Green Jobs

Source: Perspectives on Work, Vol.13 no. 2, Winter 2010
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In our "Green Jobs" series, we include questions Perspectives on Work posed to Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor and, of course, her answers. We also include articles on how stakeholders, including trade unionists and community activists, are stepping in to promote green jobs. Rounding out the series is the perspective of a green employer.

Articles include:
- Secretary of Labor Discusses Green Jobs
- The Promise of the New Green Economy by Barbara Byrd
- The Real Work behind Green Job Creation by Michael Peck
- Emerald Cities in the Age of Obama: A New Social Compact between Labor and Community by Jeff Grabelsky and Phil Thompson

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