Climate Change & the Clean Economy
Leaders from the BlueGreen Alliance—a national partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations—today released a national agenda to rebuild American manufacturing, cut pollution, and create and sustain the good-paying jobs necessary to rebuild the middle class and help fix America’s beleaguered economy.
High Road Investment in Public Infrastructure
Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives today unveiled new, economic-recovery focused legislation to rebuild America’s infrastructure and boost American manufacturing called the Moving Forward Act.
Toolkit / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
The Trump administration is taking action to deeply weaken America’s world-leading fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas standards. That action is bad for workers and the economy.
Testimony / Clean Vehicles and Fuels
Kevin Lee, the State Policy Director for the BlueGreen Alliance, testified before the Joint Meeting of the Minnesota State Senate Committees on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance.
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 / 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