Are there studies linking the associational power of the working class (collective labor rights: Collective bargaining and unionization) to political ecology theory (Blaikie and Brookfield, 1987)?
The political consciousness of social costs as environmental and health damage caused by industrialization begins in the work environment, and is physically embodied by working people in their daily interaction with the hazards of production, a reconsideration is needed of the active role that workers have played in shaping modern ecological consciousness and regulation, both within and outside (even, sometimes, against) their organizations. The history of ‘working class environmentalism’ has shown how, though contrasted by dominant political and economic forces, the alliance between unions and environmentalism is not only necessary, but indeed possible.
Maybe this can help, from @Karin Bäckstrand
Article The Road to Paris: Contending Climate Governance Discourses ...