Why Passaic County Wants Union Labor Deals on More Public Jobs

More than $4.3 billion in upgrades at 11 reactors will add new power to a grid that serves 67 million people Google and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power deal that will create about 7,200 nuclear construction jobs at plants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois, Constellation announced Oct. 6. The agreement adds 890

Report Finds Retirements and Infrastructure Growth Outpacing the Training Pipeline About 1.7 million skilled trade jobs will open each year in the U.S. through 2035, according to a new report covered by CNBC. The State of America’s Skilled Trades report, released Sept. 30, was led by the research nonprofits Jobs for the Future and the

States Lead as Sectoral Bargaining Gains Momentum A new op-ed from Harvard’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy argues that sectoral bargaining, not just worksite-level organizing, is emerging as the labor movement’s next major tool. Writing in TIME, Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs point to Massachusetts and California as early proof points for the