Kathryn Lybarger

President AFSCME 3299
Lead Gardener UC Berkeley since 1999

“The climate crisis is changing everything. If we leave it to big business, the transition will mean unplanned layoffs, the creation of low-wage jobs and the decimation of our public sector. For working people to thrive under a changing climate we need the opposite – new and stronger labor protections, expanded public services for our communities and safety nets for workers in shuttering industries. The labor movement has a huge opportunity to ensure that the transition to a green economy centers racial justice and good, unionized, low-carbon-high-wage jobs that support our families and futures.”