What is Organized Labor’s Incentive for “Going Green”?

moneytreeLooking for help as they drown in a sea of political irrelevance, labor heavyweights like the Teamsters, the AFL-CIO, and the Service Employees International Union have reason to believe the Obama administration will throw them a green lifeline…

What is organized labor’s incentive for “going green”?

For unions, it seems a lot less about saving the planet than about saving (or at least enriching) themselves. With the federal government pledging to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on energy related projects, labor sees a chance to grab a significant portion of that money, as well as to ensure that future green energy manufacturing and other green collar employment are union jobs…

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