The Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) conducts workshops for labor organizations on climate change, and for environmental organizations on the history, structure, function and culture of the labor movement; so that deeper relationships can be cultivated.
The mission of LNS is to engage workers and communities in building a transition to a society that is ecologically sustainable and economically just.
Major themes and strategies:
- Climate change is the real job killer; not the answers.
- Just Transition is a bedrock principle, not an add-on.
- Keep the science front and center.
- Be a network, not a coalition.
- Focus on bottom up organizing coupled with top-down strategies.
- Build bridges to bring together these two great movements, labor and the environment, that made great gains when they worked together, but each time progress was made working together, something would happen that would drive them apart. Address these pitfalls and fault-lines head-on.