Union leaders warn Green New Deal may lead to poverty: ‘Members are worried about putting food on the table’
“Speaking to Reuters, a spokesman for the coal industry union United Mine Workers (UMWA) characterized Ocasio-Cortez’s goals as lofty and potentially dangerous to rank-and-file blue collar workers. In particular, union officials took umbrage at the resolution’s call for a ‘fair and just transition for all communities and workers’ in order to ‘achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions’ in the span of just ten years.”