Labor Day comes from the labor movement’s rich history and struggle.
Category: Environmental Justice
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The Legacy of Labor Day, 1
This Labor Day weekend, we’re celebrating Tony Mazzocchi, the former president of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union.
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IEN’s Protecting Mother Earth Conference Centers Indigenous Just Transition
The cross-movement, cross-cultural dialogues at this beautiful event resonate with the aims of our just transition vision.
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Demanding a Voice at the UN Climate Conference
We raise our voices to remind government officials that there cannot be a just transition if affected communities and workers are not part of the decision-making process.
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Waste Workers’ Initiatives in the Philippines
We returned to the US with a deeper understanding and commitment to our collaboration with those leading the most innovative pathways towards a future free of plastics pollution.
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Just Transition Allies: Environmental Justice Communities Against Plastics
Established in 2021, EJCAP tackles every aspect of the “death cycle” of plastic pollution, prioritizing frontline communities’ needs every step of the way.
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JTA and Allies at the Ottawa Global Plastics Treaty Talks (INC-4)
We learned about many ways communities and workers are impacted by the plastics-petrochemical industrial complex, as well as the spectrum of demands these frontline groups were bringing to the treaty talks.
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Worker-Community Solidarity in the Struggle for a Zero Waste Future
Forging this partnership with the Teamsters will be crucial to shaping a zero waste future in the wake of recent historic shifts to California’s waste management sector...
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JTA Attends the First Congress of International Alliance of Waste Pickers
During the IAWP congress, José and Ananda participated in tours of various recycling facilities run by waste worker cooperatives...
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It Takes Roots Reports Live from Bonn UN Climate Talks
Our expert EJ panelists reported on global progress and setbacks on preventing the climate crisis and how UN measures relate to EJ communities at home.