ʻO ka American Federation of Teachers (AFT), ka lua o nā hui kumu nui loa ma ka ʻāina, ua hoʻoholo i kahi ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e kākoʻo i ka Green New Deal ma kāna ʻaha ʻelua makahiki ma ka hopena o Iulai. ʻO ka Green New Deal, ke kānāwai pekelala i hoʻokomo mua ʻia 2019, e hana i kahi hana uku ola no ka mea makemake a hoʻokō 100% ikehu ma'ema'e a ho'ololi hou 'ia e 2030. He nūhou nui ka ʻae ʻia no nā kākoʻo ʻo Green New Deal a me ka AFL-CIO, ka hui nui o nā uniona ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o ka AFT he hōʻailona ia o ka ulu ʻana o ka mana o ka poʻe hana kaiapuni, a hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi leka i ka AFL-CIO e loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e komo ai i luna me ka Green New Deal. Akā ke loli wikiwiki nei nā kūlana o ka poʻe hana, a me ka hapalua o nā limahana a pau o ka ʻāina me ka ʻole o ka hana, hiki i nā alakaʻi o ka AFL-CIO a me kāna mau lālā hui ke koho e hoʻopau i nā mea a lākou i manaʻo ai he pilikia berena a me ka pata. , ma kahi o ka hakakā ʻana me ka laulā a me ka wiwo ʻole ma mua o nā hopohopo i ka wahi hana.

ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o ka AFT ma hope o ka Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), National Nurses United (NNU) a me ka Maine AFL-CIO - ua hōʻike lākou āpau i kā lākou kākoʻo no ka Green New Hana i loko 2019. A ʻoiai ua hoʻoholo nā uniona kūloko i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e kākoʻo i ka Green New Deal, ʻo ka AFT, NNU a me AFA-CWA wale nō nā uniona aupuni ma ka AFL-CIO e kākoʻo i ka Green New Deal. (Hoʻopili ʻia ʻo SEIU me kahi hui limahana ʻē aʻe, Change to Win.)

Akā naʻe ua kūpaʻa ka AFL-CIO. I ka wā i hoʻokomo ai ʻo Sen. Ed Markey (D‑Mass.) a me Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‑NY) i ke kānāwai Green New Deal i Pepeluali. 2019, Peresidena AFL-CIO Richard Trumka haʻi akula i nā mea paʻi,"Pono mākou e hoʻoponopono i ke kaiapuni. Pono mākou e hana wikiwiki. " Akā ua ʻike pū ʻo ia,"Pono mākou e hana ma ke ʻano e waiho ʻole ai i kēia mau kaiāulu, a waiho i nā ʻāpana o ka hoʻokele waiwai. No laila e hana mākou e hōʻoia e hana mākou i ʻelua mau mea: ʻo ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i hoʻokahi mea ʻaʻole mākou e hana i kahi pilikia ma kahi ʻē aʻe.

Ma kahi o Trumka i kānalua a kū'ē, ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o kekahi mau alakaʻi uniona o ka hui; ʻO nā hui he nui me nā lālā e hana ana i nā ʻoihana extractive, e komo pū ana me nā hale kūʻai hale, ʻāhewa i ke kānāwai. Ua kākau ʻo Cecil Roberts, ka pelekikena o ka United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), a me Lonnie Stephenson, ka pelekikena o ka International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, i kahi leka iā Markey lāua ʻo Ocasio-Cortez ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka AFL-CIO Energy Committee i ʻōlelo ai, ʻ"ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae i nā noi e hiki ke hōʻeha koke i nā miliona o ko mākou mau lālā a me ko lākou ʻohana. ʻAʻole mākou e kū a ʻae i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i nā hana a kā mākou mau lālā a me ke kūlana o ko lākou ʻohana e pane ʻole ʻia.

