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BlueGreen Alliance 2026 Federal Policy Playbook

Sep 14, 2026

This playbook is intended to guide federal policymakers in the development of legislation to build a worker and community-centered clean economy. It first lays out high-road recommendations that should be applied across legislation, then lays out specific policy recommendations for seven areas:

Policy Priorities / Clean Economy Union Jobs

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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Blog / Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

AB 841 supports high-quality jobs, helps prevent COVID-19 transmission in schools, and fights climate change

Sep 09, 2020

California, like the rest of the nation, is facing a number of gut punches including a pandemic, systemic racism, historic wildfire season, and unemployment.This September, BlueGreen Alliance is supporting a bill in California that, while not a silver bullet for all of our ailments, aims to move the needle slightly on every one of these issues.

Toolkit / Clean Economy Union Jobs

State-Based Policies To Build A Cleaner, Safer, More Equitable Economy – A Policy Toolkit

Jul 24, 2020

This Policy Toolkit provides information to decisionmakers on a series of policies and measures, including Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), Prevailing Wage and Worker Benefits, Local Hire and Targeted Hire measures, and Organizing Rights and Negative Determination that can be used to ensure the creation of good, union jobs in the clean economy.

Toolkit / Chemical Safety

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.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Water Infrastructure

Water Works: The Job Creation Potential of Repairing America’s Water Infrastructure

Jul 01, 2020

Our nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure is vital to the protection, treatment, and distribution of clean water resources.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

New Poll Finds Opportunity for Joe Biden with White Working-Class Voters in Key States

Jun 18, 2020

Poll Examines Attitudes of Voters Toward Donald Trump’s Attack on the Environment and Putting America Back on a Path to Economic Recovery

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union 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.

Chemical Safety

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

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Congress Comes Together to Help American Workers

Mar 26, 2020

The U.S. Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a legislative package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that includes added accountability for taxpayer funds that would go to companies; bolsters unemployment compensation; and directs urgently needed help to hospitals, schools, and millions of Americans, among other provisions.

Clean and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on State Emission Authority ‘Stupid’

Sep 18, 2019

In yet another attack on the longstanding and broadly agreed upon framework of clean car regulation, the Trump administration is shortly expected to move to revoke California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards more protective than the federal government.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Groups Say AB5 Will Ensure Fair Treatment for Workers, Cleaner Environment

Sep 12, 2019

Labor and environmental organizations today celebrated the passage of AB5, which codifies into law protections for workers often misclassified by companies as independent contractors, by California’s legislature.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance and Members Release Infrastructure Priorities

May 15, 2019

The priorities are intended to help Congress craft a comprehensive package that will repair and modernize the nation’s infrastructure in a way that will support the creation of high-quality jobs, reduce the emissions driving climate change, and make our communities more resilient.

Reports & Fact Sheets / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Investing in America’s Infrastructure to Create High-Quality Jobs and Protect the Environment

May 15, 2019

As a coalition of the nation’s largest labor unions and environmental groups, collectively representing millions of members and supporters, we write to urge you to swiftly move forward an ambitious plan to rebuild and transform America’s infrastructure. If done right, such a plan will boost our economy and create millions of jobs, while simultaneously reducing pollution, combating climate change, and strengthening our communities.

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BlueGreen Alliance 2026 Federal Policy Playbook

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

All Updates & Resources

AB 841 supports high-quality jobs, helps prevent COVID-19 transmission in schools, and fights climate change

State-Based Policies To Build A Cleaner, Safer, More Equitable Economy – A Policy Toolkit

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

Water Works: The Job Creation Potential of Repairing America’s Water Infrastructure

New Poll Finds Opportunity for Joe Biden with White Working-Class Voters in Key States

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

Congress Comes Together to Help American Workers

Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on State Emission Authority ‘Stupid’

Groups Say AB5 Will Ensure Fair Treatment for Workers, Cleaner Environment

BlueGreen Alliance and Members Release Infrastructure Priorities

Investing in America’s Infrastructure to Create High-Quality Jobs and Protect the Environment