Denver / Seattle / Houston / Washington D.C. / Minneapolis / Boston / New York / Los Angeles / Chicago / /
Company
Bombardier / National Employment Law Project Partnership / Move America / Hitachi / Popular Democracy Chicago Labor Federation Communications Workers of America / Alstom / New Flyer Industries / Nippon Sharyo / Hyundai / Siemens / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / /
Facility
University of Southern California / University of Massachusetts / Political Economy Research Institute / /
IndustryTerm
rail car purchases / public transportation systems / manufacturing jobs / railcar manufacturing / manufacturing / large public transportation projects / cleaner transit systems / /
Organization
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority / California High Speed Rail Authority / All International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / Political Economy Research Institute / Industrial Union Council / University of Massachusetts / Amherst / Working Families PICO National Network International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers / Transportation Equity Network / American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations / Los Angeles County Federation of Labor / International Union / Association of Sheet Metal / Air / Rail and Transportation Workers / Chicago Federation of Labor / Chicago Transit Authority And Chicago Federation of Labor Launch Groundbreaking / University of Southern California / Maryland Department of Transportation / Chicago Transit Authority / Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy / Alliance for a Greater New York / Gamaliel Foundation / AFL-CIO International Union / Steering Committee / Blue Green Alliance Center / Surdna Foundation Transportation Trades Department / /
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? American cities spend about $5.4 billion each year to buy buses and trains for public transportation systems. Much of this taxpayer money goes to global companies who manufacture significant portions