The administration's infrastructure bill is begining to move through the grinder called, "the legislative process."  A call to your representives in the U.S. Senate & House of Representives will be very helpful.  More details in this article from Ironworker Magazine.

From the Oregon AFL-CIO Working Americans have gained some long-overdue leverage in the economy as the race to reopen progresses. Employers and elected officials have an opportunity, and an obligation, to ensure that frontline and essential workers, and all working people, are protected, respected and paid as we rebuild from this dark period in our history.

Victoria Garza was doing time, for the second time, at the Washington Corrections Center for Women.  Her chances of going back for a third time are now slim to none as she has found a home with Local 86.  Victoria is now an apprentice following a tough try-out day.  She was ready thanks to a prison program TRAC that gives inmates a basic training in the building trades.