by gotgreenseattle | Apr 2, 2012 | Green Jobs, Publications
“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...
by gotgreenseattle | Apr 1, 2012 | Green Jobs, Publications
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...
by gotgreenseattle | Jan 27, 2012 | gj-videos, Green Jobs, Videos
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...
by gotgreenseattle | Jan 17, 2012 | Green Jobs
Unemployed workers and community supporters are planning informational pickets at the site where the Rainier Beach Community Center and Pool are being rebuilt by CE &C, a Tacoma-based contractor. “We’re asking CE&C (the general contractor) to insure members of...
by gotgreenseattle | Jan 11, 2012 | Green Jobs
March with Got Green! After the rally, meet us on the steps leading to the main entrance of the school to march together as a group downtown to the Federal Building for a short program. A snack lunch and free buses back to Garfield will be available too. Starting at...
by gotgreenseattle | Sep 21, 2011 | Green Jobs, Women in the Green Economy
Michelle Esguerra is a journey-level, union electrician who lost her full-time job in 2009 a few months before her daughter, Clover, was born. She recently became a certified energy auditor through a federal stimulus funded green job training program. Michelle is...
