Our Climate, Our Economy and Our Democracy

In a joint blog post on The Huffington Post, CWA President Larry Cohen and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune recognized the working Americans who are on the front lines, responding to and solving the climate crisis. They wrote:

We want to honor the first responders who stayed on the job for days and nights through and after Superstorm Sandy, even while their own homes and families were devastated: The health care workers who evacuated patients down darkened flights of stairs in hospitals that lost power; the transit workers who restored flooded subway and bus systems in record time; the utility workers who risked their lives to restore power; the public workers who helped families and communities hit hard by the storm.

We want to honor the 19 firefighters who lost their lives last summer battling a savage and unpredictable wildfire near Prescott, Arizona.

And we want to honor the workers who are building the burgeoning clean economy that is leading us toward healthier communities and a stable climate: The electricians and pipefitters who are building the solar, wind, and geothermal power that is meeting more and more of our energy needs; the laborers, insulators, and building service workers who are making our buildings more energy efficient; the transit workers who are moving us forward on public transport; the utility workers, pipefitters, and sheet metal workers who are repairing our aging power grid and water and urban gas distribution networks.

Read the full story here.

And join us as CWA partners with more than 1,000 organizations for the largest climate march in history.

What: People's Climate March
When: Sunday, Sept. 21 at 11:30 a.m.
Where: New York City