FACT SHEET: Progress by Biden-⁠Harris Good Jobs Task Force

Today, the White House is releasing new data illustrating the transformative impact the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda has already had in creating good jobs, especially union jobs, that expand the power of the American worker.

As the Investing in America agenda spurs record levels of job creation-particularly in construction, clean energy, and manufacturing-the Biden-Harris Administration has focused on ensuring federal funds continue to promote good-paying, high-quality jobs. In September, President Biden signed an Executive Order calling on agencies to embed high-road labor standards and best practices across Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science, and Inflation Reduction Act clean energy programs.

The Good Jobs Task Force, a group of federal leaders created by the President's Executive Order, analyzed more than 80 programs as part of its work drawing a government-wide blueprint for expanding job quality through federal investments.

The review found agencies and their partners in the private and public sector have made significant, measurable progress towards creating and improving access to good jobs-including union jobs-which are leading to concrete improvements in workers' lives

Better Wages through More Union Jobs

The Biden-Harris Administration invested billions of dollars in long needed infrastructure projects like fixing roads and bridges, upgrading ports and expanding airports, and building manufacturing facilities. $84B of these construction projects are covered by a union contract providing good paying jobs with benefits available to all Americans, not just those with a four-year college degree.President Biden and Vice President Harris are proud to represent the most pro-union Administration in American history.

Under the Biden-Harris Investing in America agenda, more than 600 construction projects have collective bargaining agreements in place or in negotiation. These pre-hire agreements, known as project labor agreements, are used to set family-sustaining wages and benefits on construction projects. They can also help open career pathways through registered apprenticeship, the gold standard for training workers on the job.

This is also true in manufacturing: Because of job quality priorities, more than 100 federal investments are in manufacturing and clean energy projects covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Nearly 100% of the announced total funding awarded through Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grants, over 75% of total funding awarded through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) Program, and 70% of total funding awarded through the Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling grants are going to work places covered by Community Benefits Agreements.

By promoting these agreements, the Biden-Harris Administration has had a transformative impact on workers' lives.

Promoting Paths to the Middle Class and Expanding Participation in the Workforce

More than 300 projects, representing an investment of $47 billion from across the U.S. government, provide workers with services like transportation and child care-the types of supportive services that allow workers to get and retain good jobs. This is especially true of lower-income and underserved populations in areas where there are limited, or no, child care or transportation options.

Additionally, this Administration has invested over $46 billion in projects that support registered apprenticeship programs. These programs make good jobs available to all Americans, not just those with a four-year college degree. Since January 2021, over a million individuals have started earn-while-you-learn training through registered apprenticeship programs, including over 100,000 women, and historically high numbers of Black Americans, Hispanics, and Individuals with Disabilities.

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