News & Updates
Find press releases, statements and resolutions from our union below.
Sierra Club Staff Union Prepares to Strike, Organizes Pickets in Multiple Cities
Press Contact: [email protected] Washington D.C. - After months of contentious contract negotiations and allegations of illegal union-busting, the Sierra Club staff in the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) National Unit is set to strike...
Sierra Club Union Authorizes First-Ever Strike to Counter Union-Busting
Contact: [email protected] Sierra Club Union Authorizes First-Ever Strike to Counter Union-Busting Ben Jealous’ executive team refuses to meaningfully respond to strike platform Washington D.C. – The tumultuous tenure of executive leadership...
BREAKING: Sierra Club Stokes Labor Tension As PWU Seeks Compromise
Press Contact: [email protected] Progressive Workers Union (PWU) representatives went into a meeting with Sierra Club leadership today expecting to negotiate a wide range of issues between the organization and the union in order to avoid a...
Nation’s Leading Environmental Org in Disarray as Trump Team Plans to Eliminate Environmental Protections If Elected
Press Contact: [email protected] Sierra Club staff in revolt, overwhelmingly vote “no confidence” in leadership as layoffs and mismanagement continue to hobble the organization Washington D.C. - As the nation braces for the potential of a...
Nation’s Leading Environmental Org in Disarray as Trump Team Plans to Eliminate Environmental Protections If Elected
Sierra Club staff in revolt, overwhelmingly vote “no confidence” in leadership as layoffs and mismanagement continue to hobble the organization Press Contact: [email protected] Washington D.C. - As the nation braces for the potential of a...
BREAKING: Sierra Club Staff Union Files New Charges Against Proposed Layoffs Targeting Half of Union’s Bargaining Team
Press Contact: [email protected] Washington, D.C. – Today, Sierra Club’s staff union, Progressive Workers Union (PWU), filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the organization, alleging that management created a layoff plan to retaliate against union...
PWU Statement on Gaza Solidarity Encampments
We, the Progressive Workers Union, write this statement to show our full solidarity with the students of the Gaza Solidarity Encampments who are demanding their universities divest from companies linked to Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and illegal occupation of...
BREAKING: Progressive Workers Union Files Bad Faith Bargaining Charge Against Sierra Club as Contract Negotiations Fall Apart
Press Contact: [email protected] Washington D.C. - The Progressive Workers Union (PWU) has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Sierra Club of bargaining in bad faith by making regressive proposals and...
United Auto Workers, Rep.Tlaib Join Over 100 Signatories in Support of Sierra Club Staff Union
Media Contact: [email protected] Washington D.C. — Over 100 organizations, elected officials and labor unions submitted open letters (read the labor letter here and the elected official and partner letter here) to Sierra Club Executive...
Appalachian Voices Employees Become Third PWU Unit to Ratify Union Contract In Three Months
Media Contact: [email protected] BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA — Workers at the regional environmental organization Appalachian Voices voted unanimously to ratify a collective bargaining agreement after two years of negotiations in a significant win...
