Labor & Employment Law

Check Out the Latest Green Labor Journal

By James Parks

The economy of the future is green and  the global race to create new green jobs is fast. In the new online edition of the Green Labor Journal, Rachel Emas, a graduate student at Florida International University, profiles the eight U.S. states that have a lead in creating green jobs.

 She also discusses the policies that encourage the development of green industries. These policies can help increase employment, reduce inequality and poverty, move towards sustainability, ensure a stable economy, and protect the environment for future generations. Read this and other informative and thought-provoking articles in the Green Labor Journal at www.greenlaborjournal.org.

The Green Labor Journal is a collaboration between the National Labor College and the AFL-CIO Center for Green Jobs. The  Journal showcases union green initiatives in an accessible format, and provides up-to-date information from a labor perspective on new developments in green policy, technology and work processes.

Here are some other articles in the new Journal:

• ?Thousands Join “One Nation” Rally in D.C.,? includes a transcript of Green For All CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins? speech at the historic One Nation  Working Together rally Oct. 2 in Washington.
• ?Seattle: Community Power Works? explains how a high-road agreement will create thousands of high-quality, family-supporting jobs in clean energy economy.
• ?The California Apollo Program? profiles the California Apollo Alliance and its comprehensive strategy to continue creating good clean energy jobs in California even though the state?s  landmark climate law, AB 32, is under attack in the ballot measure Prop 23.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).