CTA encourages bidders for rail car deal to detail US job creation
The CTA is asking manufacturers bidding on a potential $2 billion rail car contract to disclose any plans about new jobs they might create in the U.S.
The CTA is asking manufacturers bidding on a potential $2 billion rail car contract to disclose any plans about new jobs they might create in the U.S.
The request for a disclosure on an American jobs plan is not a requirement by the CTA, but it is the first time the transit agency has asked bidders to voluntarily submit such information.
This Labor Day, let’s renew our commitment to getting out of the box and building a new economy where everyone wins.
On Oct. 17, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced it will ask companies vying for a $2 billion contract to manufacture 854 new rapid transit cars to provide specific information on how many jobs they plan to create in America and how they will generate opportunities for American workers, for the first time.
Manufacturing companies may be afraid of American jobs, but the Jobs to Move America coalition is not. In the months ahead, our campaign will continue to ask public transit agencies to invest billions of American tax dollars into good jobs, opportunities and factories, right here in America.
With unemployment rates at 7 percent statewide and much higher in Baltimore, it's clear we need to be innovative and think about how we can grow the manufacturing industry by creating jobs across all communities, particularly those that are low-income.
Turning federally funded transit projects into a vehicle for job creation that also boosts America’s manufacturing sector is an overdue step.
Chicago has a huge opportunity, right now, to tackle the problem of unemployment, especially among African Americans.
Chicago's fleet of elevated trains will be joined by 846 new railcars. But who will make them?
Chicago labor groups are pissed. And they have a right to be. The Montreal-based company Bombardier Transportation was awarded a $1.14 billion contract to build more than 700 train cars for the Chicago Transit Authority, and the local workforce has been left out.