How much would it cost to electrify the nation’s school buses?
To electrify half of the nation's 500,000 fossil-fuel-powered school buses, it would cost approximately $30 billion.
Biden’s infrastructure plan endorses PRO Act, labor boosts
President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday calls for boosting workers and organized labor, including by overhauling federal labor law to make it easier for workers to form unions and negotiate the terms of their work.
Jobs to Move America urges White House to repeal local hire ban to maximize benefits of infrastructure investment
As President Biden rolls out his infrastructure plan today, Jobs to Move America Executive Director Madeline Janis issued a statement urging the Biden administration to repeal the ban on local hire.
As school systems recover, new research reveals how New York can speed up equitable transition to electric school buses
Policy recommendations outline path for equitable, swift transition to curb toxic air pollution and create good manufacturing jobs for workers.
Editorial: One way Biden can help Black and Latino communities recover
"President Biden has repeatedly pitched a massive infrastructure spending plan as a way to create good jobs and address systemic racial inequities. But the president will never be able to achieve those goals as long as the government prohibits using federal dollars to encourage targeted local hiring," writes the LA Times Editorial Board.
CTA, peer transit agencies urge Biden administration to end local hiring ban
Transit officials, mayors and community activists from Chicago and elsewhere in the country called on the Biden administration to end long-standing federal regulations dictating that any construction project that uses federal funds can’t favor local companies and residents when it comes to issuing bids and hiring.
Walsh and labor advocate push for more local jobs for I-81 project
Syracuse’s Mayor Ben Walsh and a local jobs advocate are lending their voices to a move to allow more local workers to take part in federally funded public works projects. Jobs to Move America is trying to lift a 30-year-old ban on any geographic hiring requirements in road, bridge or other projects that get federal money.
Mayor Walsh to Biden: Overturn ban on hiring local for federal projects
Walsh believes allowing people to work in their own communities would help boost the local economy and increase opportunities for marginalized workers.
Mayor Eric Garcetti joins coalition ask Biden to overturn local hire ban
Officials argue that hiring locally will bolster regional economies. In their letter to the Biden administration, the coalition cited data from Local Labor Hiring Pilot, which shows that local hiring can be used on infrastructure projects without decreasing competition or increasing bid prices.
WATCH: Mayor Woodfin among 160 officials calling on Biden to overturn ban on ‘local hire’ policy
In a letter to President Joe Biden, over 160 local officials, organizations, and academics are calling on the administration to overturn the ban on local hire, create local jobs and fix the economy.