Green activists find new ally in US unions

Some U.S. labor groups that have long feared environmental campaigns as a threat to American jobs are starting to see advantages in going green.

This evolution was clear at December's U.N. climate talks in Poland, where several American labor groups and environmental activists made joint appeals for policies that would promote high-tech renewable energy as the answer to both climate change and job losses. [snip]

For example, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club have endorsed the Employee Free Choice Act, a union-backed bill that would 'protect' workers' rights to join unions [by removing their right to a secret ballot].

The Sierra Club has mobilized members to write to their Congress members to support the bill...

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