Your Partner: Grant Applications and Workforce
Federal agencies give preference to grant applicants who provide a plan to comply with federal labor and employment laws, which include:
New federal investment through the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) combined with the energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are creating opportunities for communities across the nation to build better infrastructure.
The new legislation includes investment for: roads and bridges, reconnecting communities, clean drinking water, lead service line replacement, energy and resiliency investment, electric vehicle infrastructure, orphan wells, and broadband expansion.
The new Inflation Reduction Act legislation includes opportunities for utilities to save money for customers but only if they pick the right supply chain partners. New apprenticeship and prevailing wage standards apply to ITC and PTC credits, which utilities can claim. Costly penalties can be incurred, if utilities choose inexperienced partners who don't comply with these new labor requirements. Read more about incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
With LIUNA as a partner, you can improve your application’s score and win more for your community. LIUNA has experience working with policy- makers, developers, and utilities on infrastructure grant proposals. LIUNA can help applicants throughout the process from letters of support to assisting stakeholders with compliance and implementation of prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, and other labor standards.
LIUNA members are experienced Construction Craft Laborers who build our nation’s infrastructure. LIUNA has hiring halls and training centers in hundreds of U.S. cities and has been helping build communities since 1903. Working with LIUNA, planners have a strong workforce partner to build state of the art infrastructure.
Construction job seekers should check with our Local Unions for opportunities by looking up the Local Union in your area here: https://www.liuna.org/find-a-local
