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Community Benefits Agreement: Erie County (Buffalo), NY

An agreement tied to the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium deal that directs $3 million annually toward community investments and job quality standards, requiring the NFL team and contractors to adhere to living and prevailing wages for construction and stadium workers and to ensure local and minority/women-owned business participation in the project.

Voice and Representation

Buffalo, NY

Prevailing Wage Ordinance: Richmond, VA

An ordinance requiring that construction workers on city-funded projects over $250,000 be paid prevailing wages to ensure city contractors provide family-sustaining pay on public works.

Earnings

Richmond, VA

Government Practice

Workforce Board Job Quality Initiative: Hillsborough County, FL

A job quality framework developed by CareerSource Hillsborough Pinellas to promote higher quality jobs. The Framework is to guide employers in improving job quality, including better pay, benefits, training and advancement opportunities as a strategy to boost worker retention and economic mobility.

Earnings Benefits

Tampa, FL

Community Benefits Agreement: Detroit, MI

An initiative to improve job quality through a legally binding community benefits plan for the “District Detroit” redevelopment. The $167 million community benefits agreement included $12 million for community-selected programs, 139 units of deeply affordable housing, and assurances of job opportunities for local residents as the project proceeds.

Benefits Safety and Security Voice and Representation

Detroit, MI

Construction Worker Benefits Ordinance: Berkeley, CA

A policy requiring major construction contractors to offer a state-approved apprenticeship program to train new workers and provide health care coverage for their construction employees.

Benefits Learning and Development

Berkeley, CA