Economic Recovery Package: Jobs, Jobs and More Jobs
Now that President Obama’s economic recovery package has been enacted, workers and political leaders are poring over the details of the plan to figure out the potential impact on workers and their unions.
Jeff Rickert, director of the AFL-CIO’s Center for Green Jobs, says the package will create millions of new jobs and open up opportunities for workers to gain long-term, quality jobs in areas of the economy where unions are strong—manufacturing, construction and others.
Case in point: Nearly $7 billion will be spent in Illinois alone on projects ranging from $1.6 billion for transportation infrastructure, nearly $1 billion for highways and $154 million in job training.
