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Resource Roundup: What we are Reading - Issue 3, Sept 2024

What are we reading this September? The contributions of organized labor to American society extend well beyond the establishment of Labor Day as a federal holiday. The eight-hour day, minimum wage, and workplace health and safety laws, among other protections, are the result of relentless worker advocacy. But the job isn’t done.

BY Maxwell Johnson

Blog Post

09.24.2024
Employment and Jobs

Resource Roundup: What we are Reading - Issue 2, August 2024

What are we reading this August? As Summer winds down, we would like to share our curated selection of articles, reports, videos, and more that shape our thinking on economic opportunity.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Blog Post

08.22.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — Fostering Worker Voice for Better Job Quality

This month’s Job Quality Newsletter explores the power of worker's voice — the essential mechanism enabling employees to express ideas and concerns, which empowers organizations to gather insights, address risks, improve performance, and create better jobs.

BY Matt Helmer

Blog Post

07.11.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter - The Hands That Feed Us

We invite you to delve into the insightful videos, blogs, and articles featured in this month’s newsletter, and consider joining us at our next conversation on June 21. RSVP: as.pn/groceries

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

06.05.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter - Employee Ownership on the Ground

This April, we co-hosted the second Employee Ownership Ideas Forum with the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing. The t ...

BY Matt Helmer

Blog Post

05.06.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter: Spotlighting Women in the Workforce

As we celebrate Women's History Month, we draw inspiration from trailblazers like Frances Perkins, the US secretary of labor during Franklin D. Roosevelt's ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

03.28.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter: What Improving Job Quality Means for Black Workers

How the US Economy Looks to Black Workers Insights from our November 2017 event on “Race, Work, and Opportunity in America” still provide food for tho ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

02.29.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — 2023 Highlights

Few years have presented us with such a varied and complex menagerie of issues as the ones we face this Labor Day.

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

01.31.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — Pathway to Good Jobs

As we approach the holiday season, we at the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP) are reflecting on the significance of work that brings us ...

BY Maureen Conway

Blog Post

12.08.2023
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