Cellular giant T-Mobile said Wednesday that, yes, it is still going ahead with plans for a big new call center and more than 1000 jobs in the Rochester area.
File photo of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (2010).
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which combines Schumer’s Endless Frontier Act, other bipartisan competitiveness bills, and $52 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations to implement the semiconductor-related manufacturing and R&D programs authorized in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act and a program to support legacy chip production that is essential to the auto industry, the military, and other critical industries.
An additional $1.5 billion is provided for implementation of implement the USA Telecommunications Act that was also passed as part of last year’s NDAA to foster U.S. innovation in the race for 5G. This package of innovation bills will receive a final Senate vote in the days ahead.
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$2 billion for a CHIPS for America Defense Fund: Funding is appropriated up front and $400 million is allocated each year, over 5 years for the purposes of implementing programs authorized in Sec. 9903(b), providing support for R&D, testing and evaluation, workforce development, and other related activities, in coordination with the private sector, universities, and other Federal agencies to support the needs of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.
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$500 million for a CHIPS for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund: Funding is appropriated upfront and $100 million each year, allocated over 5 years to the Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Export-Import Bank, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, for the purposes of coordinating with foreign government partners to support international information and communications technolo
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Created: May 18, 2021 04:37 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) The Rochester Building and Construction Trades Council is outraged after the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (COMIDA) voted in favor to bring in some outside contractors to help build the proposed Amazon Warehouse and Distribution Center in Gates.
The online retailer asked for, and was granted, a tax break waiver from COMIDA Board Members. This now frees them from having to hire only local workers for the project.
Amazon intends to build this warehouse and distribution center on Manitou Road in Gates, and offer 1,000 permanent jobs. Local union members feel they re now being denied a fair chance to work on the project when the actual construction begins.