Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the House Committee on Natural Resources at its legislative hearing on H.R. 4248 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2019.
Blog / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
After more than a month on the picket lines, members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) at General Motors (GM) returned to work this week having ratified a contract that means better and more equitable wages, secure health care benefits, and that their “temporary” co-workers have a path to permanent jobs.
Letters / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
The BlueGreen Alliance, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, United Steelworkers, and Utility Workers Union of America today sent a letter to General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra urging GM to negotiate a fair contract with the United Auto Workers.
Testimony / Climate Change & the Clean Economy
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Jason Walsh today testified in front of the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at its hearing on Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions.
Testimony / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
The BlueGreen Alliance’s Director of Vehicles and Advanced Transportation Zoe Lipman today testified in front of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis during their hearing on manufacturing jobs for America’s workers
Testimony / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of fourteen of the nation’s largest and most influential labor unions and environmental organizations, collectively representing millions of members and supporters, urges the Department of Labor (DOL) to withdraw its proposed rulemaking titled “Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations,” which would exempt Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) from being used within the construction industry for an indefinite period of time.
Letters / Safe Chemicals, Safe Jobs
The BlueGreen Alliance and more than 40 concerned groups urged the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce to strengthen the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards to better protect workers, emergency responders, and local communities.
Research / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
In this report, we unpack these topline statistics and look in detail at the impact of less stringent standards on demand for clean vehicle technologies and the companies that build them. We look both at today’s vehicle technology manufacturing jobs that may be impacted if standards are weakened, and estimate the impact on future jobs and job growth in the industry.