CWA Joins Blue Green Alliance to Build Green Jobs, Economy

CWA has joined the Steel Workers, the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other organizations in the Blue Green Alliance. The group is working on several levels to create good "green" jobs — in the United States and other nations — that help solve the problems of global warming, lift countries out of poverty and boost the global economy.

The organization represents 4 million people in the partnership to build a clean energy economy and create quality jobs.

Blue Green Alliance representatives attended the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poland, spotlighting the group's efforts and focusing on the need for green jobs strategies that will increase the number and quality of jobs, help solve the climate crisis, improve public health and improve the global economy.

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

By advancing the rights of workers, the U.S. can create exciting opportunities for American families in the green economy, Cohen said. "We share common concerns that runaway economic policies are preventing workers from organizing and bargaining collectively and fail to direct our economy to create sustainable middle-class jobs," he said.

The Blue Green Alliance also is working to educate the public about solutions to reduce global warming pollution that will result in the creation of millions of jobs and a clean energy economy, 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.