Plan to Bolster Infrastructure Workforce Unveiled by Biden Team

The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure there are enough trained workers ahead of the expected flood of new construction work created by the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Members of the administration, including Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, will announce Friday a summer-long “Talent Pipeline Challenge” that would connect employers to organizations that offer job training, such as unions, industry associations, and community colleges, senior administration officials said on a press call Thursday.

The effort also encourages state and local government to use funding from the infrastructure law and the American Rescue Plan to invest in opportunities to provide workers with ...