A just transition for US workers is within reach

ABSTRACT

We must respond to the climate crisis on the scale science demands. At the same time, working people should not suffer economically due to efforts to tackle climate change. Increasing unionization and improving job-quality in clean energy industries – including offshore wind generation and manufacturing sectors such as the electric vehicle industry – can drive climate action and ensure a just transition for workers.

KEYWORDS:

• Clean energy
• electric vehicles
• workers
• union
• manufacturing
• equity
• climate change

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Additional information

Funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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Jason Walsh

Jason Walsh is executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance, which unites America’s largest labor unions and its most influential environmental organizations to solve today’s environmental challenges in ways that create a clean, thriving, and equitable economy.