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Employment and Jobs

March 1: Guaranteed Income and Job Quality

Guaranteed income can give workers the agency to leave low-quality jobs and pursue better opportunities — which raises the floor for all.

Event

01.31.2023
Employment and Jobs

Book Talk: The Great Escape

Immigrants play a critical role in our economy, but many face exploitation and abuse. What do their experiences tell us about work in the US?

Event

01.24.2023
Employment and Jobs

Building and Sustaining Worker Cooperatives

Cooperatives are more resilient to economic shocks, experience lower turnover, and have higher productivity levels.

BY Merrit Stüven

Blog Post

12.15.2022
Employment and Jobs

Guaranteed Income, Worker Power, and Job Quality

With rising inflation, stagnant wages, deeply rooted inequalities, and increasingly concentrated profits, the American economy is broken. More than 37 mill ...

BY Shelly Steward, & 1 more

Publication

12.15.2022
Employment and Jobs

Public Procurement, Job Quality, and Equity

This paper offers principles and ideas on public procurement reform to ensure that more jobs are high quality, secure, and equitably accessible.

BY Mark G. Popovich, & 1 more

Publication

12.06.2022
Employment and Jobs

Building a Human Rights Economy

Join us to explore the philosophies and values that shaped our economy, and discuss how to build a moral and inclusive economy.

Event

11.23.2022
Employment and Jobs

New Workforce Leadership Academy Partners for 2023

The Academies bring together leaders to deepen networks, strengthen leadership, advance equity, and promote effective strategies and programs.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Blog Post

11.18.2022
Employment and Jobs

Centering Workers in Workforce Development

The Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance collaborates with employers and stakeholders to boost employment, earnings, and equity for local workers.

BY Adrian Esquivel & 1 more

Longform

11.14.2022
Employment and Jobs

Fostering Economic Justice for Workers

LEP trains workers to promote equity, enforce rights, build unions, develop leaders, ensure workplace safety, and advance economic justice.

BY Alison Dickson & 1 more

Longform

11.14.2022
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