The Chicago Teachers Union opened public contract negotiations with the city today, demanding electric school buses, cuts to buildings’ planet-warming pollution and clean energy job training programs for students, among other provisions, writes Adam Aton.
The move marks the latest in a growing trend of unions fighting for workplace improvements that go beyond the traditional scope of wages and benefits. And the worsening state of the climate — from summer heat waves to flooding in Florida to the wildfire smoke that blanketed Chicago last year — have pushed some unions to embrace the cause as a workplace issue...more
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