Labor Network for Sustainability
Template:TOCnestleft Labor Network for Sustainability was in part founded on the belief that the corporate “jobs vs. environment” frame succeeds because it fits into our silo approach to politics: labor can focus on jobs, and leave the environment to the environmental movement. This “blue-green” silo approach is outdated and will continue to fall short in terms of building the movement needed to achieve a sustainable future for the planet and its people. The LNS vision is of a future for the planet grounded in full-spectrum sustainability (environmental, social, and economic). We were founded in 2009 based on an understanding that long-term sustainability cannot be achieved without combining three elements: 1) environmental protection, and in particular addressing climate change; 2) economic fairness, in particular addressing income inequality and jobs; and 3) social justice, in particular eliminating prejudice and defending human and civil rights and democracy. We believe that workers and environmentalists must be engaged together in order for our society to address the dual deepening crises of both climate and income inequality. We further believe that the environmental movement should have a jobs program of its own, and should not leave the jobs piece up to labor. We believe that the labor movement should become a part of the solution to climate crisis, and have a climate program of its own, because it is in their core self interest, rather than leaving climate protection up to the environmental movement. In other words, we believe both movements need to move beyond simply trying to understand and even honor each other’s core missions and begin to internalize how their missions are truly intertwined.[1]
People vs. Fossil Fuels
Jamie Henn's Fossil Free Media is organizing "civil disobedience" at the White House October 11-15, 2021 to convince Joe Biden to take executive action to stop fossil fuels through their People vs. Fossil Fuels coalition of far left environmental activists.[2] Labor Network for Sustainability was named as a People vs. Fossil Fuels endorsing national organization.
LNS Board
Labor Network for Sustainability board, July 2018;[3]
- Barbara Byrd, Board Treasurer and Chairperson of Compensation Committee, Portland, OR.
- Dr. Elaine Bernard, Board Member, Cambridge, MA.
- John Brown Childs, Board Member, Santa Cruz, CA.
- Sarita Gupta, Executive Director of Jobs with Justice.
- Lisa Hoyos, Board Secretary and Secretary of Compensation Committee, San Francisco, CA.
- Jennifer Krill, Board Member, Washington DC and San Francisco, CA.
- Carla Lipsig-Mumme, Board Member, Toronto, Ontario, CA.
- Bob Massie, Board Member, Somerville MA.
- Ananda Lee Tan, Board Member, Berkeley, CA.
- Joseph B. Uehlein, Board President, [Takoma Park], MD
LNS Team
Labor Network for Sustainability team, July 2018;[4]
- Joseph B. Uehlein, Founding President of the Labor Network for Sustainability.
- Michael Leon Guerrero, Executive Director of the Labor Network for Sustainability.
- Jeremy Brecher
- Becky Glass
- Harley Mocker
- In Memoriam: LNS Co-Founder Tim Costello
AOC connection
Climate Justice Alliance January 10 · 2019·
Excited to share our vision for a #JustTransition and the #GreenNewDeal with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Climate Justice Alliance members from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon, Indigenous Environmental Network, the New Economy Coalition the Labor Network for Sustainability, and UpRose Bk shared their solutions and brought the frontlines to Capitol Hill. Stay tuned for a video message from Representative Ocasio-Cortez.
- ClimateJustice #GreenNewDeal #JustTransition #GND — with Cynthia Mellon, Lex Barlowe, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Ananda Lee Tan, Angela Adrar, Tom Goldtooth and Marion Gee.