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By voting to join the United Automobile Workers, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have given the union something it has never had: a factory-wide foothold at a major foreign automaker in the South. Madeline Janis, co-executive director of Jobs to Move America, said the momentum could travel beyond the auto industry to other manufacturers.
Federal News Network’s Eric White spoke on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the assistant director for policy at the union-oriented Jobs to Move America, Valerie Lizarraga, about a recent update by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to the Uniform Grants Guidance.
Jobs to Move America is advancing the community benefits agreement model, worker standards boards, and other innovative tools that advance worker rights, good living wages, and green jobs where unions don’t exist yet. These models are built for real change and give an authentic voice to workers—especially Black workers.
The White House announced the final Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Grants Guidance, which is designed to create a streamlined set of rules and regulations for federal grants that ensure. The announcement brings a big win for cities, towns and villages that receive federal grants in terms of how they can use federal funds.
JMA has filed a lawsuit against New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority for failing to release records about railcar vendor Kawasaki’s pay and benefits. Kawasaki agreed to a U.S. Employment Plan in 2018 when MTA awarded it a contract to build new subway cars for New York. Read more about the lawsuit in Bloomberg.
“We cannot count on any private company, which is focused on the bottom line to, on its own, implement these national priorities, like hiring more women,” said Madeline Janis, executive director of labor organization Jobs to Move America. “If there is not good reporting and follow up, there’s nothing.”
Coalition-driven updates to Uniform Grants Guidance include lifting 40-year ban on local hire. Contact: …
The Green Transit, Green Jobs bill will help New York take a massive step toward a clean transportation sector while creating family-sustaining jobs for workers in communities that need them the most.
Microchip companies seeking public funding from the CHIPS and Science Act need to do better in creating good jobs for local communities.
JMA Co-Executive Director Erica Iheme talks about how Black history is a history of labor rights in Alabama.
