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By GREGORY N. HEIRES<\/strong><\/p>\n An environmental activist group has included the federal jobs guarantee as a key component of its national campaign to address the climate crisis.<\/p>\n The Sunrise Movement\u2019s campaign for a Green New Deal includes a call for investing $10 trillion to create 15 million jobs over 10 years.<\/p>\n In March, the Sunrise Movement launched its \u201cGoods Jobs for All\u201d Campaign, which the group says would lay the groundwork for organizing a post-pandemic society that puts millions of people to work stopping the climate crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the richest country in the world, no one should go without a good job,\u201d said\u00a0Varshini Prakash, executive director of the\u00a0Sunrise\u00a0Movement, said on March 4 during the call announcing the initiative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cFor years, our movement has been demanding a Green New Deal that fulfills Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u2019s promise and Coretta Scott King\u2019s dream through guaranteed good jobs and a better society,\u201d Prakash said. \u201cThis campaign will galvanize and grow our movement around this critical component of the Green New Deal as we recover from COVID-19 and the economic recession,\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Ayanna Pressley<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(D. Mass.) joined the group to announce the campaign. Earlier this year, Pressley introduced a resolution calling for a federal jobs guarantee. The National Jobs for All Network worked with PolicyLink on the resolution, which counts with the backing of about a dozen U.S. Congress members and dozens of grassroots organizations.<\/strong><\/p>\n During the announcement, the Sunrise Movement unveiled its Good Jobs for All Pledge, which asks voters to send a letter to their representatives seeking their commitment to support legislation \u201cto create millions of good union jobs addressing the crises of climate change, economic inequality, and systemic racism.\u201d The pledge is posted on the group\u2019s website at <\/strong>https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/campaign\/good-jobs-for-all\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Good Jobs for All Pledge calls for <\/strong>investing\u00a0<\/em>$10 trillion<\/strong>\u00a0to create at least\u00a0<\/em>15 million good jobs\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>sustained over the next decade in clean energy, transportation, housing, the care economy, public services, and regenerative agriculture <\/em>to guarantee full employment ultimately<\/em>. It supports<\/em><\/p>\n The Sunrise Movement describes itself as a youth movement dedicated to stopping climate change and creating millions of good jobs in the process. It aims to build an army of young people to\u00a0make climate change an urgent priority\u00a0across the United States,\u00a0end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives\u00a0on our politics, and\u00a0elect leaders who stand up for all people’s health and well-being.<\/p>\n The group outlines its vision of a jobs guarantee in an article (<\/em>https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/theory-of-change\/what-is-a-federal-jobs-guarantee\/<\/a>) on its website. It\u2019s a vision that mirrors what the National Jobs for All Network has embraced for years.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By GREGORY N. HEIRES An environmental activist group has included the federal jobs guarantee as a key component of its national campaign to address the climate crisis. The Sunrise Movement\u2019s campaign for a Green New Deal includes a call for investing $10 trillion to create 15 million jobs over 10 years. 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