Akā me 80,000 nā lālā i kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka UMWA i kahi hui o ka poʻe hoʻomaha ma mua o kahi hui hakakā - a ma kahi ʻano 1.6 miliona mau lālā, ʻo ka AFT kekahi o nā uniona nui loa ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kāna ʻae ʻia ʻo"ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka hana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka Green New Deal mai SEIU i ke kauwela hope loa, "e like me Will Lawrence, ka luna hoʻomalu o nā hui hoʻolālā ma ka Sunrise Movement. ʻO ke kākoʻo o ka AFT no ka Green New Deal, i hui pū ʻia me ka palapala ma ka paia no ka ʻoihana wahie fossil, hiki ke manaʻo he pilikia no ka AFL-CIO. Ua hala ʻo Trumka i ka laina ma waena o nā lālā conservative a me ka holomua o ka federation, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o nā hana wahie fossil. Akā hoʻolālā ʻo Trumka e haʻalele i ka ʻaha kūkā o ka AFL ma 2021, a o ka mea e lanakila i ke koho balota e lilo i hope nona, e hoomaopopo ana ka hui nui loa o ka oihana hana i na mea a pau i ke kaua ana i ka hoololi ann, a i ole e malama i ka wawae hookahi ma ka puka a me ka wawae i waho, e kaulike ana ma waena o ke ao hou a me ka kahiko.

He paʻakikī kēia mākia o ke alanui no ka pilikia o ka neʻe ʻana o nā limahana a me ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, me nā miliona o ka poʻe hana ʻole a me nā maka āpau i ke koho pelekikena i Nowemapa. Ua makemake ʻo Trumka iā Liz Shuler, Kakauolelo-Puuku o ka AFL (a me kāna lua o ke kauoha) ma kona hope. Akā ʻo Sara Nelson, ka pelekikena o AFA-CWA a me kekahi o nā mea kākoʻo mua o ka Green New Deal, aia nō kona mau maka i ke kūlana alakaʻi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻolaha kūkala ʻia ko lākou moho, ua hōʻike ʻia ua hakakā pilikino lāua ʻelua no ke kākoʻo.

ʻO ke kākoʻo o Nelson i ka Green New Deal e hōʻeha paha iā ia inā hoʻoholo ʻo ia e holo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sean McGarvey, ka pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ka hui hana o nā hui kalepa hale a me kahi lālā o ka AFL, i ʻōlelo ʻia,"Hoʻopili ʻo ia iā ia iho me kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻopau i ka hapalua o nā hana a ka AFL-CIO. ʻAʻole ia e hana maikaʻi. Akā ua haʻi ʻo Nelson i kēia mau manawa,"Aia pololei ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ea i kā mākou wahi hana. Ke piʻi nei ka haunaele. ʻO kā mākou papa hana, kā mākou hana, ko mākou ola e hoʻopau loa i kēlā me kēia manawa i kahi hanana nui. Ua hoʻāʻo kekahi e manaʻoʻiʻo mākou he hoʻouka kaua kēia i nā hana a me ko mākou ʻano o ke ola, akā ʻike mākou inā ʻaʻole mākou e hele i mua o kekahi mea, e piʻi nui ana ka pilikia a makemake nui nā kānaka no kahi hoʻoholo, a ʻaʻole e lilo kēlā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i hana no ka poʻe hana.

Manaʻo nui ʻo Nelson i kahi hoʻololi kūpono no nā limahana e pani ʻia nā ʻoihana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā hoʻoiho kalapona. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo"ʻO ka hoʻololi wale ʻana” hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ma ke ʻano he ala e hoʻopaʻa ai i ke ola o nā limahana inā a i ka wā e pau ai kā lākou ʻoihana. A ʻoiai ua lohe pinepine ʻia kēia huaʻōlelo i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaiapuni i kēia manawa, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ka manaʻo i ka neʻe ʻana o ka hana e Tony Mazzocchi, he uniona kālepa ola mau a he alakaʻi i koho ʻia i ka Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW). Ma nā ʻōlelo a Mazzocchi, ʻo kahi hoʻololi pololei maoli e hāʻawi i nā limahana i nā ʻoihana extractive"he hoʻomaka hou i ke ola" ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo kālā a me nā manawa kūpono no ka hoʻonaʻauao a hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou.

Nui nā hui kaiapuni e like me Sunrise Movement a me Climate Justice Alliance i hoʻohana i ka huaʻōlelo i kā lākou palapala a me kā lākou hoʻolālā hoʻolālā, akā ua hōʻike pinepine nā limahana uniona i ka hopohopo ʻaʻole ʻo kā lākou palekana ʻoihana a me nā ola ola. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, hana pinepine nā hui kaiapuni i nā hoʻolaha kūʻē i nā pipeline a i ʻole nā ​​mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe me ka ʻole e nīnau mua i nā uniona a i ko lākou mau lālā. ʻOiai i ka poʻe kaiapuni, ʻo ka hana uniona i kekahi manawa ke ʻano o ka luku ʻana i ka kaiapuni, i nā lālā uniona, ʻo ke ʻano o ke kaiapuni ʻo ia ka luku kālā.

