U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and other labor officials visited the East Bay on Wednesday to support the bipartisan infrastructure bill making its way through Congress.
Walsh took a tour of a union complex in Concord where plumbers, pipe fitters and welders train.
"I’ve been to a lot of training facilities all across the country and this is one of the most impressive," he told KCBS Radio.
Walsh praised the Senate for passing the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which if passed by the House, will create thousands of union jobs in the Bay Area as well as across the United States. "Folks will have the opportunity to walk through these doors, get trained and work in this region, the Bay Area, on infrastructure projects," he said.
Exact details of the projects are still being worked out, but a good example is the California high-speed rail plan. East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier told KCBS Radio that the struggling rail system, which plans to build three locations in the Bay Area, could receive millions from the legislation.
"California needs a world-class transit system, and we’re getting there, but it requires an investment," DeSaulnier explained.
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