Can Trump succeed where Reagan failed?
Determined to stamp out sanctuary cities, Trump and congressional Republicans plod on, but the anti-apartheid battles of the 1980s demonstrate that such movements are easily cowed by presidents.
Reagan vs. cities: the battle over South African apartheid and lessons for the Trump era
The report “Reagan vs. Cities: The 20th Century Battle Over South African Apartheid & Lessons For The Trump Era” provides historical examples of how cities and states can wield power in the face of threats of retaliation for local policies
Applying lessons from the anti-apartheid era to today
With Donald Trump’s on-going threats to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities, some activists are looking to the past for lessons learned under President Reagan. Anti-Apartheid activists in the 1980s faced similar threats of cuts to federal funds under
A new divestment movement against Trump gears up
Jobs to Move America is releasing a report on June 27 that details this fight between Reagan and cities over apartheid and how it mirrors current battles with the Trump administration over issues like sanctuary status for immigrants. Two cities
The Century Foundation on why manufacturing jobs are worth saving
According to Jobs to Move America, just 27 percent of manufacturing jobs belong to women — most of which are administrative positions. Only seven percent of middle-skilled manufacturing positions are held by women.
Women can build: the power of transportation investment
Electrician, welder, technician. These are all jobs traditionally held by men, although that is starting to change slowly. Last week, influential women leaders led a keynote panel discussion entitled “Women Can Build: The Power of Transportation Investment” at the Women’s
When cities fought the feds over apartheid
Jobs to Move America researchers combed through thousands of pages of documents—legal memos, policy guidances, court briefings, and correspondence between companies and the Reagan administration—to piece together the story of how cities rose up against the federal government in joining
The plan behind a Chicago project to lift up working people
Jobs to Move America and community partners recently managed to ensure a project in Chicago will create good jobs and long-term economic opportunities for the community. JMA worked with the Chicago Federation of Labor, the city of Chicago and the
Coalition claims Nippon wrongly fired worker
In a press release on Wednesday, the Jobs to Move America coalition stated that OSHA found reasonable cause to believe that Nippon Sharyo violated the whistleblower protections of the National Transit Systems Security Act.
Philly, L.A. transit agencies face questions over power plans
The same week President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to roll back Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, climate activists in two cities on opposite sides of the United States were pressuring their transit agencies to think about how