Unions rebut claims green jobs will be worse for workers - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : There is nothing inherent to the renewable energy industry versus the fossil energy sector that should result in workers being paid less.
55% : "This economic transformation is really an opportunity to build these new industries from the ground up, with good jobs, with labor standards attached, and providing for workers in this new economy," said Trevor Dolan, industry and workforce policy lead at Evergreen Action.
52% : Amid the transition, the UAW has expressed concerns that many of the jobs at these new facilities offer lower pay and fewer benefits to workers compared with jobs manufacturing internal combustion engines.
52% : Last month, workers at a joint battery venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solutions in Lordstown, Ohio ratified an interim agreement that immediately raised wages by $3 to $4 an hour.
52% : But environmental and climate groups, who have largely come out in favor of the UAW strike, acknowledge there is still greater action needed to ensure the vehicles needed to reduce emissions are manufactured at facilities that pay workers well.
49% : Biden and congressional Democrats repeated their calls for the transition to be fair to workers, with Biden referring to it as a possible "win-win for the auto workers and the auto companies.
49% : "So there absolutely is a tension there, but there's also an opportunity that we haven't seen since World War II, to remake the U.S. economy to be fair and more just for workers."
36% : Debate intensifies around Biden, Trump appearances in MichiganDemocrats, unions and environmental groups are pushing back on the notion that jobs in the clean energy sector are inherently worse for workers, while acknowledging conditions and wages need to improve.
32% : United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and Michigan Democrats said Trump was not welcome on the picket line, but Trump said he wished to speak to workers that are being "sold down the river" by their union's leadership.

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