“Having folks unemployed while infrastructure is being built makes people feel that they are being ignored, that they are not considered a part of any community,” said Andra Kranzler, of Columbia Legal Services. Southeast Seattle environmental and racial justice group Got Green banded together with more than a dozen other agencies and organizations serving communities…
On December 3 Got Green received a Small and Simple Projects Fund Matching Grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to launch the Young Workers in the Green Economy Project. At the heart of this endeavor is a simple idea: young adults from low-income backgrounds and communities of color should have a voice in the…
On May 15 Got Green and our partners on the Construction Jobs Equity Coalition (CJEC) met with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn to ask him to make good on his promise of “shared prosperity” for all city residents. After having been presented with hundreds of petition signatures from South Seattle residents calling for construction jobs for…
Months of community organizing and negotiations paid off Tuesday night May 15 as a community coalition led by Got Green reached agreement with Mayor Mike McGinn on next steps towards making the city’s hiring process for construction jobs more equitable for low income communities of color in our city. The Construction Jobs Equity Coalition (CJEC),…
Shouldn’t a project that is being “built green” hire locally from our community? The reconstruction of the Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool is being funded with $14 million in our tax dollars. But the contractors aren’t required to hire and train local workers to do the work. That ain’t green—and it certainly ain’t right!…
“The Recession hit me hard,” said Ed Mayer, who worked steadily as a journey level construction worker out of the Laborers Union Local 440 before the economy tanked. Living much of his adult life in the Puget Sound, Ed reaches out to young people about the importance of being active in their community and fighting…
When the Green Jobs Act was passed by Congress in 2007, and then later funded through the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), dozens of training programs were established to help address job shortages in low income communities and meet the need in green industries – like energy efficient building construction, renewable electric power,…
Join the SE Seattle Jobs Campaign today! Why: The reconstruction of the Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool is being funded with $14 million in our tax dollars. But the contractors aren’t required to hire and train local workers to do the work. That ain’t green – and it certainly ain’t right! Check out this…
