GANE Promotes Good Jobs in the Port Economy

On Tuesday, October 14th, the Drum Major Institute’s Marketplace of Ideas hosted a dialogue in New York on the transformation of the Port of Los Angeles.  Under the leadership of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the port has become a model for the new green economy, combining strong measures to reduce pollution with meaningful standards to prevent worker exploitation and transform the port into an engine of living-wage jobs for the region’s residents.  Chris Ward, the director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was on the panel, as was a representative of New Jersey’s own Coalition for Healthy Ports.  Find out more by clicking the link to the
blog:

http://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2008/10/liveblogging_the_marketplace_o_5.html

GANE is extremely excited about working with the Coalition for Healthy Ports in 2009 to transform the largest port on the east coast into an engine of growth and shared prosperity in these difficult economic times.