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Jessica “Jess” Blane (they/them/she) is the Organizing Director at Climate Justice Alliance and is a bold community organizer, abolitionist, facilitator, orator, and writer. Born and raised in the mighty Midwest, they are a proud alum of Kentucky State University.

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Connecting labor rights, environmental justice, and direct action to build a regenerative future for workers and communities.

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A recent opinion piece co-authored by Edgar Franks, LNS board member and political director for the farmworkers union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, says...

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The Labor Network for Sustainability has joined a broad coalition of national organizations including Climate Justice Alliance, GreenLatinos, Indigenous Environmental Network, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and Western Environmental Law Center to oppose a “dangerous deregulatory permitting reform” proposal, disingenuously titled the ‘Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act’, currently being negotiated in Congress.

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The pioneering Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act put access to climate jobs front and center in its program for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 and a net-zero-carbon state economy by 2050. That is now creating a pathway into good jobs for individuals and communities that have been marginalized in the Illinois economy.

The post In Illinois, Climate Protection Means a Pathway to Union Jobs first appeared on Labor Network for Sustainability.

In a recent article on “Construction’s Data Center Gamble,” Mark Erlich, retired head of the New England Carpenters Union, cautioned that for construction unions, megaprojects like hyperscale datacenters “hold as much risk as opportunity.” Such megaprojects draw unionized workers away from smaller-scale, more conventional projects, opening the door for nonunion contractors.

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This summer was the hottest on record in the US. Yet worker heat standards proposed by the Biden administration are stalled, few states have more than token standards, and some state legislatures have even forbidden their towns and counties from passing their own heat protections.

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According to the U.N.’s just-released annual “Emissions Gap Report,” the Group of 20 industrialized nations have reduced climate-destroying emission in 2025, “with the United States of America being the major exception.”

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The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins this Friday — and could be the largest worker action against war in history.

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today’s Auditor General’s report on Canada’s Thermal Coal Commitments affirms that the federal government has stopped trying to achieve its commitments to end thermal coal exports by 2030. The government ditched its commitment with zero transparency, no public communications, and no internal reports to […]

Cory Doctorow talks to us about the internet, whether machines are conscious, why copyright maximalism won’t save us from ChatGPT, and why workers still have a chance to shape what comes next.

Adapted from a piece that originally appeared on his Substack, Flow senior policy advisor Dave Dempsey breaks down the threat of Great Lakes water diversions, and what the Great Lakes Compact does — and does not — protect.  One of the few issues that unites more than 90% of the Michigan voting public is strong opposition... Read more »

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Among much of the IWW today, there is an oft-unchallenged belief that the best way to build the union is to attend street protests, anarchist bookfairs, and other subcultural gatherings. The idea goes, bring recruitment materials to these protest events on weekends and you will find people interested in joining the IWW. Similarly, the impulse … Continue reading "A Union for Workers"

The election win for Serbia’s Student List reflects a deep desire for more democratic ways of doing politics. The test now is to see how the different forces within the movement can collaborate in changing the country’s institutions.

Safe Landing's: 'Welcome Aboard' - Nov 26th at 19:00 - 20:00 UTC+0. It's a great place to meet the team and connect with the community.

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Food systems employ more workers than any other sector of the global economy — roughly 1.4 billion people. And few industries are more rife with worker abuse.

A decade ago, an electric vehicle with more than 300 miles of range would have cost you nearly $100,000. Today, 300 miles of range sits in the middle of the market and consumers can expect at least 200 miles in even the least expensive models, based on the latest 2027 model-year data on fueleconomy.gov. This […]

La Vía Campesina alert the world to the grave situation facing Ecuador.

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La Vía Campesina stands in solidarity with the peoples in Haiti who are fighting for their sovereignty and dignity.

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