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The largest union of coal miners in the U.S. announced Monday that it would accept a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy as long as the federal government takes care of coal workers through the provision of green jobs and income support for those who become unemployed.
“Energy transition and labor policies must be based on more than just promises down the road.”
—Cecil E. Roberts, UMWA
"E tatau ona i ai se tupe faʻaalu tele iinei," fai Cecil E. Roberts, peresitene o le United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International. “E masani lava ona matou feagai ma suiga o le tau, tapunia i lalo o le koale. Tatou te le oo lava i le vaega lona lua.”
I luma o se fonotaga a le au tusitala o loʻo faʻamatalaina ai le auala a le UMWA i le faʻatalanoaina o faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi o le tau i se auala e faʻaleleia ai nai lo le faʻaitiitia o le soifua manuia o tagata faigaluega i le vaega eleelea malosi, Roberts fai i se faʻamatalaga e faʻapea "o suiga o le malosi ma faiga faʻavae faigaluega e tatau ona faʻavae i luga o mea e sili atu nai lo na o folafolaga i lalo o le auala. Matou te fia talanoa pe faʻafefea ona o ese mai le au maina, o latou aiga, ma o latou nuu mai lenei vaitau o suiga ma ia mautinoa o le a latou i ai i se tulaga lelei pe sili atu nai lo le taimi nei.
"O le tele o nofoaga e gaosia ai le koale o Appalachia ma isi nofoaga ua leva ona leaga le tamaoaiga," fai Roberts. "E itiiti lava se gaioiga na faia e Washington e foia ai i le sefulu tausaga talu ai. E tatau ona sui lena mea.”
"A o tatou feagai ma se isi galu o le suiga o le malosi," na ia faaopoopo mai ai, "e tatau ona tatou faia ni laasaga i le taimi nei ina ia mautinoa e le sili atu le leaga o mea mo tagata eli koale, o latou aiga, ma nuu, ae o le mea moni ia lelei."
O le fuafuaga a le UMWA "e manaʻomia le fausiaina o ni galuega fou i Appalachia e ala i lafoga faʻaalu e fesoasoani ai i le faia o le la ma vaega o le uila, ma e ala i le faʻatupeina o le toe faʻaleleia o maina lafoai e lamatia ai le soifua maloloina lautele," o le Times Niu Ioka lipotia. "E manaʻo le iuni e lagolagoina e le malo feterale le au maina ua leiloa a latou galuega e ala i le toe aʻoaʻoina ma sui o latou totogi, inisiua soifua maloloina, ma penisione."
Faʻamatalaga faʻapolokiki Anand Giridharadas faamatalaina the UMWA’s demand for a just transition as “excellent, and a testament to the work of activists and leaders who were called radicals and dismissed—and who will be vindicated by history before long.”
O lena lagona na toe faaleoina e Evan Weber, o le sa faavaeina ma le faatonu faaupufai o le Sunrise Movement, o ia na taʻua le tatalaina fou o le au eli koale i malosiaga faʻafouina o se oloa o le galulue faʻatasi a le aufaigaluega ma le faʻamasinoga o le siosiomaga.
i se faʻamatalaga, Na patipati le Sunrise i le UMWA. “Matou te toe fa’afouina la matou tautinoga e tau fa’atasi ma i latou ina ia mautinoa e ta’imua le malo i le fa’amautinoaina o lo’o atoatoa nu’u koale ae le o tu’ua i tua,” o le tala lea a Weber. "Matou te lagolagoina atoatoa a latou valaʻau mo aʻoaʻoga mo galuega, faʻafaigaluegaina, ma le faʻamuamua o nuʻu koale e maua ai le atinaʻeina o le tamaoaiga, ma faʻamaonia totogi ma faʻamanuiaga mo tagata faigaluega e aʻafia i le suiga faanatinati ma talafeagai i le tamaoaiga e leai se carbon."
Na auai Roberts i le fonotaga a le au tusitala e Sen. Joe Manchin (DW. Va.). Manchin, o le Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee lea e tupuga mai i le fatu o le koale, na faʻaaogaina le avanoa e faʻamaonia ai le Puipuiga o le Aia Tatau e Faʻatulagaina (PRO), faʻaitiitia ai le numera o Democrats e leʻi faʻamaonia le tulafono pro-labor. i le tolu.
