The United Steelworkers of America and the Sierra Club yesterday announced the formation of an alliance that will do something that labor and environmentalists rarely do: cooperate. After decades of fighting between blue-collar unions and green activists, the steelworkers and the Sierra Club say they will use the alliance to battle for energy independence and against global warming and toxic pollutants.
See "Steelworkers and Sierra Club Unite", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, June 7, 2006