Public Resource
Bargaining for Green Schools, Good Jobs, and Bright Futures
Oren Kadosh, Labor Network for Sustainability; Eric Holmberg & Chelsea Watson, Building Power Resource Center
This document exists to illustrate how educator unions have used the collective bargaining process to fight for contracts that go beyond traditional wages and working conditions to meet critical student, worker, and community needs. Case studies show a strong community-labor coalition is needed to secure these demands and to implement and enforce them throughout the life of the contract. This resource reviews the ability of green healthy school campaigns to link school and community needs together, a breakdown off common good bargaining, recommendations for crafting demands, as well as case studies, best practices, and next steps for union educators.