LA Metro-Contracted Bus Co. Settles Wage Fraud Suit For $7M
A bus company has agreed to pay $7 million and promised to hire and promote marginalized employees after it was sued for failing to meet wage and benefit standards.
A bus company has agreed to pay $7 million and promised to hire and promote marginalized employees after it was sued for failing to meet wage and benefit standards.
The deal comes as transit agencies are set to receive billions from last year’s infrastructure package to transition bus fleets to battery power
Jobs to Move America—which calls itself a “strategic policy center”—announced a landmark labor agreement on Thursday that seeks to create better jobs, increased opportunities, and greater diversity at New Flyer, North America’s largest producer of buses and also a major
One of the nation’s largest bus manufacturers has agreed to hire and promote more women and racial minorities, a dealthat worker advocates say is a model for ensuring that federal funds to replace diesel buses with battery-powered buses boosts workers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: JMA: Paola Rodelas (808) 333-4782 prodelas@jobstomoveamerica.org Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP: Michael Troncoso (619) 338-3821 MTroncoso@rgrdlaw.com LOS ANGELES AND BIRMINGHAM, May 26, 2022 – Jobs to Move America (“JMA”), Greater Birmingham Ministries (“GBM”), and New
Our coalition in Alabama and New Flyer, the largest electric bus manufacturer in North America, signed our Community Benefits Agreement on May 24, 2022. This is our first multi-state agreement, impacting New Flyer facilities in Anniston, AL and Ontario, CA.
Report provides roadmap for how to transition fairly so all communities benefit NEW YORK, MAY 24, 2022 — Today, Jobs to Move America (JMA) unveiled a new report that details the impact of transitioning the nation’s 500,000 school buses to
This represents a trailblazing effort to document the opportunity of school bus electrification in all its complexity.
The program at Proterra is the fruit of a community benefit agreement (CBA) between the company, United Steelworkers Local 675 and the Jobs to Move America
Marcos Feldman, senior researcher for Jobs to Move America, argued that, in the interest of ensuring job opportunities and economic benefits for marginalized communities, Pace should bid the project out.