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2020 Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit Videos

Welcome, Purpose and Review of the Day

  • Gary LaBarbera - President, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, and Board Member, Climate Jobs NY
  • Mike Fishman - Climate Jobs National Resource Center, Former Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU

 

 

Climate Jobs NY Video 

Climate Jobs New York (CJNY) is a growing coalition of labor unions representing 2.6 million working men and women at the center of New York’s economy.

CJNY's mission is to advocate for a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and support more equitable communities and a more resilient New York.

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Opening Lightning Round

  • Xiye Bastida - Youth Climate Activist
  • Jim Slevin - President, Utility Workers Union of America
  • Rhiana Gunn-Wright - Director of Climate Policy, Roosevelt Institute
  • Antha Williams - Environment Program, Bloomberg Philanthropies
  • Liz Shuler - Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: The Importance of Labor Leading on Climate

  • Chair: Vincent Alvarez - President, NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
  • Sharan Burrow - General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation
  • Nikki Budzinski - Strategic Advisor, Climate Jobs National Resource Center
  • Lisa Dix - New York Senior Representative, Sierra Club
  • Rick Levy - President, Texas AFL-CIO
  • Edwin Lopez - Executive Secretary, New York Electrical Contractors Association

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Green Recovery - Building Clean Energy Industries and a Low-Carbon Economy that Works for All

  • Chair: Lara Skinner - Executive Director, Worker Institute at Cornell University ILR School
  • Marilyn Brown - Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
  • Alex Laskey - Founder and Executive Chair, Rewiring America
  • Matt Schlobohm - Executive Director, Maine AFL-CIO
  • Ali Zaidi - Deputy Secretary to Governor Cuomo for Energy and New York State Chair of Climate Policy and Finance

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Concurrent Session 1 - Climate Change, Racial Justice & Economic Justice

  • Chair: Henry Garrido - Executive Director, AFSCME District Council 37
  • John Cartwright - President, Toronto and York Region Labour Council
  • Candis Tolliver - Political Director, 32BJ SEIU
  • Larry Williams, Jr. - Labor and Environmental Justice Program, Sierra Club

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Session 2 - Building a Robust, Equitable Offshore Wind Industry in the U.S.

  • Chair: Roger Clayman - Executive Director, Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
  • Julia Bovey - Director, External Affairs, Equinor Wind U.S.
  • Christopher Erikson - Business Manager, IBEW Local 3, and International Board Chair, IBEW
  • Doreen Harris - Acting President and CEO, NYSERDA
  • Michael Northrop - Program Director for the Sustainable Development Grantmaking Program, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  • Elizabeth Yeampierre - Executive Director, UPROSE and Co-Chair, Climate Justice Alliance

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Session 3 - The Next Generation of Building-Best Practices for Energy Efficiency and Solar Retrofits

  • Chair: Kyle Bragg - President, 32BJ SEIU
  • Beth Cheverie - Marketing Expansion Coordinator, New York State Laborers
  • William Lynn - Business Manager, IUOE Local 30, and Vice President, IUOE
  • Lee Smith - Managing Member, American Solar Partners

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Session 4 - Strong Unions, Sustainable Transport

  • Chair: JP Patafio - Vice President, TWU 100
  • Elizabeth Bunn - Labor Network for Sustainability
  • Alana Dave - Public Transit, International Transport Workers’ Federation
  • Micah Mitrosky - IBEW Local 569
  • Michael Yee - Director, Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry, IBEW Local 3

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Session 5 - Maine, Texas, Illinois, Connecticut: Building Climate Jobs Organizations State by State

  • Chair: Mike Fishman - Climate Jobs National Resource Center, Former Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU
  • Pat Devaney - Secretary-Treasurer, Illinois AFL-CIO
  • Monserrat Garibay - Secretary-Treasurer, Texas AFL-CIO
  • John Harrity - Chair and Founding Member of the Board, CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
  • Cynthia Phinney - President, Maine AFL-CIO

 

Climate Jobs and Just Transition Summit: Closing Remarks and the #BuildBackBetter Awards

Climate Jobs NY presented its Build Back Better Award to the following recipients for their leadership on building a sustainable future with good union jobs.

  • Chair: Henry Garrido - Executive Director, AFSCME District Council 37
  • Senator Chuck Schumer - U.S. Senator for New York
  • Nella Pineda-Marcon - RN, NYSNA Board Member
  • Gina McCarthy - President and CEO, NRDC
  • John Samuelsen - President, Transport Workers Union of America

 

As New York State moves toward its renewable energy goals, there is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure that the path to low-carbon future results in good jobs that provide family-sustaining wages and benefits for communities across the state.