LABOR & SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

 

10:00 AM SESSION

 

THE CAMPAIGN FOR ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL SOURCES

 

SAVING THE FORD PLANT THROUGH GREEN MANUAFACTURING AND THE NEED TO EXPAND CLEAN MASS TRANSIT

 

HOW CAN WORKERS IN EXTRACTION INDUSTRIES PROTECT THEIR JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT? HOW CAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS DIALOGUE EFFECTILVEY WITH ORGANZIED LABOR?

 

THE CONVERSION TO WIND POWER:  BUILDING A WORKER/FARMER/INDIGENOUS ALLIANCE

 

GLOBAL WARMING:  THE SIGNS AND THE SCIENCE

 

 

1:00 PM SESSION

 

THE ENVIRONMENTAL, LABOR AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTING & USING COAL

 

SUSTAINABLE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN UNION CONTRACTS, RETROFITTING UNION FACILITIES FOR GREEN OPERATION & INVESTING UNION FUNDS IN CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY

 

CONFRONTING GLOBALIZATION:  EMBEDDING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & FAIR LABOR PRACTICES INTO TRADE AGREEMENTS WHILE GUARANTEEING FARMERS’ RIGHTS & FOOD SOVEREIGNTY

 

OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM & ACHIEVING JUSTICE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES & COMMUNITES OF COLOR

 

GROWING HEALTHY FOOD THROUGH SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE