Why we’re organizing to overturn the ban on local hire
On March 2, our coalition of over 160 public officials, community groups, unions, advocates, and academics launched a campaign to overturn the local hire ban.
Tribute to Larry Willis
Working people lost a long time friend and warrior last Sunday with the death of Larry Willis, the President of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO (TTD), one of the organizations that helped to found JMA.
Let’s get to work
Now is our time to put people power, workers, and racial justice at the core of our new government’s agenda.
Column: What should ‘Buy America’ look like in a post-covid world?
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the failure of decades of US industrial practice dictated by corporations. But the post-COVID economic recovery process offers a critical opportunity to reinvigorate the industry and create millions of new industrial jobs.
Pandemic, hurricanes, wildfires: Why we need worker-centered climate policy
This Climate Week, we need to turn the tide on an economy that puts profit over people and the planet. To make that happen, we must make sure that every single public dollar invested in the economy aids in the creation of millions of good, union jobs and in the building of climate-safe communities.
Reopening the economy makes us martyrs to economic growth
If our leaders valued human life in the same way they value corporate growth, we would have been able to control losses from the pandemic and survive lockdown.
John Porcari: For real recovery, let’s rethink infrastructure spending
Done right, infrastructure stimulus presents opportunities to build stronger, fairer, and more resilient communities, writes former Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari.
Black Lives Matter: Solidarity with racial justice protesters across the country
Jobs to Move America stands in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters demanding racial justice across the country.
Taking on COVID-19
A real recovery from the devastating economic and public health consequences of COVID-19 means putting people over profit, once and for all.
