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OMB’s Uniform Grants Guidance Updates Take Effect Today, Empowering Communities and Workers

by Valerie Lizárraga Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s updates to the Uniform Grants Guidance released on April 4, 2024 officially go into effect. These are some of the most substantial changes to the Uniform Grants Guidance—which determines

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Labor advocates sue Metro over $730-million contract to build subway cars. Will it hurt Olympic planning?

Jobs to Move America is suing to force the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rebid a $730-million order of subway cars.

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Jobs to Move America Files Lawsuit Against LA Metro Alleging Violations of State and Federal Contracting Law

JMA: Aesha Mahmoud(562) 269-9193amahmoud@jobstomoveamerica.org LOS ANGELES, September 16, 2024 – Jobs to Move America (JMA), a national public interest organization, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LA Metro”) for violating state and federal

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The American Prospect, August 30, 2024
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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 South got something to say

By Erica Iheme  Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Acting Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su in Alabama as part of her Good Jobs Summer Tour. The visit came after workers at New Flyer’s Anniston, AL plant unionized with

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The Nation , July 1, 2024
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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 

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Alabama Political Reporter , June 14, 2024
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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.”

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Alabama Political Reporter , June 13, 2024
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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.

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A Call to Action we Can’t Ignore

By Troy Washington Juneteenth has been special to many Black communities before becoming a federal holiday in 2021. It marks the day June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free and had been for a

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The American Prospect, May 29, 2024
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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.