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.
Why we’re organizing to overturn the ban on local hire
On March 2, our coalition of over 160 public officials, community groups, unions, advocates, and academics launched a campaign to overturn the local hire ban.
Coalition of 160+ local officials, organizations, and academics calls on Biden administration to overturn ban on local hire, create local jobs and fix economy
Demand comes as a report reveals that local hire creates opportunities for marginalized workers.
Analysis of USDOT Local Labor Hiring Pilot: Local hire increases opportunities for disadvantaged workers, strengthens local economies
This report from Jobs to Move America demonstrates that the lifting of a Reagan-era regulation prohibiting cities and states from using local hire policies in federally-funded construction projects would create stronger local economies, advance racial equity, and increase the ways that cities and states can create good jobs while building and repairing infrastructure.
Mayors join calls for Biden administration to end ban on local hires in federal infrastructure projects
Jobs to Move America, a broad coalition of mayors, cities, labor unions and community organizations from 24 states, issued a letter Tuesday calling on President Biden to end a decades-old federal regulation that prevents recipients of federal grant money for infrastructure projects to include provisions requiring or promoting the hiring of local community members.
Woodfin joins mayors calling for end to federal local hire ban
“We need every tool available to provide good paying jobs, and that’s definitely true for us here in Birmingham,” Woodfin said. “Removing the ban allows local workers to design and build in their communities, but it also provides an opportunity to cultivate a new generation of builders.”
Transit Equity Day: Why New Jersey’s public transit can’t wait
For the past four years on February 4, a network of transit rider unions, community organizations, environmental groups, and labor unions have organized Transit Equity Day — a national day of action to commemorate the birthday of Rosa Parks by
Tribute to Larry Willis
Working people lost a long time friend and warrior last Sunday with the death of Larry Willis, the President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (TTD), one of the organizations that helped to found JMA.