Green Jobs
First Americans & all Americans
November 11, 2009Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Read moreForeign companies getting bulk of green stimulus
November 10, 2009Of the $1.05 billion of stimulus funds handed out for clean energy grants since Sept. 1, 84 percent - $849 million - has gone to foreign wind companies.
Read moreLabor, progressives, manufacturers meet: ‘Think big & bold’ to rebuild economy
October 30, 2009WASHINGTON — A jam-packed conference here Oct. 29 demanded bold action for a new, green manufacturing economy.
Read moreDeficit lies
October 29, 2009The Republican attacks on extending the economic stimulus, on universal health care, on climate change legislation and financial reform all make reference to the exploding deficit and to the burden an immense debt may place on...
Read moreA wind farm in Pa. fuels green-collar union jobs
September 15, 2009EBENSBURG, Pa. -- As the G-20 Summit prepares to open in Pittsburgh Sept. 24 to deal with global capitalism's severe economic crisis, labor journalists from the International Labor Communicators Association visited some 15 area work sites...
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