In a landmark decision, a California court recently awarded thousands of dollars in legal expenses to a public interest organization that successfully fought a government contractor’s attempt to block the release of public records.
“The intention of local preference, has always been around job creation. Cities want to get as much of the money in their region to their own bottom line,” says Madeline Janis, executive director of Jobs to Move America.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors unanimously adopted a motion to establish an agency-wide Good Jobs and Equity Policy that will cover billions of dollars of taxpayer-purchased trains, buses, and equipment.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted to approve the purchase of 535 state-of-the-art, next-generation R211 subway cars for use on the “B Division,” which are the lettered routes, as well as the Staten Island Railway. Jobs to Move America’s Deputy
A whole host of new jobs are heading to the Hudson Valley, as the MTA announced a $1.4 billion contract that will be awarded to Kawasaki to build state-of-the-art subway cars in Westchester.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board yesterday approved a new policy to incentivize companies bidding on contracts to create and retain U.S. jobs. The policy is estimated to support up to 22,000 jobs as L.A. Metro replaces all
“We’re thrilled,” said John Samuelsen, international president of Transport Workers Union, which fought for the jobs component of the agreement. “The billions of dollars that transit agencies spend every year on new rail cars and equipment should to every extent
Though the efforts to revive our much shrunken industrial sector may seem quixotic, manufacturing still matters to the nation’s economy—and its psyche.
Jobs to Move America, a national coalition that supports using infrastructure spending to benefit low-income people, released a statement denouncing the withdrawal.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has withdrawn an Obama-era proposal that allowed cities receiving federal grant funds to use geographic hiring preferences for federally-funded projects.
