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Brown is not Green (and he's no Friend of the Workers Either!)
by x344543, x356039, and x363464 - October 3, 2013
The IWW Environmental Unionist Caucus recently learned that California Governor Jerry Brown will be appearing at an event in San Francisco at 55 Cyril Magnin Street (near Union Square) at 530 PM on Thursday, October 17.
At this event, Jerry Brown will be receiving an award from the Sierra Club and the Blue Green Alliance for "environmental stewardship".
However, Brown is a green washer and a union buster!
In the past few months, Brown has:
- Signed SB 4 which allows fracking in California;
- Pushed for the so-called "Peripheral Tunnels" in the Central Valley Delta, a project opposed by environmentalists;
- (At the behest of corporate developers) Pushed to water down CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act!
He also issued a 60 day cooling off period during the recent BART strike thereby aiding the BART bosses in their ongoing campaign of vicious union busting - detailed at transportworkers.org.
Several environmental groups are protesting this sham award in protest of Brown's green washing. We call for workers to join this protest in opposition to Brown's aiding of union busting!
All out on October 17!
Brown isn't "Blue" or "Green" and he's not the workers' friend!
An injury to one is an injury to all!
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