director David Foster.

Labor and environmental leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance today came together to decry the continuing efforts to dismantle unions through a barrage of legislative proposals designed to weaken collective bargaining and on-the-job protections.

After California voters defeated Proposition 23 on Election Day, the BlueGreen Alliance said that this was a clear victory for clean energy.

Citing the state’s high unemployment rate and the urgent need to make the environment cleaner and safer, Latino labor and environmental leaders today held a press teleconference to call on voters in California to vote no on Proposition 23.

In the lead up to the state’s vote on Proposition 23, Latino leaders held a press tele-conference call to urge opposition to measure, which would repeal landmark clean energy jobs and clean air legislation.

After the release of the California unemployment statistics for September, BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster said the state could not afford to turn away the good clean energy jobs AB32 will create.

Citing California’s leadership in clean energy investments and the need to solve the state’s job crisis, union leaders, solar energy industry officials, and leading venture capitalists today came together to urge Californians to vote no on Prop 23.

The BlueGreen Alliance sent a letter to member of Congress urging them to support H.R. 5967, the Clean Ports Act of 2010, which would permit ports to implement programs like the LA Clean Trucks Program.