Infrastructure
Bricklayers union: Democratic hopefuls all back key building trades issues
March 14, 2019“They’re all good on our issues," Jim Boland says, "but the question is ‘Can they win?’”
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AFL-CIO, big biz unite to urge Congress to fund infrastructure
March 6, 2019"Public-sector pay, benefits, and labor rights must be protected when special interests push privatization and contracting-out schemes."
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Water crisis continues in Newark – Is it New Jersey’s Flint?
January 30, 2019City officials argue the comparison to Flint is bogus and that they're working on solutions, but residents say their health can't wait.
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Massachusetts gas explosions reveal infrastructure decay and negligence
September 18, 2018The continued decay of U.S. infrastructure and society will require a lot more than new pipes to fix.
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Laborers’ O’Sullivan: “No single answer’ to funding U.S. infrastructure needs
May 15, 2018"We support any and all sources of funding that will create good-paying, family-supporting, middle class jobs building and repairing America’s infrastructure."
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