Green-Collar Jobs Committee
SOCM’s Green-Collar Jobs (GCJ) Committee understands the urgency in Tennessee to develop a more just and sustainable economy through green-collar jobs. In 2010, our vision is to ensure family-supporting jobs with workers’ rights, which strengthen communities and provide pathways out of poverty and an equitable, sustainable clean energy economy in Tennessee. As David Beaty, Chair of the Committee and Fentress County resident said in a Letter to the Editor of the Fentress Courier, “We must join together and let our elected officials know that they work for us and ask them to join us in this vision” (February 11, 2009). The Committee is engaging interested SOCM members in each of the 3 regions of the state to develop community assets and the potential for green-collar jobs in local communities. It is open to all interested SOCM members, so join today!
July 2010 Strategy Meeting helps Committee consider new goals
The Green-Collar Jobs Committee is revolutionizing a movement to bring healthy, high-paying jobs to the state of Tennessee.
The GCJ Strategy Meeting July 25 at the Urban EpiCenter in Nashville, Tenn. was a success. Thanks to those who attended and helped consider new goals for the Committee and worked to better understand the potential for industry developments in Tennessee!
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Green-collar jobs tours a success
Covering west, east and middle Tennessee, the recent Green-collar jobs tours in April provided an educational opportunity for SOCM supporters to learn more about green jobs in the state. Click here to read a report about the SOCM events.
