{"615193":{"#nid":"615193","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Allen Hyde Publishes Research on Labor Unions and Greenhouse Gas Emissions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant professor of sociology Allen Hyde recently published a journal article\u0026nbsp;in \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental Sociology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewith coauthor Todd Vachon about the relationship between labor unions and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 16 affluent nations from 1990 to 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETypically, debates about jobs and environmental protection are often framed in a zero-sum fashion such that what is good for jobs is bad for the environment and vice versa. As a result, labor unions are often depicted as being protective of their workers\u0026#39; jobs at all costs, including the risk of environmental degradation. Given the rise of alliances between labor and environmental activists on the Left and the burgeoning union platform of a \u0026quot;just transition,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;they wanted to explore if the old \u0026quot;jobs vs. environment\u0026quot; framework holds true for labor unions on average in affluent countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey found that, net of controls, labor union density is associated with less GHG emissions, net of a robust set of controls, and that this relationship becomes stronger (more negative) when unions have a seat at the table\u0026nbsp;in policy making along with corporate and government leaders in corporatist systems of governance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOverall, this article contributes to our understanding of the role of labor unions in addressing climate change.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/23251042.2018.1544107\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk536433\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/23251042.2018.1544107\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Innovative work ties labor union density and pollution emissions.  "}],"uid":"27332","created_gmt":"2018-12-10 17:16:57","changed_gmt":"2018-12-10 17:18:09","author":"Amy D\u0027Unger","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584143":{"id":"584143","type":"image","title":"Allen Hyde","body":null,"created":"1479756556","gmt_created":"2016-11-21 19:29:16","changed":"1479756556","gmt_changed":"2016-11-21 19:29:16","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222714","name":"Allen Hyde_WebDirectory.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Allen%20Hyde_WebDirectory.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Allen%20Hyde_WebDirectory.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":70430,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Allen%20Hyde_WebDirectory.jpg?itok=97zcP0XL"}}},"media_ids":["584143"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166851","name":"HSOC research"},{"id":"178962","name":"Allen Hyde"},{"id":"179957","name":"labor unions"},{"id":"843","name":"greenhouse gas emissions"},{"id":"167053","name":"sociology"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}