E tusa ai ma le lagolago a Manchin mo le PRO Act faapea foi ma se suiga tonu mo tagata faigaluega koale, na fai mai Weber "o lo matou faamoemoe o le aso ua faailogaina se suiga mo le Senator Manchin. Afai na te tuuto moni i le puipuia o lenei nuu ma West Virginians, o le a ia lagolagoina le 'tele tupe teufaafaigaluega' o loʻo manaʻomia e Mineworkers, amata i le $ 10 trillion i le isi sefulu tausaga, poʻo le $ 1 trillion i le tausaga, ina ia mautinoa e mafai ona tatou suia moni i totonu. o se auala e lē tuua ai se tasi.”
"O le a ia taofia foi le faafoliga o se lisi o mataupu e faapea o le Republican Party, lea ua leva ona lafoaia lona manao e tuuina atu fua mo tagata Amerika, o le a o mai faatasi ma, ma unaʻia le pasia o lenei lisi taua mo Mineworkers ma West Virginians e ala i se faigofie tele e ala i le soloia o le filibuster, ”o le faaopoopo lea a Weber.
E pei o le tusitala o Sarah Lazare tweeted: “One of the many cool things about seeing so many climate justice campaigners and ecosocialists organize to pass the PRO Act is that it helps build trust and solidarity between climate and labor movements—key to any kind of transformative climate action, just transition, etc.”
"O le fausiaina o lenei ituaiga o faatuatuaina" e sili ona luitauina ae taua, na taʻua e Lasare, aua "o tagata faigaluega e le'i va'aia lava o se suiga tonu”—o se manatu na faamamafaina e Roberts i lana saunoaga.
le Times lipotia mai e faapea “o loo valaau foi tagata faigaluega maina mo le faaaluina o suesuega i le pueina o le kaponi ma le teuina o tekinolosi, lea e mafai ai e laau koale e teu ai le carbon dioxide i lalo o le eleele nai lo le faamatuu atu i le ea, ma mo faiga faavae e mafai ai ona tatala fale malala. pe a latou tautino e faʻapipiʻi le tekonolosi" -se tasi manaoga e ono faʻalavelaveina le alualu i luma.
O le tele o talosaga a le UMWA o loʻo faʻaalia i le American Jobs Plan, Peresitene Joe Biden $ 2.3 miliona. fuafuaga o galuega tetele. I le Times ta'ua, e aofia ai le “faatupeina o suesuega i puʻeina o le kaponi, lea e faatauemu ai le au faitio faapea e taugata tele, ma tupe mo le toe aumaia o maina.”
“If you believe curbing the climate crisis requires fundamentally challenging capitalism, workers must be part of that.”
—Sarah Lazare, journalist
E le o le taugata tele o le faʻaogaina ma le teuina o carbon-capture (CCUS) e faʻalavelave ai le tele o tagata siosiomaga. I le faaopoopo atu i le ono mafai ona tafe ma le faaleagaina, alualu i luma lapatai o le tele o taumafaiga fa'atosina o ni "fofo sese" e mafai ona taofia ai le malosi o le tau talafeagai e aloese ai mai mala.
Afai e fai le CCUS o se isi mea i faiga fa'aletonu o suiga o le tau ma fetuunaiga, fai mai le au faitio, ona mafai lea e le tekinolosi ona fa'asese le mafaufau mai le mana'omia tele e lafoaʻi suauʻu faʻatoʻaga ma faʻaitiitia le kasa kasa i le maeʻa ma le vave e mafai ai.
I se isi faaupuga, o le fa'aaogaina o le fa'ata'atiaga o le fa'aputuga o le kaponi e fa'atulafonoina atili ai le fa'aogaina o le malosi palapala e ono fa'ateteleina ai fa'alavelave tau. O tagata alualu i luma e pei o Christian Parenti, polofesa lagolago o Economics i le John Jay College, City University of New York, ua faamamafa e faapea afai e faatino ia ituaiga tekinolosi e pu'e kaponi, e tatau lava ona faaaoga e aveese ai le sili atu o le kaponi mai le ea a'o le isi mea e teu i lalo o le eleele-ae le o le faaaogaina e faamaonia ai le faaumiumi o le tulaga quo.
I lana saunoaga, na faamamafa ai e Roberts o le puipuia o le soifua manuia o tagata faigaluega o se mea e manaʻomia muamua e lagolago ai tulafono o le tau, o se itu na toe taʻua e isi.
“If you believe curbing the climate crisis requires fundamentally challenging capitalism, workers must be part of that,” Lazare tweeted. “Not just a few, but in the hundreds of millions. Building genuine solidarity between climate and labor movements is a tremendous—and existential—challenge.”
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