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Climate Change

What We’re Doing

May 20, 2020
Speech

Trumka: We'll Either Have a Just Transition or No Transition at All

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on laying a politically and economically viable foundation for the transition to a clean economy to address climate change at the 2020 Ceres Global Investor Summit.
July 18, 2019
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Richard Trumka Says New Legislation Would Combat Climate Change and Create Good Jobs (KTVZ)

June 24, 2019
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Richard Trumka on Clean Coal and a Just Transition for Workers (Montana Public Radio)

October 10, 2018
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Report

Industry Matters: Smarter Energy Use Is Key for U.S. Competitiveness, Jobs and Climate Efforts

This report by Third Way, AFL-CIO and The Council on Competitiveness examines the reasons for making industrial efficiency and emissions reduction a national priority.
September 12, 2018
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Richard Trumka Says Labor Will Not Bear the Cost of Climate Policy Alone (Politico)

April 18, 2017
Blog

Unionized Scientists March in Protest of Attacks on Science and Jobs

Of all the attacks on our civil society, the attacks on evidence-based science pose perhaps the greatest existential threat. Decisions being made about climate science and environmental protection at this critical time will shape the future of our planet.

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