'This transition must center workers and communities,' said advocates, 'especially those who have powered our economy through the fossil fuel era, and be a vehicle for economic and racial justice.'
"Within the next few years—the span of this next contract—lies humanity's last chance to navigate a transition away from fossil fuels, including away from combustion engines," wrote the groups in an. "With that shift comes an opportunity for workers in the United States to benefit from a revival of new manufacturing, including electric vehicles and collective transportation like buses and trains, as a part of the renewable energy revolution.
"Corporate titans will try to split our movement by presenting us with a false choice. They'll try to argue that building more clean cars is more important than supporting workers. But we know better."to invest billions of taxpayer dollars "to boost your companies' transition to electric vehicle manufacturing and component production," the letter reads, the companies must "do right by the workers who have sacrificed to keep your companies profitable.
"We do not have to choose between good jobs and green jobs," Trevor Dolan, industry and workforce policy lead at Everygreen Action,Wednesday. "Corporate titans will try to split our movement by presenting us with a false choice. They'll try to argue that building more clean cars is more important than supporting workers. But we know better. Our collective movement can only succeed if workers directly benefit from climate action.
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