Scott Paul (AAM) / Greg Regan (Transportation Trades Department)

The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) President Scott Paul joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the recent passage of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act and explained why this legislation is only the beginning of the policy change needed to revitalize U.S. manufacturing. He also talked about the need to increase the domestic production of batteries for electric vehicles and the need to install charging infrastructure to power the nation’s electric vehicles. 

 

AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Greg Regan appeared on the AWF Union Podcast and provided an update on the contract negotiation impasse reached by major railroads and their unions, which has been turned over for moderation by President Biden’s Presidential Emergency Board. He also talked about recently announced Federal Transit Administration funding in the Infrastructure Law.