Clean electric school buses are healthier for kids, but there could be a downside for workers
JMA’s Ian Elder discussed how the transition to electric school buses needs to protect workers.
New public investments are creating new jobs. Let’s make sure they’re good ones.
In the Public Interest covered the essay JMA Co-Executive Director Madeline Janis co-wrote for the American Prospect about creating “industrial policy for all.”
Will ‘Made in America’ Really Lead to Good Jobs?
JMA’s Co-Executive Director Madeline Janis co-wrote this piece about what we haven’t done, and what we should do, to ensure that “new industrial strategy” actually benefits workers.
Job Quality in Alabama and Mississippi’s Manufacturing Facilities
JMA’s Angela Dawson talks about our recent report about manufacturing jobs in Alabama and Mississippi.
Ensuring the Green Jobs are Good Jobs
The issue is that despite this booming industrial development, communities in the South continue to be chronically impoverished. Corporations take advantage of a system that includes some of the lowest wages in the nation, along with a relative lack
Southern labor ain’t cheap: It costs
In our house, we believed that able-bodied men and women should work and become productive citizens in their communities. We believed that America owes each of its citizens an equal opportunity to get an education in order to prepare him
Mississippi manufacturing workers report low job quality
Policy center Jobs to Move America has polled manufacturing workers across Mississippi and Alabama to rate their satisfaction with their current job. Workers reported some of their needs are being met, but there are several areas that fall below what
Reagan-era regulations hold back good jobs policies in states and cities
New America discusses how Uniform Guidance regulations inhibit state and municipal efforts to support job quality and worker power through infrastructure spending, and how a coalition led by JMA is working to change this.
A Closer Look at the Critical Minerals and Battery Components White Paper
The Treasury and the IRS released a white paper previewing their tax guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV tax credits. JMA recommends attaching good jobs standards to the rules.
Editorial: Taxpayer money can build transit projects — and a stronger middle class. L.A. Metro shows how
Taxpayers’ money should deliver the most good. We can build new transportation projects and propel entry-level workers into solid middle-class careers. Good for Metro for leading the way.