This event is part of the Economic Opportunities Program’s Job Quality in Practice series.

In "The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket," author Benjamin Lorr traces the history and evolution of the modern-day supermarket, exposes the grocery supply chain, and reveals the often exploited and underpaid labor that goes into making sure shelves are stocked.

The 2024 Employee Ownership Ideas Forum brought together leading policymakers, practitioners, experts, and the media for a robust discussion on how we can grow employee ownership for the shared benefit of American workers and businesses. 

The Employee Ownership Ideas Forum will bring together leading policymakers, practitioners, experts, and the media for a robust discussion on how we can grow employee ownership for the shared benefit of American workers and businesses. 

In this conversation, our panelists will discuss the challenges workers face, ideas for improving the jobs and well-being of workers in the meat and poultry processing world, and the policies and practices that could reshape this industry to build a sustainable system where workers, consumers, and businesses thrive together.

An expert panel will discuss the latest research on the experiences of workers grappling with schedule instability.

EOTs, a type of perpetual purpose trust, have the potential to sustain employee ownership over time, often while serving other purposes.

Wealth Supremacy builds on the analysis Marjorie Kelly began 20 years ago with The Divine Right of Capitalism, arguing that the bias toward is wealth woven into the very fabric of American capitalism and is damaging, people, the economy and the planet.