Nuclear Power: Our Jobs, Earth’s Future
“Like many pro-environment unions, IFPTE supports a climate and energy strategy that elevates clean, reliable and diverse energy technologies. A critical part of that mix is nuclear power, as it represents the only means of replacing our current reliance on fossil fuels as a source of baseload electricity.”
From 2024 Earth Day Statement of IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson
learn more about:
The workers IFPTE represents in Canada and the United States
IFPTE’s resolution at the AFL-CIO Convention supporting the Small Modular Reactors at the Tennessee Valley Authority
IFPTE’s “Bridge to STEM” partnership with the American Federation of Teachers
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s speech at the Third Way conference: “Nuclear Power is Good for the Labor Movement”