Posts Tagged ‘unions’
Unions Support Divestment to Protect California State Worker Pensions
Public employees deserve a secure pension, safe working conditions, and a livable place to retire. While fossil fuel investments are extremely volatile and risky, fossil fuel pollution drives climate chaos…
Read moreStatement of Support to Striking Cal State Faculty, Members of the California Faculty Association
Contact: Shana DeClercq | shana@fossilfreeca.org | (415) 376-3746 Oakland, California** – As faculty members in the California State University system enter their fourth day of rolling strikes around the state,…
Read moreCalSTRS Tunes Out Teachers to Engage with Exxon
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (or, CalSTRS) prides itself on its shareholder engagement with fossil fuel companies. However, by spending their resources, time, and energy on connecting with oil giants like Exxon, CalSTRS has failed to engage with the shareholders who matter most: their own.
Read moreTeachers' unions support divestment
by Carlos Davidson California, famous worldwide for its leadership on climate change, is making big news in fossil fuel divestment, and it is doing it with some surprising union support. The…
Read moreKilday-Hicks: Unions will join divestment consensus
Russell Kilday-Hicks wrapped up the Sacramento launch of Fossil Free California, speaking for union members. He is statewide vice president of the California State Employees Association, an active member of…
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