CTA’s addendum to its Invitation for Bids encourages companies to develop comprehensive American jobs plans and follow through to create them if awarded the contract – a move that could create as many as 20,000 good American manufacturing and related jobs.
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.
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?
The Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan recommendations, outlined in this report, present a comprehensive plan to scale up investments in public transit, rail, and clean freight, while simultaneously building up manufacturers and the jobs that they support.
This 2010 report examines the job creation potential of increased federal investment in rail and transit.
