L.A. approves full LADOT transit electrification by 2030
Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion that commits LADOT to electrify its transit bus fleet by 2030.
Corporate America’s latest trick: The reverse Public Records Act
When it comes to evading accountability, corporate America is endlessly inventive. Recently, private government contractors have been fighting disclosure of crucial information in virtually every context nationwide, including with a sneaky maneuver called a “reverse Public Records Act.” A case
Corporate America’s latest trick: The reverse Public Records Act
When it comes to evading accountability, corporate America is endlessly inventive. Recently, private government contractors have been fighting disclosure of crucial information in virtually every context nationwide, including with a sneaky maneuver called a “reverse Public Records Act.” A case
Editorial: Jobs building local transit projects should go to the communities paying for them
Given the encouraging results from Metro, cities and states — which are increasingly picking up the lion’s share of the cost of transportation projects — should be allowed to continue experimenting with local hire. Using infrastructure dollars to build badly
Rick Smith Show: How Trump’s DOT policy will harm communities
Jobs to Move America joins Rick to explain the recent move by President Trump’s Department of Transportation to undo the Obama administrations local hiring rule and discuss what that will mean for communities.
Trump to undo Obama-era federal transportation jobs program that aided minority communities
Administration scraps local-hiring plan for public works
“These huge public investments are an opportunity to create new pathways for people to gain skills and have jobs that aren’t minimum wage, that don’t require skills and don’t have a future,” said Madeline Janis, executive director of Jobs to
Cities nationwide, take notice: Los Angeles just committed to all electric transit buses & you can too
Last week, L.A. Metro, the second largest transit agency in the United States, voted to ensure that all of its more than 2,200 buses will run on battery electric power by the year 2030. This is a huge ground-breaking decision.
Electric buses = more good, union jobs for low-income Californians
California is on the cutting edge of the clean economy thanks to our leadership in addressing climate change.
Linking public works to local hiring faces a Trump challenge
“Why not let cities and states innovate to create the good American jobs that the administration has been clamoring for?” said Madeline Janis, the executive director of Jobs to Move America.