Who we are

About Us

California Labor for Climate Jobs (CLCJ) is a statewide coalition of labor unions organizing for a worker-led transition to a just and climate-safe economy. Our member unions represent public sector workers including in oil and gas dependent counties, as well as teachers, utility workers, domestic workers, healthcare workers, farmworkers, janitors and many more. We believe that our current poverty-and-pollution economy is failing working people and the fundamental life systems we rely on. Climate change is forcing a massive restructuring of our economy – but while transition is inevitable, economic and racial justice are not. If labor takes the lead, we have a historic opportunity to grow the labor movement and create a cleaner, climate-safe, more equitable economy that provides high-road, family-sustaining, union jobs.

Together we are fighting to:

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Create climate hazard protections for the health and safety of all indoor and outdoor workers affected by climate conditions and disasters

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Support fossil-fuel dependent workers and communities with wage and pension guarantees and retraining, rather than leaving it to the whims of the oil CEOs to dictate the terms of the transition

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Ensure that massive investments in our infrastructure, agriculture and public sectors move us towards meeting California’s climate goals AND create a million new family-sustaining jobs for pipefitters, carpenters, electricians, cable layers, public transit operators, agricultural workers and others

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Expand the public services our communities need to cope with extreme weather and climate disasters, creating jobs for nurses, care workers, public service workers and more, while providing new training and workforce development opportunities to workers who have been trapped in low-wage jobs

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