![]() It is an all hands on deck, massive mobilization for addressing the climate crisis and the inequality crisis. The Green New Deal is a concept, and a framework that has been brought forward by a broad range of members of Congress, for a solution to dealing with climate change and income inequality by putting forth a bold mobilization like the New Deal of the 1930s. One of our goals as the Labor Network for Sustainability is to help shape the Green New Deal, to be at the table to help make it what we need it to be for workers. It’s really important that there be a labor perspective and a labor voice within the climate movement. The Labor Network for Sustainability was an idea that Joe Uehlein had to focus our attention and energies on this critical issue of connecting labor to the climate movement and just as importantly, connecting the climate movement to labor. What is the Labor Network for Sustainability? Cavanaugh stopped by APWU headquarters to discuss how the Green New Deal affects workers and union members, the stakes of climate change, and a “just transition.” The interview below has been condensed and edited for space and clarity. Mike Cavanaugh, Senior Strategic Advisor and Organizer in the Labor Network for Sustainability, has been an active labor organizer since 1973 – including 19 years at the national AFL-CIO, the last five of which he served as Executive Assistant to Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre. With carbon emissions continuing to rise, activists and organizers have pushed forward a “Green New Deal” to combat climate change and transition away from fossil fuels by 2030. ![]() (This article first appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of the American Postal Worker magazine) Financial Issues for Local, State Union Officers.Building Union Power: APWU National Organizing Drive 2022.APWU – Our Union, Our Contract, Our Future!. ![]()
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