Negotiating the Future
US Workers, Labor Unions, and the Low-Carbon Energy Transition
$94.13
- Paperback
222 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2026
Summary
Negotiating the Future focuses on US labor and the just transition.
Fossil fuel workers are currently at risk for losing their jobs should the US curtail coal, natural gas and oil use. A just transition would support these workers and avoid imposing disproportionate shares of the costs of decarbonization on the poor, the working class, or people of color. While some unions are debating how a just low-carbon energy transition can be enacted, others are questio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501789847 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501789848 |
| Author: | Diane Sicotte |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | ILR Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 222 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 150mm x 230mm |
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Diane Sicotte
Diane Sicotte is Professor of Sociology at Drexel University with research interests in environmental injustice and inequality, energy and labor, and plastics in society.
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