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Posted in :: The Valley Labor Report , March 22, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Labor, Manufacturing, Racial Justice

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.

Posted in :: Eno Center for Transportation, March 21, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing, Racial Justice

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 of safe working conditions and training opportunities.

Posted in :: Jackson Advocate, March 8, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Health & Safety, Labor, Manufacturing

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 or herself for the workplace. And, finally, we are convinced that when America pays its …

Posted in :: Mississippi Public Broadcasting , February 27, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Health & Safety, Labor, Manufacturing

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 is desired in a quality job. Emily Erickson with the University of Warwick says those …

Posted :: Feb 24, 2023
Post type:: Press Release
Categories:: Health & Safety, Labor, Manufacturing, Racial Justice

Report: Job Quality and Community Challenges Persist in Alabama and Mississippi Manufacturing Facilities

Contact: JMA: Rob Yen ryen@jobstomoveamerica.org Report: Job Quality and Community Challenges Persist in Alabama and Mississippi Manufacturing Facilities Jackson, MS, February 24, 2023 – A new report finds that job quality is low and work-life balance is virtually nonexistent for many employees of manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Mississippi. Job quality was assessed …

Posted in :: New America, February 13, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Economy, Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing

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.

Posted in :: Tax Notes, January 23, 2023
Post type:: In the News
Categories:: Climate Change, Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing

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.

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.

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