Labor leaders: Demand a better Micron deal
Microchip companies seeking public funding from the CHIPS and Science Act need to do better in creating good jobs for local communities.
Microchip companies seeking public funding from the CHIPS and Science Act need to do better in creating good jobs for local communities.
JMA Co-Executive Director Erica Iheme talks about how Black history is a history of labor rights in Alabama.
JMA’s work in the South was mentioned on “El Genio Lucas,” a Spanish-language syndicated radio show that airs on more than 90 stations across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Patricia Genio Lucas23Download
JMA’s Will Tucker talks about how the community benefits agreement approach to the transition to green energy can work in the growing “Battery Belt” in the South.
A longstanding misinterpretation of procurement law keeps cities and states from using federal money to advance local policy goals. JMA’s Madeline Janis and UCLA School of Law Professor of Legal Ethics Scott Cummings on how groups like our Local Opportunities
Sarah Anderson writes about how outdated Uniform Guidance policies reinforce historic racial and economic inequities and what the Local Opportunities Coalition is doing to update them.
JMA Co-Executive Director Madeline Janis offers some insight on UAW agreements and its effects on workers in the EV transition.
JMA Southern Program Director Will Tucker speaks on what the UAW agreements with the Big Three automakers mean for manufacturers looking to move to the South.
JMA Senior Researcher Marcos Feldman speaks on what the UAW victories mean to non-union workers and wages.
JMA Co-Executive Director Madeline Janis remarks on what Ford’s agreement with UAW means for the rest of the EV industry.