Texas Kicks Off Climate Jobs Convening
The Worker Institute’s Labor Leading on Climate Initiative attended the Texas AFL-CIO Climate Jobs Task Force meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to present background research on Texas.
Meeting agenda below and view the research presentation.
Texas AFL-CIO Climate Jobs Task Force Meeting Agenda
April 28, 2020
Goals for Meeting
- Get to know others on the committee, build deeper shared understanding of how climate change is impacting our unions, members, communities and the threats and opportunities before us;
- Lay the groundwork for a process to develop a pro-union, pro-worker agenda for dealing with climate change.
AGENDA
10:00 Welcome, Review Agenda, Code of Conduct, Context & Goals for the Meeting
10:15 Vinny Alvarez, President, NYC CLC, Principal Officer of Climate Jobs New York
10:25 Introductions & Go Around + Discussion
- How climate change/climate crisis impacts your union, members, community.
- What threats & opportunities do you see?
11:10 Learning from National Climate Jobs Resource Center & Climate Jobs NY -Opportunities for Texas –Lara Skinner, Executive Director ILR Worker Institute, & Mike Fishman, Climate Jobs Resource Center, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer (Ret.)
11:30 Small Group Breakouts - Brainstorming a Texas Labor Climate Project; What do you want to know? What do you want to say?
11:50 Report Back and Discussion
12:10 Next Steps for Building out this Work
12:30 Adjourn
