Diversity for Hire: Astroturfing, New Flyer, and the Transportation Diversity Council
How New Flyer and the Transportation Diversity Council are “astroturfing” worker and community demands for racial and economic justice.
New Flyer, union in mediation over calling back some workers in pandemic
New Flyer is in mediation with the Communication Workers of America union after the union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board when New Flyer reneged on a written agreement regarding work at New Flyer during the pandemic.
The route to infrastructure that benefits communities
States and localities will need the full range of tools to recover economically. That calls for federal policies that tap infrastructure-building’s power to boost local jobs and small-business growth, writes national program director Christy Veeder.
Reopening the economy makes us martyrs to economic growth
If our leaders valued human life in the same way they value corporate growth, we would have been able to control losses from the pandemic and survive lockdown.
Black Workers Matter: How defunding police could create thousands of good jobs for Black communities
Our research shows how divesting from policing could build clean transit systems in Black neighborhoods and create thousands of good jobs in the process.
Harlem’s Rep. Adriano Espaillat secures multiple wins in critical House transportation bill
A five-year bill to improve and increase federal investment in transportation infrastructure programs features our signature good jobs and equity policy, the U.S. Employment Plan.
Climate Smart Ports Act
The legislation would green the country's ports, fight climate change, and create good green jobs.
Can workers organize in the deep South during the pandemic?
A community coalition employs an alternative approach at an Alabama bus plant.
Jobs to Move America calls on largest bus manufacturer in North America to protect workers as factories reopen
After New Flyer failed to listen to workers' frustrations with the company's COVID-19 response, Jobs to Move America sent a letter ahead of a company shareholder meeting.
Good jobs can break the crisis-recovery cycle
The bailout after the Great Recession led to a proliferation of low-quality, gig economy jobs. To recover from COVID-19, we can’t repeat the same mistakes.
