Just transitions needed to build a better world
- Taisha Rucker
- Apr 26, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 24, 2024
The legendary American union leader Tony Mazzocchi pioneered the concept of a just transition a half century ago. Some industries are too toxic for society, he argued. But to shut them down in a way that punishes the workers in those industries, or the places where those industries are concentrated, would be unjust.