‘Just transition’ bill for oil industry workers exposes labor rift
February 27, 2022
News Article ● Labor Unions
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 Arizona Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi bachelor’s degree California California Divide project California Energy Commission California Federation of Teachers California Labor Federation California’s carbon-neutral future Carol Zabin Chevron’s refinery Climate Crisis Act communities out of work Community Economic Resilience Fund community groups crude oil conversion Democratic supermajority Democrats disenfranchise workers displaced oil workers economic survival electrical workers environmental groups environmental lawmaker environmentalists Erin Lehane federal stimulus money former oil workers fossil fuel industry fossil fuel workers green energy green infrastructure health insurance healthcare benefits high-speed rail import and export of crude oil income inequality infrastructure projects ironworkers JESSE BEDAYN just transition just transition roadmap Justice San Francisco Kevin Slagle Kristy Hutchings Labor Federation labor to labor labor-funded lawmakers Long Beach Lorena Gonzalez Los Angeles lower-paid jobs middle-class workers municipal workers offshore wind projects oil derricks oil-industry workers outsourcing energy needs pension guarantees petroleum phase out fossil fuel production pitting unions against unions policy researchers Pollin’s roadmap reduce greenhouse gas emissions refineries refineries in the Bay Area relocation funding Republicans resilience fund Retirement retraining programs Richmond Robert Pollin Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins State Building and Construction Trades Council of California steelworker Steelworkers Local 675 taxes teachers Teamsters the Trades Trades and oil industry transition advisory commission transition plan transition policy transition to a green economy UC Berkeley’s Green Economy Program unionized United Steelworkers Local 675 University of Massachusetts Amherst US Energy Information Administration Utah wage compensation wage subsidies wage subsidies and training Western States Petroleum Association worker advocacy nonprofit WSPA zero emissions by 2045