BAHRMI builds a high-road manufacturing ecosystem by uniting industry, workers, and community partners to transform how manufacturing investments and workforce resources are deployed, advancing job quality, equity, and climate action across the region.
Our Vision is a Bay Area where manufacturing drives climate resilience, economic justice, and worker power to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable regional economy for generations to come.
Our Approach
Our Standards
We define and promote best practices for quality jobs, equity, and sustainability in manufacturing.
Direct Technical Assistance
We work hands‑on with employers to implement high‑road strategies, from hiring to upskilling.
Pilot Projects for Scale
We test innovative models with local companies, then expand what works across the region.
Our Work
📊 Reports & Data
Forthcoming
Landscape Analysis · Worker Interview Summary
🧪 Our Pilots
Contra Costa Pilot: High‑Road Battery Innovation Hub strategy.
Manufacturing Futures: Building high‑road career pathways in Santa Clara and San Mateo’s manufacturing sectors.
Technical Assistance: For employers applying for public funding.
🌟 Our Values
Why Now?
The Bay Area economy stands at a crossroads. For too long, we have been reactive, playing catch-up instead of setting standards and building for the future. It is time to become proactive to build the economy we want to see. We are shifting from a low-road, transactional model to a high-road, collaborative approach, the key to sustainable growth in our region’s manufacturing sector.
What does “High Road” mean?
A high-road approach involves a collective strategy to grow a sector as a race-to-the-top instead of a race-to-the-bottom. In a high-road approach, employers, workers, and communities work together to support business growth, quality jobs, equity, and environmental sustainability as integral and reinforcing goals. BAHRMI collaborates with employers who see quality jobs, environmental sustainability, and community prosperity as central to their success, and helps support them in achieving these outcomes.
The high‑road approach delivers:
For Industry
- A skilled, diverse workforce ready to meet evolving demands
- Better retention, lower turnover, and higher productivity
- Strong partnerships with community and education leaders
- Regional solutions built alongside other manufacturing employers
For Communities
- Manufacturing jobs that pay enough to support workers and their families
- Cleaner production and reduced environmental harm in the neighborhoods closest to industry
- A just transition that grows good jobs here as the economy shifts
- Employers accountable to community well‑being, not just the bottom line
For Workers
- Good wages, benefits, and working conditions
- Real pathways for advancement, including for workers without four‑year degrees
- Training and skills development for the jobs of today and tomorrow
- A voice on the job and a seat at the table as the economy changes
Who We Are
Working Partnerships USA
UCB Labor Center
BlueGreen Alliance
New Energy Nexus California
California Labor Federation
Get Involved
Want to learn more, or connect with BAHRMI?
info@bahrmi.org