Inside the Meltdown at the Sierra Club
Employees at the prominent environmental organization describe chaos, threats, and escalating conflict.
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Employees at the prominent environmental organization describe chaos, threats, and escalating conflict.
On October 9, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous joined a picket-line in support of the striking United Auto Workers. “I was raised in a union household, I’m raising my children to believe in the power of the union movement, and I’m a former union member myself,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Employees at the storied environmental organization Jealous runs weren’t impressed. Only a few weeks prior, the Progressive Workers Union (PWU), which represents about 400 staff at the Sierra Clu
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The Sierra Club has recently experienced major infighting because of its response toward equity within its organization,” The Washington Post reported.