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Swanton Berry Farm

By Susan Samuels Drake
Swanton Berry Farm Workers
100% Organic and 100% Union

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Congressman Markey on Safety of U.S. nuclear reactors

By Edward J. Markey
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) questions NRC secrecy in wake of Fukushima meltdown

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Go Green and Save Green

By Jennifer Dorr
Union Plus
Union Plus "Green Minute" Video Tips show how to go green and save green at the same time

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Recovery Act's Green Investments Create or Save Nearly One Million Jobs

By BlueGreen Alliance
Stimulus funds put IBEW Local 569 members to work building the largest solar installation on a Marine base in the United States. Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, CA.
On Two-Year Anniversary of Recovery Act, BlueGreen Alliance Report Demonstrates Job-Creating Success of Green Investments

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Skilled, Trained and Ready for California's Green Economy

By Micah Mitrosky
Union apprenticeship provides skilled training and a pathway to a middle-class career for IBEW 569 electricians.
IBEW Local 569 incorporates green technologies into their apprenticeship training program

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800,000 Green Jobs Created

By Green Jobs Ready
Iron worker installing Solar Wall product
More than 800,000 renewable energy jobs created through fourth quarter 2012 due to Stimulus Bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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SolarWall Training Program

By Harvey Swift
Iron worker installing Solar Wall product
The International Iron Workers Union is pleased to announce that they have launched the very first SolarWall installer training program for their members

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A Green Jobs Recovery

By Jerry Brown and Rachel Emas
Workers put the finishing touches on wind turbine fan blades manufactured at Gamesa's Fairless Hills facility.
Trumka:  It's time for JOBS.  For economic patriotism.  It's time to start exporting the things we make, instead of jobs!

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Seattle: Community Power Works

By City of Seattle
Skyline of Seattle, WA. Photo: Sun Chan
Hi-road Agreement will create thousands of high-quality, family-supporting jobs in clean energy economy

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Harnessing the Power of the Atom

By Buzz Miller
Buzz Miller, EVP for Nuclear Development, Southern Nuclear Company
Southern Company's new nuclear units in Georgia will create 3,500 construction jobs and 800 high-paying permanent jobs

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Dean Allen, CEO, McKinstry, Seattle

By Dean Allen
McKinstry’s fabrication facilities include a pipe shop, highlighted here.
Proud union employer serves three groups - our people, our clients and our communities - in that order

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GREENING The Campus

By Barbara McKenna
University of Oregon's Bike Loan Program
The sustainability movement in higher education looks for critical mass

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi

By Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
"Our prosperity depends on making the United States first in clean energy"

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The Green Five Program

By Gerry Ryan
Plasterers, New York City
Plasterers and cement masons implement green construction technologies and training

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Green Construction for Ironworkers

By Harvey Swift
Green Construction for Ironworkers
Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) provides wind turbine erection training

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The Power of Mechnical Insulation

By Thomas Haun
Properly insulated mechanical system

89,000 new jobs could be generated immediately

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Policy Statement on Climate Change Legislation

By BlueGreen Alliance
David Foster, Exec Director, Blue Green Alliance

Blue Green Alliance advocates comprehensive cap-and-trade climate change legislation

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UA Sustainable Technologies Program

By Steve H. Allen, LEED AP
UA Mobile Green Classroom
At the heart of the green building movement

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Convention Speakers Endorse Green Jobs

By Jerry Brown
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Obama, Solis, Sweeney, Trumka advocate “greener labor movement."

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