New analysis by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst commissioned by the BlueGreen Alliance and National Skills Coalition estimates that the combined investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) will support nearly 3 million jobs per year over the life span of the laws.

The new report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst estimates that the combined investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) will support nearly 3 million jobs per year and 19 million job-years over their lifetime.

This factsheet lists the broad range of programs now available to K-12 public schools, school districts as well as state, local and Tribal governments—and guides them on how to maximize the social and economic impact of these dollars.

Union contracts for nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis expired on Thursday, September 14 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Those workers are now on strike or working without a contract. UAW is pushing for, among other items, fair and equal pay, safer workplaces—particularly in electric vehicle (EV) battery plants—and job security in the transition to EVs. 

The BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) commented in support of the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed standard on Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection

‘EV Jobs Hub’ Charts Unionization, Investments in Disadvantaged Communities, and State and Local Subsidy Data for 188,000 Announced Jobs from $154 Billion in Investment in More Than 300 EV Facilities

The Biden administration today announced new and updated funding opportunities aimed at supporting a domestic supply chain for the clean vehicles of the future and ensuring that the jobs building these vehicles provide community-sustaining wages and benefits in workplaces where workers have the free and fair choice to join a union. The package of announcements focuses on three U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs that provide grants and loans to automakers building clean vehicles and their components here in the United States, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program, the Battery Material Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Grants Programs, and the new Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program.

This Labor Day, we sit at a pivotal moment for our nation. As urgency grows to reduce emissions and clean up our air and water, we need to consider the lack of foresight that brought us to this point and move forward in a smarter way.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released guidance on the labor standards required for eligibility for the full value of clean energy tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Federal and state agencies are playing a crucial role in uplifting workers and communities as they develop programmatic requirements and guidance to implement the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act. See our checklist which aims to ensure these investments support and create good-paying union jobs, protect worker rights, prioritize systematically marginalized communities, reduce emissions and pollution, and reinvests in U.S. manufacturing.

Investing in methane mitigation will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, smog- and soot-forming compounds, and toxic pollution, make workers and communities around the pipelines safer and healthier, and generate and support good-paying jobs. Reducing Methane Leaks is a Win-Win-Win for Workers, Communities, and the Climate.

One year ago today, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, putting the nation on a path to clean up the nation’s air and water and reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 42% by 2030. Over the last year, the law has already begun to revitalize U.S. manufacturing, grow clean energy, and support and create good union jobs across the country.