Akā, e like me David Hughes, ka puʻukū o Rutgers AAUP-AFT a me ke kaukaʻi o Anthropology ma Rutgers-New Brunswick, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ke kūlana o ka noho ʻana o nā limahana hana extractive me ka nānā ʻole i ke kānāwai Green New Deal i manaʻo ʻia. Ua haʻi ʻo Hughes i loko o kēia mau manawa aia ka ʻāina i ka piko o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ikehu mai nā wahie fossil.ʻ"Loaʻa iā mākou kahi pōʻino waiwai a me ka hāʻule piha ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka aila, ua hāʻule ka lanahu, ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kinoea. No laila ke hoʻokūkū nei ka lā a me ka makani, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe kālā. Ua pau ka hihia waiwai no ka wahie fossil - ʻaʻole e lōʻihi loa kēlā mau hana. "

ʻOiai ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o nā lālā uniona i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana no kahi ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, mālama pono nā limahana wahie fossil a me kā lākou uniona i kā lākou hana. Hiki i nā limahana hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke hoʻonui i ʻeono mau helu me ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kēkelē koleke, a he kakaikahi loa nā hana me ka uku hoʻohālikelike i nā ʻoihana non-extractive i hiki ke hoʻolimalima ʻia kēia mau limahana. Eia kekahi, he kuleana ko kēia poʻe limahana e kānalua: Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Barack Obama i ka hana ʻana 5 miliona mau hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo, akā ʻaʻole maopopo i ka nui o nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou i hana maoli ʻia. Aia kekahi mau hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ʻo ka hapa nui he hui ʻole, a ʻo ka uku e hōʻike ana:30,000 me $50,000 no kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Eia naʻe, nui nā lālā o ka hui - nā limahana i nā ʻoihana non-extractive - ke koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka Green New Deal, a ʻo nā lālā o ka AFT i hana e hoʻoholo i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, ke kāhea nei lākou i ke kākoʻo maʻamau: Manaʻo lākou e lilo ka ʻae ʻana i mea hana e hana ai. hoʻonohonoho i ko lākou mau hoa lālā a alakaʻi i kā lākou hana i ka neʻe ʻana i mua. ʻO kēia ka mea a nā lālā o Rutgers AAUP-AFT i hoʻāʻo ai e hana. ʻO Hughes, ʻo ia hoʻi ka luna o ka Rutgers 'Climate Crisis Committee, i hāpai i ka pilikia o ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka Green New Deal ma kahi hālāwai AFT Executive Council ma 2019, ma mua o ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o SEIU. ʻAʻohe manaʻo i puka mai, akā ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi komite, ka Climate Task Force, me ke kākoʻo o ka ʻAha Hoʻokō. ʻEkolu mau mea nui i ka pūʻulu hana: Hoʻokumu i kahi pilina me Sunrise Movement a me nā hui kaiapuni ʻē aʻe, hana i nā hoʻolaha kula ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a hoʻonohonoho pū me nā uniona ʻē aʻe e paipai iā lākou e kākoʻo i ka Green New Deal. Ua haʻi ʻo Hughes i kēia mau manawa,"He aha kāu e hana ai ke hana ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana e hāʻule nei, ʻo ia kāu e manaʻo ai, he aha ka manawa kūpono no kaʻu hui e hoʻāʻo ai e lele i luna o kahi moku e piholo ʻole? Inā koho mākou iā Biden, a hāʻawi mākou i ke kānāwai Green New Deal, ʻo ia ka manawa e lele ai. Inā nalo mākou i kēlā manawa, ʻaʻohe mea iā mākou.

Akā ʻo nā kumu kula e like me Hughes, me nā kumu a me nā kahu hānai, ua loaʻa nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo - a mālama iā lākou, Green New Deal a i ʻole. ʻOiai ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā kula nui, ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā lālā o ka AFT e nā pohō hana a pau i hana ʻia e Covid-19. ʻO ka poʻe hana kūkulu hale, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i ʻike i kekahi mau mahina paʻakikī me ka ʻole o ka hana, ua maopopo ka makaʻala e pili ana i ka piliwaiwai me kā lākou mau hana. Akā ʻo Keon Liberato, Pelekikena o ka ʻĀina 3012 ʻO ka Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division o ka International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, ke kakali nei i ka holo ʻana o ka Green New Deal. He kanaka trackman ʻo ia e hana ana ma nā alanui kaʻaahi ma ka ʻāina ʻo Philadelphia, a haʻi ʻo ia i In These Times ua"ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pānaʻi haʻikiʻi, aia kahi ton o ke kālā i loko o ka Green New Deal no nā kālepa hale, no ka ʻoihana.

