A shift from fossil fuels to clean energy could leave many workers behind. That's why the climate proposal includes provisions for protecting workers' rights.
Last week, the 2 million-member Service Employees International Union was proud to become the largest labor union in the country to back the Green New Deal, one of the most comprehensive responses that has been offered to date to address the crisis of climate change.
Reyes and Fitzgerald are just two of the growing number of people in our union whose lives have been turned upside down by climate change. But the Green New Deal is more than a plan for transitioning the U.S. economy out of fossil fuels. It's also a model for how lawmakers should design any proposal to restructure the economy—by putting worker power and unions at the center.
The rapid growth of the service industry in particular has posed significant challenges to working families. Too many service jobs don't let families make ends meet, with low wages, no health insurance or retirement benefits, and no voice on the job to advocate for a safer and healthier workplace. Workers across the service industry, from fast food to airports to home care, have already made clear their demands from lawmakers and powerful employers: a livable wage, decent benefits, better working conditions—and the right to a union on the job. Workers have not just demanded that right: From coast to coast, they have stood up, spoken out, and gone on strike in support of unions for all.
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