Executive Council Statement
Flint Crisis Demonstrates Need to Invest in America's Infrastructure
… Unions were among the first to provide aid to Flint. We are installing water filters in residences across the city and training workers to replace lead pipes, in order to get the poison out of the community as quickly as possible. But this is … prevailing wage standards and project labor agreements (PLAs) at both the state and federal levels, joint labor-management training programs can provide well-trained workers, equipping them with long-term career skills that offer pathways to the …