Be One in a Million: Sign the Petition to Build America

America was the first to put a man on the moon and to build a super-highway system. But today, we can no longer be assured of crossing bridges safely or protecting our families from failing dams or levees. Add your voice to the petition and urge Congress to make building America a national priority. GO »

Make a Call to Build America

Through 100,000 member-to-member telephone conversations about the election, the men and women who build America have helped thousands of fellow members get off the sidelines and onto the frontlines. Join the next effort and make a difference from the comfort of your home. GO »

Fight for Your Country: Register to Vote

If you don't fight for America, who will? Here's a simple online form to help you register to vote. GO »

Get the LiUNA! Look

Let everyone know you build America. Get the LiUNA! look today with union-made LiUNA! t-shirts, stickers, caps, and more. GO »

Improving America’s Basics

If we redirect resources to our country's priorities, America can be a nation where workers get to work on time without traffic-choked expressways, a country with world-class waterways and water infrastructure and a nation with schools that live up to the promise of future generations.

But the reality of today is:

Americans spend 3.5 billion hours a year stuck in traffic on our highways due to years of neglect.
At least 27 percent of our country's bridges are structurally deficient.
Classrooms in our public schools are falling apart.
Across America there are 3,500 unsafe dams.

The American Society of Civil Engineers gives our country an overall “D” grade when it comes to taking care of our basics. The ASCE estimates that $1.6 trillion is needed over the next five years to bring America back up to standards.

Years of neglect have left America’s basics crumbling.

Basic Needs	Necessary Investments over the next 5 years
Maintaining and upgrading America's roads and bridges	$116 billion per year
Increasing America's passenger rail capacity and reducing delays in America's freight rail systems	$13 billion per year
Upgrading America's airport capacity and air traffic control systems	$15 billion per year
Maintaining and expanding America's transit systems	$21 billion per year
Upgrading America's drinking water facilities to comply with federal safe drinking water standards	$20 billion per year
Upgrading America's wastewater systems	$19.5 billion per year
Repairing America's high-hazard dams	$1 billion per year