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.
Labor leaders hail bus maker pact to hire more women, minority workers
The deal comes as transit agencies are set to receive billions from last year’s infrastructure package to transition bus fleets to battery power
Landmark Community Benefits Agreement with New Flyer Will Lift Workers in Two States
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
Jobs from Washington’s big infrastructure law will be ‘more fairly distributed’ thanks to this one provision, advocates say
Washington’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure law includes a provision allowing states and localities to do targeted hiring of local people and certain marginalized groups — language that’s critical, its supporters say, be“Congress, when they passed the infrastructure bill, took the really
Labor leaders hail bus maker pact to hire more women, minority workers
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
Major electric vehicle manufacturer signs first multi-state agreement with community and civil rights group for equitable hiring and good jobs
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 CBA with electric bus builder New Flyer
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.
Elected Officials Must Act on Racist Violence in the U.S.
By Melanie Jamileh Prasad, JMA Legal Director I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York and want to share some thoughts about the shooting there this weekend. I carry a strong attachment and deep feeling of home to my
Electric Bus Makers Pave the Way to Union Jobs for Disadvantaged Workers
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
Pace piggybacks on Georgia e-bus order, approves Homewood facility upgrade funding
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.