How the CTA can create city jobs
Chicago has a huge opportunity, right now, to tackle the problem of unemployment, especially among African Americans.
Chicago’s $2 billion decision: Will it buy U.S.?
Chicago's fleet of elevated trains will be joined by 846 new railcars. But who will make them?
Go local, labor groups tell Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago labor groups are pissed. And they have a right to be. The Montreal-based company Bombardier Transportation was awarded a $1.14 billion contract to build more than 700 train cars for the Chicago Transit Authority, and the local workforce has been left out.
Labor groups: Future CTA rail car makers must disclose local job details
The Chicago Federation of Labor and Chicago Jobs with Justice, among seven other groups, want new manufacturers of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) rail cars to lay out specific details about how many local jobs will be created before any contract is awarded.
Groups call on CTA to require new rail car makers to detail future local jobs
Chicago labor and community groups on Monday called on the Chicago Transit Authority to require bidders on future rail car manufacturing contracts to submit detailed plans for creating local jobs.
In bid for new buses, LA demands American-made
This strategy for directly linking job creation to transportation procurement comes at an opportune time given all the recent attention on infrastructure investment and bringing manufacturing jobs to U.S. soil after decades of outsourcing.
LA’s lost opportunity for job creation
Public officials charged with expending precious tax dollars on equipment need to select companies that manufacture their products in the United States.