Unions Supporting Divestment in North America [OLD]

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1	Unions Involved in Divestment Work
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3	Service Employees International Union	North America	2 million	Service workers, including health care workers, janitorial and cleaning staff, fast food workers, and public service workers.	Capital Stewardship Program supports responsible investment of the pension assets at the public sector adn Taft Hartly pension funds of its members. Also works with Responsible Endowments Coalition to "develop materials to guide small and mid-size institutional investors ($300 million - $3 billion in assets) in responding to the growing risk of climate change."	Note: SEIU International doesn't have a formal position on divestment. SEIU Capital Stewardship works with locals who are interested in working on climate change and other responsible investment issues at their pension funds, including exploring divestment. Contact Marguerite Young marguerite.young@seiu.org	www.seiu.org/a/capital-stewardship.php	www.endowmentethics.org/investor_action
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7	Unions that Have Endorsed Divestment
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9	SEIU Local 888	Massachussetts	8,500	Public Service Workers	Service Employees International Union	Endorsed Senate Bill 1225, which would divest Fossil Fuel Investments from the Massachusetts Pension Reserves	The vote passed 13 - 4 with 4 absentions	www.seiu888.org/2014/05/22/highlights-from-the-may-2014-executive-board-meeting/	350ma.org/state-divestment	0
10	SEIU Local 509	Massachusetts	17,000	Human Service Workers and Educators	Service Employees International Union	They endorsed divestment in Massachusetts and helped create the website www.divestourpensionsnow.org.	In a June 18, 2013 letter to the Massachusetts State House regarding Senate Bill 1225, they wrote "We are concerned that the continued extraction, transportation and burning of fossil fuels will irretrievably harm the Earth's enviornment. We believe that divestment of state funds is not only reasonable and safe, but the right and moral path for the Commonwealth to take."	divestourpensionsnow.org	350ma.org/about/climatebeat/	0
11	SEIU Local 1021	California	54,000	Public Service Workers	Service Employees International Union	Endorsed San Francisco's divestment motion	http://350.org/san-francisco-board-supervisors-unanimously-pass-resolution-urging-fossil-fuel/			0
12	United Academics at the University of Vermont	Vermont	1,000	University Faculty	American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors	Works with student activists for justice at the university, building a coalition to hold their university accountable to stakeholders.	Reporting back from a joint student/labor action held in October 2014, they wrote, “A large and enthusiastic, but orderly group of faculty, staff and students made their concerns known to the UVM Board of Trustees. United Academics took a stand for justice for faculty. . . Student Climate Culture exhorted the Board to divest UVM from the fossil fuel industry. VSEA United Staff called for a fair union election without interference or intimidation Faculty, Students and Staff all stood in solidarity, united by a common call for justice at UVM. Together, we are the University!”	www.unitedacademics.org/ua-news/2014/10/17/faculty-students-and-staff-rally-at-the-board-of-trustees-meeting	vermontscc.blogspot.com/	0
13	Massachusetts Nurses Association	Massachusetts	23,000	Nurses	National Nurses United	Voted in June 2014 to endorse divestment		350ma.org/state-divestment/supporters-of-state-divestment-in-ma		0
14	California Federation of Teachers	California	120,000	Education Employees	American Federation of Teachers	From the teachers for divestment resolution, "WHEREAS, California teachers as members of CalSTRS and state employees as members of CalPERS contribute a collective wealth in the tens of billions of dollars, that collective wealth cannot be used to undermine the future of the very students and citizens they devote their professional lives to. "		http://www.fossilfreeca.org/endorsements/	http://www.teachersfordivestment.com/endorsements.html	0
15	Twin Hills Teacher's Association	California	60	K-12 Teachers		Voted October 13, 2013		http://www.fossilfreeca.org/endorsements/		-60
16	United Teachers Los Angeles	California	31,000	Teachers	California Teachers Association, California Federation of Teachers, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association	Second largest teachers union local in the nation.		http://www.utla.net/system/files/HOR-POLICY_090514.pdf		-31000
17	American Federation of Teachers Guild, Local 1931	California	3,000	Teachers	American Federation of Teachers	Unanimously endorsed motion for divestment		http://aftguild.org/hot-topics/help-fight-climate-change.html		-3000
18	Palomar Faculty Federation Local 6161	California	1,100	Faculty Union	American Federation of Teachers			http://www.fossilfreeca.org/endorsements/		0
