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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 / 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.

Clean Economy Union Jobs

Senate GOP Budget Bill Sells Out Workers to Pad Billionaire Pockets

The U.S. Senate voted today to pass its budget bill. The Senate version of the bill claws back grant funding aiding the transition to a clean energy economy and upholds a rollback of clean energy and advanced manufacturing tax credits passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The budget bill puts 2 million jobs within the country’s burgeoning clean energy manufacturing footprint at risk. No Democratic Senators supported the bill. 

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.”

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

New Data Reveals Broad Support Across the Political Spectrum for Unions and Workers’ Right to Organize

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…

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

Russell Vought’s Confirmation is a Disaster for Workers and the Environment

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. 

Testimony & Comments / Fairness for Workers and Communities

BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING: HEAT INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION IN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR WORK SETTINGS

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…

Press Releases & Statements / Clean Economy Union Jobs

BlueGreen Alliance Thanks President Biden for Working for Working People, Climate Action

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.…

Press Releases & Statements / Equity and Healthy and Safe Communities

Refinery Workers, Unions, and Frontline Community Groups Release Policy Roadmap for Contra Costa Refinery Transitions

The Contra Costa Refinery Transition Partnership (CCRTP) released a new report detailing the urgent need for proactive planning to prepare for future refinery closures in Northern California’s Contra Costa County. The report identifies 31 actionable policy recommendations aimed at ensuring a just and equitable transition for workers and frontline communities while addressing economic, environmental, and public…

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…

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