Construction Careers at Metro: Moving LA Forward

On Wednesday, May 26th, LAANE and our allies celebrated another victory for working families: the Board of Directors of the Expo Line Construction Authority (A Governing Board of the LA County Metropolitan Transit Authority) unanimously approved the negotiation of a Project Labor Agreement and Local Hire requirements for the final phase of construction on the Exposition Line. The policy will cover $1.63 billion dollars worth of work, generating over 6,500 good middle-class jobs while building critical mass transit for Los Angeles.

This is a victory for residents across Los Angeles County: the local hire requirements of the policy mean that construction careers will be a reality for thousands of people in communities suffering from poverty, unemployment and foreclosure. Putting people back to work in career-track jobs will change lives; building mass transit will change our city, making LA a more environmentally friendly place to live.

LAANE is proud to be part of a coalition with the Building Trades, the LA County Federation of Labor, and community allies in passing this policy. As LAANE and our allies work to bring construction careers to Los Angeles County, the Expo Line is the right track to move LA forward.

To find more about the project, please visit:

www.buildexpo.org