19	Santa Rosa Teacher's Association	California	850	Teachers	California Teachers Association, National Education Association			http://www.fossilfreeca.org/endorsements/		-850
20	Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGIll	Quebec	1000	Graduate teaching assistants	Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN)	March 2013 vote		tas.agsem-aeedem.ca/mandates-approved-by-the-ta-and-invigilator-general-assemblies-on-march-27th/		0
21	Association of McGill University Support Employees	Quebec	1,400	Non-academic employees	Public Service Alliance of Canada	In their letter to their employers, they wrote that AMUSE “condemns the University’s investments in companies engaged in the Tar Sands or fossil fuel production. . . . AMUSE has voted in favor of a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and towards a carbon-neutral society.”		www.amusemcgill.org/wp-content/uploads/tar-sandz.pdf		0
22	Teaching Assistants' Association of UW-Madison AFT Local 3220	Wisconsin	3,000	Graduate Employees	American Federation of Teachers	Part of UW-Madison Fossil Free coalition, and endorsed divestment.				0
23	CUPE 2278	British Columbia	3,000	Teaching Assistants at UBC	Canadian Union of Public Employees	Passed a motion of support for Divest UBC				0
24	CUPE 116	British Columbia	2,000	Staff Union at UBC	Canadian Union of Public Employees	Passed a motion of support for Divest UBC				0
25	APTS (L’Alliance du Personnel Professionnel et Technique de la santé et des services sociaux)	Quebec	32,000	Health workers		Passed a motion of support for Recycle Ta Caisse, a movement to get the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec--Quebec's public pension fund--to divest from the tar sands and fossil fuels	Pushing for two other unions to join, one with over 100,000 workers	http://www.aptsq.com/AxisDocument.aspx?id=17203&langue=fr&download=true		0
26	California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee	United States	86,000	Nurses	National Nurses United	CNA/NNOC passed a resolution at their 2014 conference in favor of divestment.	http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/bay-area-workers-and-unions-finance-the-fracking-boom/Content?oid=4203327			0
27	New York State Nurses Association	New York	37,000	Nurses		"What needs to be done in both the short term and the long term to address climate change?: There’s a lot of different pieces to making this happen, but mostly it’s about building a movement. We can’t overcome their power without millions coming together. The clean technology industry will play a role in continuing to develop more effective solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries for storing power. The finance industry has a role to play. They need to make a choice: invest in climate sustainable enterprises or keep investing in industries that will make this planet unlivable. One of the most promising campaigns that we’re involved in is trying to get universities, pension funds, churches, etc., to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Thiscan be one of the most effective ways express the kind of outrage that exists around this issue."	http://www.nysna.org/climate-change-and-nurses			0
28	CUPE 4163	British Columbia	1,500	Teaching assistants and sessional instructors at UVic	Canadian Union of Public Employees	March 2015, passed a motion in support of Divest UVic and voted to donate to Divest UVic from their social justice fund
29	UFCW Local 1994 Montgomery County Government Employees Association	Maryland	6,000	Public Employees	UFCW	Local 1994 Calls for Fossil Fuel Divestment RESOLUTION Resolved Clauses Therefore be it resolved that UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO supports the divestment of fossil fuel assets in the MCERS pension funds; and Be it further resolved that UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO urges all its members, their family and friends and other progressive forces in our community to communicate this message to members of the Montgomery County Council, the Montgomery County Executive, the Board of Investment Trustees for MCERS, the Fraternal Order of the Police for Montgomery County, the International Association of Firefighters for Montgomery County, and other unions in locations where fossil fuel divestment campaigns involving public pension funds are ongoing, and Be it finally resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Governor Larry Hogan, Senate President Thomas Mike Miller Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates Edward Busch, as well as the AFL-CIO and the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO.
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34	List of National / International Unions with Afilliated Locals
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37	American Federation of Teachers
38	American Association of University Professors
39	National Nurses United
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