Purchasing for the Common Good 201
An introductory webinar to "inclusive procurement" or "purchasing for the common good."
Inclusive Procurement and Contracting: Building a Field of Policy and Practice
This study, co-authored by Emerald Cities and PolicyLink, surveys the current landscape on inclusive procurement and contracting policies and practices in the infrastructure and construction industries.
A pathway to 22,000 jobs: LA County Metro Board unanimously approves first-of-its-kind good jobs policy
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors unanimously adopted a motion to establish an agency-wide Good Jobs and Equity Policy that will cover billions of dollars of taxpayer-purchased trains, buses, and equipment today. The motion was
Gov. Cuomo and the New York MTA announce major victory for local communities and U.S. workers
New York – U.S. workers scored a major victory today. This victory was made possible by New York Metropolitan Authority’s (MTA’s) adoption of the U.S. Employment Plan (USEP), a nationwide initiative designed by Jobs to Move America (JMA) to drive
After rally, LA Metro committee supports permanent jobs and equity policy, creating a pathway to 22,000 jobs
Los Angeles – Following a rally with California Jobs to Move America in support of Metro Director and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis’ motion to adopt a Permanent U.S. Employment Plan Policy for Metro bus and rail car
JMA provides public comment on draft DOT strategic plan
Jobs to Move America (JMA) respectfully submits the following comments to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding the DOT’s strategic plan for FY 2018-2022 and Request for Public Comment, Docket Number DOT-OST-2009-0092. Jobs to Move America is a non-profit
Trump administration drops local hire program that would have employed hundreds of thousands of workers in their own communities
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that effective tomorrow it will no longer support local hire programs in cities that receive federal grants. The DOT announced this week that it is withdrawing a proposed revision of a
Reagan vs. Cities: The 20th century battle over South African apartheid and lessons for the Trump era
On June 27, Jobs to Move America released a report that pieces together the story of how cities and states joined the fight against apartheid in South Africa and how the Reagan administration sought to suppress those efforts. Between December
Reagan vs. Cities: The 20th Century Battle Over South African Apartheid and Lessons For The Trump Era
By the 1980s, the apartheid political system in South Africa and its brutal oppression of people of color had become increasingly shocking to the world. Sustained global opposition resulted in the system’s collapse by the beginning of the next decade.
Good Jobs through LA DOT’s purchasing process
In 2017, the LA Department of Transportation committed to applying our signature good jobs and equity policy to all future purchases of clean transit equipment.