1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I am looking for sample language to compose #MSU demands. What is the formal rhetorical style? What is the format? Is it like this?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a href="https://unionsforall.org/our-demands/">Unions for All </a>means doing four things:</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li><em><strong>Bring employers, workers and government together at industry-wide bargaining tables</strong> to negotiate wages, benefits, and working conditions.</em></li><li><em><strong>Establish the National Labor Relations Act as the floor rather than the ceiling for laws governing worker organizing</strong>, allowing states and cities to empower workers to join together in a union beyond the limits of federal law.</em></li><li><em><strong>Ensure that every public dollar is used to create good, union jobs</strong> and that every federal worker and contractor makes at least $15 an hour and has the opportunity to join a union.</em></li><li><em><strong>Put good union jobs at the center of any major economic proposal</strong>, such as Healthcare for All or the Green New Deal.</em></li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Just transition language:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(<a href="https://www.oecd.org/environment/cc/g20-climate/collapsecontents/Just-Transition-Centre-report-just-transition.pdf">Just Transition Center report</a>): <em>At its heart just transition requires us to leave no one behind.</em><br><em>- For coal and oil communities, community renewal with investment in new energy, new industries and new jobs is vital.<br>- For cities, investment in low and zero emissions transport, clean energy and circular economy are the way forward.<br>- For industry, switching to renewable energy must be supplemented with clean industrial processes.<br>- For workers, collective bargaining ensures that essential support is there for reskilling and redeployment.<br>- And, for governments and their leaders, just transition offers the opportunity to solve three key challenges at once: Climate change, growing inequality and social inclusion.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It would also be great to create our own map <a href="https://climatejusticealliance.org/just-transition/">like this one:</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Just-Transition-Framework-copy.png" alt=""/></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->rich