High Road or Low Road, Job Quality in the New Green Economy (2009)

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Among the challenges......Page 4
Among the opportunities......Page 5
Green job quality control......Page 7
Labor and environmentalists Rnd common ground......Page 9
Green job growth......Page 10
Getting by with a little help from the taxpayer......Page 11
Strong standards and strict enforcement deliver high wages......Page 13
The role of unions in raising labor standards......Page 15
Gamesa: A green labor partner......Page 16
Offshoring green manufacturing jobs......Page 18
Green construction job opportunities and challenges......Page 19
LEED: Setting the platinum standard (except for workers)......Page 20
Comfort Systems: Putting a leash on worker organizing?......Page 21
Gerding Edlen: Leading by example......Page 22
Weatherization: Creating jobs while cutting energy bills......Page 24
Waste Management......Page 25
Norcal:Where hard......Page 26
Green jobs behind bars......Page 28
Making the connection between driver status and diesel emissions......Page 29
Port of Los Angeles Clean Trucks Program......Page 30
A coalition for environmental and worker justice......Page 31
Conclusion and Policy Options......Page 33
Strengthen prevailing wage requirements......Page 34
Promote community beneÿt agreements......Page 35
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act......Page 36
Appendix: Clean energy and green jobs in the stimulus bill......Page 37
Following are more details about the House version of the Act:......Page 38
Endnotes......Page 41
Back Cover......Page 46