Biden Targets $100 Billion in Plan to Aid Downturn-Hit Workers

President Joe Biden is aiming to boost popular support for his infrastructure plan by including proposals to help workers and protect unions.

Biden’s $2.25 trillion plan calls for $100 billion for workforce training programs, including services for dislocated workers—the first proposal that spends serious money on such programs since the pandemic-linked economic downturn. The White House is also seeking to double the number of registered apprenticeships.

The plan released Wednesday — dubbed the American Jobs Plan — would also require businesses benefiting from an infusion of infrastructure funds to pay prevailing wages and stay neutral in union organizing efforts. And ...