Rebuilding for Resilience: Infrastructure and the American Jobs

Rebuilding for Resilience: Infrastructure and the American Jobs Plan

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The United States is the wealthiest country in the world, yet we rank 13th when it comes to the overall quality of our infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan aims to change that. For the latest episode of Solidarity Works, we talk with USW President Tom Conway as well as with a local union member at Dow Chemical in Michigan about the importance of investing in infrastructure and in our communities.

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