At a recent press conference, 16 organizations including Jobs to Move America delivered a petition demanding a 120-day public comment period on the recently released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and unveiled a “Community Vision.” JMA’s Khadeejah Ahmad stressed that
Organizations including Jobs to Move America signed onto a letter against the recent budget reconcilliation bill in Congress that raises costs for American families, pollutes our communities, and eliminates hundreds of thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs to deliver massive tax
Madeline Janis, who co-founded the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, helped drive the city’s metamorphosis into a Democratic-led municipality driven by immigrant-centered unions. She is now a co-director of Jobs to Move America, a nonprofit that works to
Will Tucker, Southern program director for Jobs to Move America, a policy center that advocates for workers, said automation and offshoring have already harmed manufacturing-industry employees as companies search for the cheapest labor route.
Jobs to Move America and Tennessee for All are proud to play a role in holding corporations accountable through deep coalition building and meaningful policy change in a region that was built on the free labor of enslaved Black people,
“The vision for the CHIPS Act was to build our domestic semiconductor capacity while at the same time bringing good jobs to our communities,” said Khadeejah Ahmad, Syracuse organizing manager for Jobs to Move America. “Removing these types of requirements
The successful union drive at New Flyer demonstrates how employers listen to their workers much better when their public funding is on the line.
Troy Washington, JMA’s Assistant Director for Media, joined CBS New York to discuss Black History Month and the role of Black workers in the labor movement.
Jobs to Move America—who are part of the CNY Good Jobs for Equitable Access coalition organizing ahead of Micron’s New York construction—are concerned that Micron hasn’t been clear about what a “good job” is before moving into an area with
In a lawsuit in federal court, 10 current and former Alabama inmates are arguing that the state systemically denies parole to people on work release because the state benefits by keeping a big piece of each paycheck.
