Blue Green Alliance to Hold Green Jobs Forum

CWA President Larry Cohen will be a major speaker at the Blue Green Alliance's "Good Jobs, Green Jobs" conference in Washington, D.C., in February.

CWA, along with the Steelworkers, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other organizations, is working on several levels to create good "green" jobs – in the United States and other nations – that help lift the economy and solve the problems of global warming.

Blue Green Alliance representatives also attended the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poland Dec. 1-12, focusing on the need for green jobs strategies around the world.

The Blue Green Alliance also is working to educate the public about the critical need to restore the rights of workers to form a union and bargain collectively, the establishment of a fair trade policy and curbs on the use of toxic chemicals to enhance and protect public health.