Labor Advisory Committee
The Labor Advisory Committee is one of the things that makes AHT such a unique coalition in Massachusetts and around the country. Very few environmental or environmental health campaigns are working directly with the labor community to strategize together and coordinate their work. This important committee is made up of labor union leaders and members. They meet regularly to discuss AHT's campaign strategies and legislative efforts and then offer input to the coalition's Governing Board. This committee helps ensure that the goals and accomplishments of the coalition support jobs, working families and labor unions in Massachusetts.
The committee's members are from a diverse set of labor organizations including the AFL-CIO, SEIU, The Massachusetts Teachers' Association, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, Jobs with Justice and others. For a complete listing of AHT Member Organizations click here.
To contact members of the labor advisory committee email info@healthytomorrow.org.
Labor Resources:
- Just Transition: Economic Safeguards for Workers and Communities (PDF), January 2005.
- AHT's Campaign Endorsement Policy (PDF), written by the LAC in August 2006.
- June 2006 Blue-Green Training for AHT coalition members.
Just Transition: Economic Safeguards for Workers and Communities:
The following is an excerpt from "Just Transition for Workers and Communities (PDF)."
A transition to safer technologies, materials and processes will have many potential benefits to workers and the Massachusetts economy as a whole... Preventive environmental, health and safety policies in government should be supported by a policy of Just Transition, which is about engaging workers to plan ahead for changes toward cleaner and safer technologies and processes. Policies to protect the environment and health can and should avoid eliminating jobs wherever possible. Just Transition is first and foremost about improving and maintaining good jobs at sustainable and healthy workplaces.
