Environmental Community Supports Employee Free Choice

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The Sierra Club supports the Employee Free Choice Act because it’s “right for workers, right for America and because it is simply the right thing to do,” said Club President Allison Chin earlier this year. “But we also know that companies that treat their workers right are much more likely to treat our environment right.” Earth Day was an opportunity to celebrate the cooperation between the environmental movement and the union movement in building a stronger, greener economy. Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, EarthAction and Green America have joined the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, as has the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of union, environmental, business and community groups focused on building a new energy economy.
- Seth Michaels, AFL-CIO Now blog; click here for complete story