Monday, October 21, 2013

LAANE, Allies Secure "Jobs to Move America" Win in Chicago

Victory Will Encourage U.S. Jobs and Opportunities
for Unemployed Workers


LAANE's new national campaign, "Jobs to Move America," won a major victory yesterday that lays the groundwork for similar wins in cities across the country.

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) asked companies vying for a $2 billion transit contract to disclose plans to create American jobs. CTA's move encourages companies for the first time to develop comprehensive American jobs programs in their bids and to implement them if awarded the contract - a chain reaction which could create as many as 20,000 good American manufacturing and related jobs, according to University of Massachusetts, Amherst economists.


The Jobs to Move America coalition met with CTA officials and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel earlier this year, urging them to incorporate an American jobs plan into the purchase and manufacture of 854 rapid transit cars. Over the next several years, Jobs to Move America will be asking public transportation agencies around the nation to use public dollars to generate American jobs and create opportunities for unemployed American workers including veterans, single parents and residents of low-income communities.

Spearheaded by LAANE, the Jobs to Move America coalition unites community, labor, philanthropic, academic and environmental organizations as well as small businesses to advocate for the manufacture of clean, high-quality rail cars and buses in America. Transit agencies currently spend $5.4 billion American taxpayer dollars on bus and rail car purchases each year, most of which goes to big companies that produce large portions of our buses and trains overseas.


Yesterday's Chicago victory builds on our first success, when the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority adopted the Jobs to Move America plan for a $305 million contract to build 550 clean-fuel buses in early 2013. LA Metro awarded the contract to New Flyer Industries, and the company added 150 new jobs to their factory in Minnesota and agreed to build a new service and assembly center in Los Angeles, which will employ 50 more American workers.


Stay tuned as we continue to roll out our Jobs to Move America campaign.


Warmly,

Madeline Janis

LAANE National Policy Director


LAANE is a leading advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all. Combining dynamic research, innovative public policy and the organizing of broad alliances, LAANE promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities and a healthy environment.

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