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)…

In these comments, BGA writes a notice of intent to BOEM to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Vineyard Mid-Atlantic project offshore New York. On behalf of the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), our partners, and the millions of members and supporters they represent, we thank you for the opportunity to comment on the notice…

A new survey of 1,189 likely voters across the country by Data for Progress and the BlueGreen Alliance found that bipartisan majorities of participants believe union neutrality agreements improve workplaces and they prefer companies that commit to such agreements. A bipartisan majority of voters (63%) support union neutrality agreements—a commitment made by a company to…

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.

 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. 

We thank the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the opportunity to comment on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for California offshore wind. We appreciate BOEM’s draft PEIS analyzing the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development in the five lease areas off California’s coast. The final sale notice for these areas included lease stipulations designed to promote the development of a robust domestic supply chain, advance flexibility in transmission planning, and create good paying, union jobs. BGA urges BOEM to include more robust stipulations and bidding credits in its future leases and consider our recommendations in this letter.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Russell Vought as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday. While he was still the unconfirmed OMB nominee, Vought orchestrated a sweeping freeze on federal grant and loan payments. This funding freeze halted investments authorized by Congress, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act. The pause also impacted public service programs that the country depends on. 

In these comments, BGA provides a list of recommendations for improving OSHA’s Proposed Heat Standard. January 29, 2025 BGA applauds the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in its progress towards establishing a first-ever federal protective heat standard for reducing heat-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the workplace. With global temperatures rising— and 2024…

January 21, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump yesterday ordered a freeze on new federal wind leasing in the Offshore Continental Shelf and a pause on approval and permitting for existing federal wind leases.  The order charges the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency with completing an assessment…

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.

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.

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.…