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Build a Bright Future

From the AFL-CIO

This is Infrastructure Week, an annual event where an increasingly powerful coalition led by local, state and federal leaders, as well as both businesses and labor unions, demand massive and necessary investments to build America.

This year’s Infrastructure Week comes at a time when 80% of voters say investing in America’s infrastructure is a top priority. America’s labor movement says the time to build is now.

The time to invest heavily in America’s infrastructure is now: For $2 trillion, we can have safe drinking water and quality public schools, reliable transit systems and sturdy bridges.

71%: That’s how many transportation ballot measures have passed in the United States since 2000, proving the public’s desire for infrastructure investments in our shared future.