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CWA Joins Blue Green Alliance to Build Green Jobs, Economy

CWA is joining the Steelworkers, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council as part of the Blue Green Alliance that is working to create good "green" jobs that help solve the problems of global warming.

The organization represents 4 million people in the partnership to build a clean energy economy and create quality jobs.

CWA President Larry Cohen said by advancing the rights of workers, the U.S. can create exciting opportunities for American families in the green economy. "We share common concerns that runaway economic policies are preventing workers from organizing and bargaining collectively and fail to direct our economy to create sustainable middle-class jobs," he said.

The Blue Green Alliance is working to educate the public about solutions to reduce global warming pollution that will result in the creation of millions of jobs and a clean energy economy, the critical need to restore the rights of workers to form a union and bargain collectively, the establishment of a fair trade policy and curbs on the use of toxic chemicals to enhance and protect public health.