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Employment and Jobs

Year in Review - Economic Opportunities Program

We are grateful for and proud of the conversations, ideas, and outcomes the EOP team has advanced – and optimistic about the opportunities ahead.

BY Maureen Conway

12.21.2021
Employment and Jobs

Understanding What Gig Workers Need

This project by The Workers Lab and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative will deepen and amplify our understanding of gig workers and gig work.

BY Shelly Steward Future of Work Initiative

12.15.2021
Employment and Jobs

Infrastructure, Equity, and Green Jobs

Let’s address decades of environmental injustices and prepare all people for a brighter future.

BY Camryn Banks Shelly Steward

12.10.2021
Employment and Jobs

State Commissions Address the Future of Work

The future of work is now. Here’s how commissions and task forces at the state level are taking action to remedy a fractured economy.

BY Camryn Banks

10.07.2021
Employment and Jobs

Cash Transfers Can Facilitate Better Jobs

We need a floor of security upon which to build a robust, sustainable, and equitable labor market.

BY Shelly Steward

09.07.2021
Employment and Jobs

Let's Choose to Improve Job Quality

Job quality is a choice, and we can choose to make it better.

BY Maureen Conway

09.03.2021
US Economy

Building an Infrastructure of Care

One of the most important networks undergirding the US economy isn’t made of concrete or fiber-optic cable. We should give it the respect it requires.

BY David K. Gibson Marjorie Sims

06.25.2021
Employment and Jobs

A Historic Moment for the Care Economy

How can policy contribute to building a care economy that dignifies the work of caregivers and expands access to quality, affordable care?

BY Natalie Foster Amanda Newman

06.21.2021
Employment and Jobs

Portable Benefits Discourse Distracts from Gig Companies’ Power Play

Portable benefits can be essential, but they should be centered on workers and their needs—not drafted for the convenience of corporations.

BY Shelly Steward

05.26.2021
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