How Much Will the CHIPS Act Help the Workers Who Make Them?
Despite initially having high hopes, deputy director of Jobs to Move America Miranda Nelson expresses frustration with Commerce’s rollout of the CHIPS policy.
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The Win for EV Workers in the South You Didn’t Hear About
The rapid road to contract ratification at New Flyer in Anniston, Alabama was made possible by a years-long campaign by CWA and a coalition of community groups including Jobs to Move America
Birmingham Mayor Woodfin agrees to federal “Good Jobs Principles”
Su also thanked “union leaders for showing up here and every single day” and said “Jobs to Move America and Alabama Arise both helped make this trip so rich and meaningful for me.”
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visits New Flyer plant in Anniston
New Flyer workers in Anniston unionized in January. The successful union card check followed a community benefits agreement brokered by Jobs to Move America which required New Flyer to be neutral and voluntarily recognize unions with majority support.
Has Organized Labor Finally Cracked the South?
New Flyer ultimately reversed course in part because of a series of legal actions brought by a collection of labor groups led by the nonprofit pro-union group Jobs to Move America.
New Flyer Workers in Anniston Successfully Unionize and Secure First Contract
This milestone follows New Flyer’s signing of a community benefits agreement with Jobs to Move America in May 2022, as part of a lawsuit settlement. The agreement mandates the company to enhance Spanish language communications, establish a discrimination complaint system, and ensure that at least 45% of new hires come from historically disadvantaged groups.
Workers at an electric bus plant in Anniston unionized and won double-digit raises
The workers’ successful unionization and new contract comes after New Flyer signed a community benefits agreement with Jobs to Move America, a policy center focused on economic justice, as part of a lawsuit settlement in May 2022.
There’s Good News About the Labor Movement in the South
The Anniston factory was New Flyer’s only Deep South facility and therefore its last in the United States to unionize. The campaign took nearly 10 years; the ball got rolling after Jobs to Move America, an alt-labor and civil rights group in California, sued New Flyer for not reporting wages and benefits as required under …
The Art of the Green New Deal
Jobs to Move America is pioneering an innovative labor strategy that turns public investments in green infrastructure and manufacturing into opportunities for union organizing and better working conditions.
A Power Surge in the Deep South: New Flyer’s Alabama Plant Electrifies Labor Rights Movement
In a pace-setting victory for workers' rights and the advancement of a new, stronger, clean-energy economy, workers at New Flyer of America Inc. – the country’s largest manufacturer of electric transit buses – have announced the ratification of a life-changing union contract at the company’s plant in Anniston, Ala.