Labor to join rally to demand action on climate change
The Oregon AFL-CIO and other labor organizations will take part in Portland’s People’s Climate March Sunday, Sept. 21, at Waterfront Park. The march will coincide with a much larger march in New York City, and other demonstrations around the world.
Organizers in New York City are expecting the demonstration to be the largest political rally in that city in over a decade, and the biggest demonstration for climate action ever held.
The march will be notable not only for its size, but for its diversity. More than 1,100 organizations have endorsed the march, including more than 60 labor organizations, and six international unions: Amalgamated Transit Union, Communications Workers of America (CWA), National Education Association, National Nurses United, Office and Professional Employees International Union, and Service Employees International Union. The unionists will assemble in a several block area next to Central Park and march together.
Celebrities also have begun showing support, including model Helena Christensen, musician Peter Gabriel, actor Susan Sarandon, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi and actor Edward Norton.
http://nwlaborpress.org/2014/09/labor-join-rally-demand-action-climate-change/
