Category Archives: California

Working Green in South LA

SCOPE is fighting to create green jobs in South Los Angeles. Through their LA Apollo City Retrofit Program, they are working hard to provide construction, operations, maintenance, and manufacturing jobs for the residents of South Los Angeles and other Los Angeles inner-city communities.
For SCOPE, the access to green jobs serves multiple purposes. Not only will [...]

Pushback Expands Network

New Statewide Anchor Organization, PLAN, Brings 7th State into Pushback Network
PBN is proud to announce a new State Alliance Partnership with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), making Nevada the seventh state in its growing coast-to-coast network. PLAN was formed in 1994 to bring people and organizations together to build a better Nevada [...]

2008 Campaign School: Building on Experience, Training for Success

In Los Angeles, California labor and community organizations have long-recognized the need for a joint campaign training program — a program that would include both in-class and field training components.
That’s exactly what took place the weekend of April 5-6, 2008, when over 25 community and labor activists, including PBN reps, gained the skills [...]

Coming up: The Green Economy Forum

A new Green Economy is emerging in California that will create thousands of jobs through
new technologies to clean our communities and the environment.
Join the State Lawmakers and Grassroots, Labor and Environmental Leaders to explore:

What is the Green Economy?
How do we ensure South LA and other inner-city communities benefit from these jobs and new technologies?
What [...]