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National Coalition Announces Groundbreaking National Green Jobs Conference
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USW Endorses Rendell’s Energy Independence Strategy
USW President Calls for Regulation of Emissions to Stem the Rising Tide of Global Warming
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USW President Gerard is presented Apollo Alliance “Right Stuff Award” at Take Back America Conference
USW and Sierra Club Announced ‘Blue/Green Alliance’
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The United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest private sector manufacturing union with 850,000 members, and the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest grassroots environmental organization with 750,000 members, announced in June 2006 the formation of a strategic alliance to pursue a joint public policy agenda under the banner of Good Jobs, A Clean Environment, and A Safer World.

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AFL-CIO Opens Center for Green Jobs

A new AFL-CIO Center for Green Jobs was opened on February 5, 2009 that will focus on assisting unions, their employers and other partners to create the environmentally sustainable economy of the future by stimulating the development of good green jobs and helping train the workforce those jobs require. United Steelworkers (USW) International President ... more

We Campaign - We Can Solve The Climate Crisis

The 850,000-member United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance are working jointly with the We Campaign to educate their members about global warming and activate them behind solutions that promote economic prosperity. Our member-to-member program is the first of its kind to build a blue collar constituency for global warming solutions, highlighting ... more

National Coalition Announces Groundbreaking National Green Jobs Conference

National Coalition Announces Groundbreaking National Green Jobs Conference Union, Environmental, Business and Elected Leaders to Discuss Economic, Environmental Potential of Green Collar Jobs News Advisory: February 8, 2008 PITTSBURGH – A national coalition of over 80 organizations today announced plans for “Good Jobs, Green Jobs: A National ... more

Leo the Linchpin

An article published September 24, 2007 by Jim Grossfeld on the American Prospect Web site Steelworker President Leo Gerard looks like an old-time union leader, but he's put together a labor-environmentalist alliance that bridges some growing Democratic fissures. Leo Gerard is central casting's idea of a labor leader: tough and big. Really big -- 6 ... more