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Posted in :: Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2022
Post type:: In the News

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.

Posted in :: Gotham Gazette , November 14, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Climate Change, Infrastructure/Transportation, Manufacturing

With the Environmental Bond Act’s Passage, Let’s Ensure the Green Transition Creates Good Jobs

JMA’s Farah Mehreen Ahmad wrote about what the passage of the Bond Act means for New York.

Posted :: November 8, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Climate Change, Economy, Infrastructure/Transportation

The Electric School Bus Is the Climate Hero We Need

JMA California Director Héctor Huezo wrote the blog with Earthjustice’s Yasmine Agelidis how electric school buses are an opportunity to fight climate change, make healthy air for kids and create good jobs.

Posted in :: Forbes, October 7, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing, Racial Justice

‘Made In America’ Should Not Mean ‘Made Under Injustice’

The Biden administration is making historic investments in U.S. manufacturing–through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, and by increasing domestic content requirements under Buy America laws. These investments are important, as the disappearance of U.S. manufacturing has caused …

Posted in :: The American Prospect, September 28, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Climate Change, Labor, Manufacturing

Industrial Policy Without Industrial Unions

Coalitions like Jobs to Move America are focused on winning community benefit agreements in places like Illinois, where labor and environmental groups are calling on Lion Electric to allow employees to decide on union representation.

Posted :: Sep 30, 2022
Post type:: Press Release
Categories:: Climate Change, Economy, Labor, Manufacturing

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs SB 674, California’s High Road Jobs Program, Into Law

CONTACT: Lauren LaBorde(504) 289-1626llaborde@jobstomoveamerica.org Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs SB 674, California’s High Road Jobs Program, Into Law Law will support creation and retention of quality jobs in green transit manufacturing SACRAMENTO, CA –Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 674, California’s High Road Jobs Program, which supports the creation and …

Posted :: Sep 29, 2022
Post type:: Press Release
Categories:: Manufacturing, Workforce Development

Alabama groups issue request for proposals from organizations to handle worker discrimination, harassment complaints

CONTACT: Shechel Williams(404) 484-7067‬swilliams@jobstomoveamerica.org Alabama groups issue request for proposals from organizations to handle worker discrimination, harassment complaintsNonprofits, law school clinics, and legal services in Alabama, southern Tennessee, or central-to-western Georgia are encouraged to apply by November 11 BIRMINGHAM, September 29, 2022 — Jobs to Move America (JMA) and Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) released a …

Posted in :: AL.com, September 23, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Health & Safety, Labor, Racial Justice

Group calls for putting an end to alleged use of child labor at Hyundai suppliers

JMA is part of group of 24 regional and national labor, community, civil rights, faith and environmental justice groups calling on Hyundai to ensure that child labor is not being used in any of its supplier plants, as reports of the practice are being investigated.

Posted :: Sep 22, 2022
Post type:: Press Release
Categories:: Labor, Manufacturing

More than 20 Alabama community groups call on Hyundai to stop alleged use of child labor at suppliers; groups say recent reports of violations show need for community benefits agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paola RodelasCommunications Director, Jobs to Move America(808) 333-4782prodelas@jobstomoveamerica.org Robyn HydenExecutive Director, Alabama Arise(334) 832-9060robyn@alarise.org More than 20 Alabama community groups call on Hyundai to stop alleged use of child labor at suppliers Groups say recent reports of violations show need for community benefits agreement September 22, 2022 – The Alabama Coalition for …

Posted in :: CBS 42, September 5, 2022
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Economy, Labor

Minimum wage debate continues in Alabama

JMA Southern Policy Manager and former Alabama State Representative Patricia Todd weighed in on Alabama’s $7.25 minimum wage.

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Editorial: Taxpayer money can build transit projects — and a stronger middle class. L.A. Metro shows how￼