Manufacturing Careers Policy at the MTA
We’re advocating for a good jobs and equity policy at the nation's largest transportation agency: New York's MTA.
Contracting Careers Opportunity Policy Ordinance at CTA
CTA will be the second transit agency nationally and the largest agency to apply our signature good jobs policy, the USEP, to its major procurements.
Transforming Transit, Realizing Opportunity
Through economic modeling and dozens of interviews, this report offers policy recommendations to enable agencies to center community health, climate solutions, and good job creation in their transition to electric buses.
New York MTA Electric Bus Transition
The ElectrifyNY coalition pushed the largest transit agency in the country to commit to electrifying its entire bus fleet.
The History of Privatization
This article from Talking Points Memo, by Donald Cohen of In the Public Interest, explores the history of privatization and the four decade attack on government.
Purchasing for the Common Good 201
An introductory webinar to "inclusive procurement" or "purchasing for the common good."
BYD Apprenticeship Readiness Training
This pre-apprenticeship program will train people with systemic barriers to employment for clean, union jobs in the manufacturing industry.
Good Jobs through LA Metro’s purchasing process
In 2018, LA Metro committed to creating tens of thousands of good manufacturing jobs by adopting our good jobs and equity policy.
Inclusive Procurement and Contracting: Building a Field of Policy and Practice
This study, co-authored by Emerald Cities and PolicyLink, surveys the current landscape on inclusive procurement and contracting policies and practices in the infrastructure and construction industries.
Moving Forward: Toward Women’s Equity and Inclusion in the Rail and Transit Sector
The resources in this toolkit support the recruitment, training, and retention of women in nontraditional apprenticeship and jobs in the rail and transit sector.