Climate Jobs Oregon

Our mission is to advocate for a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and support more equitable communities. The coalition represents hundreds of thousands of workers in Oregon who are the best trained and skilled to build Oregon’s new clean-energy economy from the ground up. This important work, combined with labor standards—such as prevailing wage and project labor agreements, with union apprentice-trained workers—provides a pathway to a strong middle class in Oregon. By focusing on the construction and manufacturing of clean energy technologies as a way to combat the climate crisis, Climate Jobs Oregon offers a compelling new approach to creating an equitable and clean economy. Building a clean energy economy is an opportunity for the labor movement to lead in climate by creating high-quality, family-sustaining jobs that spur economic development while reducing carbon emissions.

Climate Jobs Oregon (CJOR) is a non-profit coalition of labor organizations advocating for a pro-worker, pro-climate agenda in Oregon. A state affiliate of the Climate Jobs National Resource Center (CJNRC), Climate Jobs Oregon is united around a shared goal of combating climate change while reversing income, racial, and economic inequality, and elevating underrepresented and rural communities.