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

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.

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

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

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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Press Releases & Statements / Fairness for Workers and Communities

Coal Workers are the Trump Administration’s Last Consideration

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it would hand out $625 million to try to extend the life of a handful of aging coal plants even as electric utilities across the country continue to invest in cleaner and more affordable sources of energy. Over 8 gigawatts of coal power are scheduled to be retired this year alone. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum also announced his department would release 13 million acres of federal land for coal.

Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities

Trump Admininistration’s Latest Bad Move Will Roll Back Efforts to Fight Climate Change, Grow Clean Energy and Clean Manufacturing

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule that would roll back the 2009 “Endangerment Finding.” The finding is the main federal tool for regulating greenhouse gases, like methane and carbon dioxide. It applies to every sector that emits greenhouse gases, including power plants, cars, landfills, and oil and gas operations.

Testimony & Comments / Workers' Rights

Comment on Proposed Rule “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service” (RIN 3206-AO01)

We write in strong opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed rule titled “Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service,” published on April 23, 2025. Contrary to its stated intentions, this proposed rule would severely undermine the integrity and professionalism of the federal civil service by
reviving and expanding upon the discredited “Schedule F” policy from the first Trump administration—rebranded as “Schedule Policy/Career.”

Reports & Fact Sheets / Fairness for Workers and Communities

California Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership Report and Policy Recommendations

PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE The CCRTP is made up of nine core organizations, five of which have voting power within the partnership (*)—reflecting their direct representation of impacted frontline workers and communities—with the other three organizations acting as non-voting supporting organizations: United Steelworkers District 12* United Steelworkers Local 5*  United Steelworkers International Union   Asian Pacific Environmental Network*  UA…

Press Releases & Statements / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

DOE Conversion Grants Lift Up Manufacturing Workers and Communities

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the first ever award recipients of its Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. The Inflation Reduction Act-funded program is a first-of-its-kind effort to provide direct grants to recently closed or at-risk facilities and funds the retooling efforts needed to transform production lines that were building internal combustion engine vehicles and parts into production lines building electric vehicles (EVs) and parts.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Support for Impacted Workers

FACT SHEET: Lessons Learned from the Colorado Office of Just Transition

An analysis of the Colorado Office of Just Transition and its impact on communities and implementation of worker support since it opened in 2021. The report reviews the Office’s actions to date, identifies challenges and barriers to success, and provides recommendations for how it can continue to meet its objective of providing tangible support to coal transition workers and communities.

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