ʻO ka manaʻo nui o ka Green New Deal i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kaʻa kaʻa kiʻekiʻe ke manaʻo nei he hana koʻikoʻi no nā mea uila a me nā limahana hana kaʻa e like me Liberato. Kāhea pū ke kānāwai i"ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, "ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā alahaka a me nā alanui, ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i nā hale, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana wai. A ʻo ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā hale kula ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka AFT e pono i ke kākoʻo o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hui ʻoihana, e like me nā uila, nā paipu, nā hale a me nā mea hana paila. ʻO kēia mau hana ʻoihana a pau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana uniona - akā inā ʻae ka ʻoihana limahana i ka nui maoli o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a hoʻoholo e pāʻani i ke alakaʻi i ka hakakā ʻana. ʻO John Braxton, Co-Peresidena Emeritus o AFT Local 2026, nāna i hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo hou a AFT, i haʻi iā In These Times e"ʻAʻole makemake nā uniona e haʻi ʻia i ka mea e hana ai, a makemake lākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia e like me ka pilikia nui e like me ia. Akā pono mākou e hana i nā hoʻolālā pilikia e hāʻawi i nā pale no kēlā me kēia limahana, a pono mākou e hana i kēia manawa. No ke aha e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai ka hana me kēlā?

ʻO ka manaʻo o Labour i kēia manawa ke koho ʻia ʻo Joe Biden, ʻo ia, e like me kāna mau hoʻolaha, loaʻa ka"ʻoi aku ka makemake nui” o ka hoʻolālā ea o kekahi ʻaoʻao nui i koho pelekikena. Loaʻa i kāna paepae ka loaʻa ʻana o ka net zero emissions ma mua o 2050, mālama 30% o na aina a me na wai o ka aina e 2030, a me ka hoʻolilo kālā federala o $1.7 trillion i ka hakakā ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Hoʻohiki ʻo ia e"e hoʻokō i kā mākou kuleana i nā limahana… nāna i hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻoihana ʻenehana a me nā makahiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai” ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā penihana a me nā pōmaikaʻi o ka poʻe miners. A ua hoʻohiki pū ʻo ia e"e hana i ka poʻe ma ke kau inoa ʻana iā lākou e kōkua i ke kaua ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi, e komo pū ana ma o kahi Public Health Jobs Corps. Akā ʻaʻole e like me ke kānāwai Green New Deal, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo hoʻohiki o kāna kahua no kahi hana no ka poʻe makemake i hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole ia e haʻi i ka fracking a i ʻole ka hōʻemi nui ʻana i nā wahie fossil, ma muli paha o kāna mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ea. hiki ke kākoʻo i ka fracking. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Braxton,"ʻO ka mea e pono ai mākou e hana, ʻo ke kaomi ʻana iā Biden i kahi papahana Jobs for All, a ʻaʻole ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke poʻo poʻomanaʻo, akā ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko. E heluhelu ka poʻe kaiapuni i ka paʻi maikaʻi, a hiki paha i ka limahana ke nānā iā ia a ʻōlelo, ʻo ia kā mākou mea e pono ai.

Ma muli o ko mākou ʻano politika i kēia manawa - kahi maʻi maʻi i make mua 160,000 ka poʻe ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, miliona i nele i ka hana, a me kahi pelekikena a me kahi Senate e hoʻowahāwahā i ka poʻe hana - ʻaʻole hiki i nā uniona ke alakaʻi i ka hakakā ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pilikia o ke aniau ma mua o ka pilikia o ka hana ʻole, a i ʻole nā ​​​​kūkākūkā ʻaelike e pili ana i ka uku a me nā pono. Akā, no nā kumu kula, nā kumu a me nā poʻe hana hana i ka AFT, ke alakaʻi nei i ka hakakā me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ka mea nui. A no ka loaʻa ʻana o ke koena o ka neʻe hana ma luna o ka moku, loaʻa iā Nelson kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻo:"Inā manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe i kekahi mea, pono ʻoe e mākaukau e hakakā no ia mea. "