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New Labor Forum Highlights: Feburary 19th, 2019
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below.
An increasing number of Americans now see climate change as an imminent threat caused by humans. Sixty-four percent of … Continue Reading ››
TUED International Conference on Just Transition
By John Treat for TUED On May 29, 2018, trade union representatives and close allies from more than a dozen countries met in New York City for TUED’s international conference, Towards a Just Transition: International Labor Perspectives on Energy, Climate and Economy. The conference brought together more than fifty participants, from both the global North … Continue Reading ››
TRADE UNIONS AND JUST TRANSITION: TUED WORKING PAPER #11
By Sean Sweeney and John Treat The concept of “Just Transition” has become increasingly in vogue in recent years in international political circles. While commonly ascribed to be “transformative” in potential, like any fashionable term it runs the risk of being emptied of content and coopted by arbiters of the status quo. So what really is Just … Continue Reading ››
Preparing a Public Pathway to Renewable Energy: TUED Working Paper #10
Why a profit-based approach to renewable energy is failing to deliver the energy transition, and why we urgently need to pursue public alternatives. By Sean Sweeney and John Treat Why, in a world awash with “idle capital” and in desperate need for a just energy transition to a renewables-based system, are global investment levels in renewable energy … Continue Reading ››
TUED Bulletin: UK Election & Our Energy Future
UK Elections: Labour Party Commits to Public Ownership of Energy Utilities, 60% Renewables by 2030
Compiled by Michael O’Neil for TUED The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn have released their 2017 manifesto for the June 8th General Election, entitled “For the Many, Not the Few.” The manifesto outlines policies of interest those dedicated to … Continue Reading ››
New Labor Forum Highlights: Feb. 6, 2017
The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below.
In the short time since Donald Trump was inaugurated, a lot has happened — with … Continue Reading ››
