The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties & Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition are establishing a Community Benefits Coalition focused on lithium’s impact in the Imperial Valley and supporting advocacy needs to ensure that mining and regulatory plans contain racial, economic, and environmental justice protections that put people and their ecosystems first.

The Center for Manufacturing a Green Economy & UAW Region 6 develop and empowers a well-trained, mission-driven green workforce in the Imperial Valley that includes creating workforce training programs in direct lithium extraction, and building opportunities for a broader battery manufacturing ecosystem.

Comite Cívico del Valley conducts community outreach and education activities centered on the importance of community benefits agreements, including project labor agreements, high-road jobs, local hiring provisions, environmental mitigation, and enforcement.

Jobs to Move America organizes to secure community benefits agreements with lithium extraction and lithium-related companies, resulting in high-road jobs standards, family-sustaining wages and benefits, training and career-path opportunities, and the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts for workers and their communities in the region.

Partnership for a Better San Diego & The San Diego and Imperial Counties Central Labor Council offer internships to local young people who will learn and practice organizing skills as they work in coalition with labor unions, community organizations, and advocacy groups as the Imperial Valley transitions to a new economy.

The University of California San Diego Labor Center is establishing a Worker Resource and Organizing Center that will serve as a focal point for building worker power by providing essential resources, support, and organizing opportunities.