Friday, June 06, 2014

No jobs on a dead planet

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/a-call-to-arms-an-invitation-to-demand-action-on-climate-change-20140521

A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change

By BILL MCKIBBEN
MAY 21, 2014 (in the June 5, 2014 magazine)

When world leaders gather in New York this fall to confront climate change, tens of thousands of people (and maybe you) will be there to demand they take action before it's too late

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Sometimes in the past, trade unionists have fought against environmentalists – but unions in health care, mass transit, higher education, domestic work and building services are all beginning to organize for September, fully aware that there are no jobs on a dead planet.

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