On Sept. 8 over 30,000 came out in San Francisco for the Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice, which had counterparts worldwide.
Sierra Club
No coal trains in Oakland, California
March 12, 2016Protesters succeed in keeping coal trains from passing through Oakland, California, on their way to unload coal at a port terminal.
Mass march to keep ‘oil in the soil’
July 4, 2015Report of the 5,000-strong march, from the banks of the Mississippi to the Minnesota state capitol on June 6, in St. Paul, Minn., to voice objections to Enbridge Corporation’s pipeline expansion.
AFL-CIO redefines labor movement
December 4, 2013The AFL-CIO convention reflected changed realities and the need to adopt new perspectives and goals. Delegates redefined the labor movement as more than union members. For decades the bureaucracy has become more identified with the corporations than the aspirations of the workers.