CBA with BYD

Year

2017

Region

West

Language

English

Issue Area

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Clean energy, Clean mobility, Advanced technology manufacturing, Service sector workers, Environmental justice, Worker organizing, Equitable workforce development

Description

In 2017, our community-labor coalition in California signed a landmark CBA with electric bus manufacturer BYD. The CBA is supporting the creation of good, family-sustaining jobs through deep investments in pre-apprenticeship and training programs. BYD committed to a goal of recruiting and hiring 40 percent of its workers from populations facing significant barriers to employment, including women, African Americans, justice-impacted individuals and veterans.

Through this CBA, BYD is implementing the country’s first electric bus apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program.

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