The unions are among 1,000 endorsers of the People’s Climate March challenging the big corporations and governments that have stymied any real agreement. Some building trade unions were already primed by Obama’s “green jobs” rhetoric and money to see retrofitting as in their interest. Blue and green tiesRecent lobbying for a “climate jobs” policy in New York City has intensified blue and green ties. “There’s no other way to do it in my opinion.”Any deep economic shift protecting people and the planet needs all hands on deck, and that includes union leaders and their members. We know we can’t let union leaders fall back on flowery speeches to hide inaction, as too often happens.