SE SEATTLE PRESSURES CITY OF SEATTLE TO MAKE GOOD ON ITS PROMISE OF GREEN JOBS
South Seattle residents addressed the City of Seattle to make good on its promise of green jobs at Got Green’s community event, Wednesday March 16th. Deputy Mayor, Darryl Smith, was present to represent Mayor McGinn.
- Got Green weatherization trainees and residents demand City of Seattle bring jobs and weatherization services back to the community. Photo courtesy of Mike Annee
The City of Seattle will launch the Community Power Works – a $20 million stimulus project to weatherize 2,000 homes in SE Seattle – April 19th. 14 low-income trainees participating in the region’s only union-certified weatherization – a partnership between Got Green, a grassroots organization working to ensure that low-income and communities of color benefit in the green economy, and its labor partner – LiUNA (Laborer’s International Union of North America – graduates this Friday, March 18th.
These trainees will be in the pool of qualified local hires for contractors participating in the City’s Community Power Works to retrofit homes to become more energy-efficient.
Got Green, along with its labor partners, negotiated two community hiring agreements with City of Seattle to employ local residents who have graduated from certified weatherization training programs into family-wage jobs.
Residents, community partners, and labor representatives were at Got Green’s weatherization training event to solidify commitment from the City of Seattle that these high road green jobs will come back to our community through the hiring of the trainees.
Contact info:
Chio Saeteurn, Organizer
Got Green?
P.O. Box 18794
Seattle, WA 98118
Office: (206) 290-5136: Cell: (206) 406-7128
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