Labor & Employment Law

Register Now for Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference

By Mike Hall

The 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference is set for May 4-6, in Washington, D.C., and you can click here to register. The conference brings together union members, environmentalists, business leaders, elected 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.

United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard says the conference “comes at a pivotal time.”

America is working to build a green economy. Now, it’s time to ensure that we create good jobs that support our families and our communities?revitalizing the American economy and protecting the environment for future generations.

Among this year’s speakers are Gerard; AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; Sierra Club Executive Director Carol Pope; Rick Fedrizzi, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council; George H. Miller, president of the American Institute of Architects; and high-ranking Obama administration officials.

The conference will include more than 100 workshops on topics ranging from green manufacturing to environmental and occupational health and safety to 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 being 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).

Click here to register.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).