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
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
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.”
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.
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
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.
This milestone follows New Flyer’s signing of a community benefits agreement with Jobs to Move America in May 2022, as part of a lawsuit settlement. The agreement mandates the company to enhance Spanish language communications, establish a discrimination complaint system,
The workers’ successful unionization and new contract comes after New Flyer signed a community benefits agreement with Jobs to Move America, a policy center focused on economic justice, as part of a lawsuit settlement in May 2022.
The Anniston factory was New Flyer’s only Deep South facility and therefore its last in the United States to unionize. The campaign took nearly 10 years; the ball got rolling after Jobs to Move America, an alt-labor and civil rights
Jobs to Move America is pioneering an innovative labor strategy that turns public investments in green infrastructure and manufacturing into opportunities for union organizing and better working conditions.
