Infrastructure

AFL-CIO, big biz unite to urge Congress to fund infrastructure

March 6, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

"Public-sector pay, benefits, and labor rights must be protected when special interests push privatization and contracting-out schemes."

Water crisis continues in Newark – Is it New Jersey’s Flint?

January 30, 2019 By Chauncey K. Robinson

City officials argue the comparison to Flint is bogus and that they're working on solutions, but residents say their health can't wait.

Massachusetts gas explosions reveal infrastructure decay and negligence

September 18, 2018 By Donald Donato

The continued decay of U.S. infrastructure and society will require a lot more than new pipes to fix.

Laborers’ O’Sullivan: “No single answer’ to funding U.S. infrastructure needs

May 15, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

"We support any and all sources of funding that will create good-paying, family-supporting, middle class jobs building and repairing America’s infrastructure."

Pennsylvania election lesson: Infrastructure jobs can win 2018 midterms

March 19, 2018 By Tim Wheeler

The takeaway from Conor Lamb's election win: Infrastructure jobs are the Democrats' ticket to victory in 2018.