Posted inMay 8, 2000: After the fall

Green and steel – together at last

When junk bonder Charles Hurwitz bought up Kaiser Aluminum and Pacific Lumber, then accelerated cutting of ancient California redwoods and locked out his employees, he didn’t know he was creating a new political movement. Yet outrage at Hurwitz’s tactics forged an unconventional alliance between labor and environmentalism. Just six months ago, locked-out United Steelworkers members […]

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