Jobs to Move America

Report: Using Local and Economically-Targeted Hire to Promote Good Jobs Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This federal legislation will bring $1.2 trillion to states and cities over the next 5 years to

Categories:: Economy, Labor, Manufacturing, Workforce Development

Taking the High Road to Cleaner Air for Kids and Communities

Local Progress and Jobs to Move America co-authored a memo on how to use high-road procurement policy to clean our air and create good jobs with electric vehicles.

Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition: Jobs and Workforce Development workshop

JMA Executive Director spoke on a panel about jobs and workforce development in The National Academies’ Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition workshop. Watch the session below: Jobs and Workforce Development Session from The National Academies on Vimeo

Categories:: Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing, Racial Justice

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Webinar: Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) 101

Melanie J. Prasad, JMA’s Legal Director, spoke at “Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) 101” hosted by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of the Secretary in collaboration with the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity on June 24, 2022. The goal

Webinar: Using Federal Funds to Create Local Infrastructure Jobs

On June 14, 2022, Jobs to Move America partnered with the National League of Cities to host a webinar on how elected and agency officials around the country can create good jobs for their residents using local and targeted hiring

Categories:: Economy, Infrastructure/Transportation, Labor, Manufacturing, Workforce Development

Driving the Future: How to Electrify our School Buses and Center Kids, Communities, and Workers in the Transition

This represents a trailblazing effort to document the opportunity of school bus electrification in all its complexity.

Categories:: Climate Change, Infrastructure/Transportation, Manufacturing, Workforce Development

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Webinar: Leveraging Federal Infrastructure Dollars for Good Jobs in Communities that Need them Most

On May 13, 2022, Jobs to Move America partnered with the EARN Network to host an event on local and targeted hiring practices. The webinar, which also featured speakers from LA Metro and Stand Up Nashville, discussed the historical

Letter to OMB on Uniform Guidance Updates – April 2022

Representative Bass, Senator Gillibrand, and Senator Duckworth led a letter signed by 73 of their Congressional colleagues in support of Jobs to Move America’s local hire campaign

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Providing Training for Zero Emission Buses: Recommended Expanded RFP Language

JMA released a report with The International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) to assist public transit agencies in meeting the requirements in the bipartisan infrastructure bill to train workers in the operations and maintenance of zero emissions buses (ZEBs). In the

Categories:: Climate Change, Economy, Infrastructure/Transportation, Workforce Development

Toward a New Procurement Law: Reclaiming Competition for the Common Good

About the panelPanelists presented a groundbreaking new analysis of federal procurement law to reveal how regulatory changes can transform the U.S. economy by directing federal resources for physical, social and climate-related infrastructure to rebuild high-road American businesses and create good jobs

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Report: Using Local and Economically-Targeted Hire to Promote Good Jobs Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Taking the High Road to Cleaner Air for Kids and Communities

Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition: Jobs and Workforce Development workshop

Webinar: Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) 101

Webinar: Using Federal Funds to Create Local Infrastructure Jobs

Driving the Future: How to Electrify our School Buses and Center Kids, Communities, and Workers in the Transition

Webinar: Leveraging Federal Infrastructure Dollars for Good Jobs in Communities that Need them Most

Letter to OMB on Uniform Guidance Updates – April 2022

Providing Training for Zero Emission Buses: Recommended Expanded RFP Language

Toward a New Procurement Law: Reclaiming Competition for the Common Good

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