Labor & Employment Law

Still Time to Register for Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

By James Parks

There’s still time to register for the 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference set for May 4­-6, in Washington, D.C. Click here to register.

The conference brings together union members, environmentalists, business leaders, lawmakers and administration officials to map out the path to green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming and preserves America’s economic and environmental security.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) head up an impressive group of speakers, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard; Sierra Club Executive Director Carol Pope; Rick Fedrizzi, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council; George Miller, president of the American Institute of Architects; high-ranking Obama administration officials and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter.

More than 100 workshops are on tap, covering green manufacturing, environmental and occupational health and safety, business investment and new markets. Click here for a schedule of the workshops and here for the entire agenda.

In addition, the conference features the 2010 Green Innovation Expo, where more than 100 exhibitors from labor, industry, environment and academia will be on hand to demonstrate how they are charting the path toward growing the green economy and developing clean energy jobs.

The conference is coordinated by the Blue Green Alliance, the partnership of the labor and environmental organizations, which include the USW, Communications Workers of America (CWA), AFT, Utility Workers (UWUA), Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on April 24, 2010 (boomark / email).