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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. Mo

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

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 Economic Opportunities Program

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 Economic Opportunities Program

11.14.2022
Employment and Jobs

This Election Day, Job Quality Is on the Ballot

Voters will weigh in on three issues: minimum wages, collective bargaining rights, and involuntary prison labor.

BY Shelly Steward & 1 more

Blog Post

11.04.2022
Employment and Jobs

AI Writing Course from Phoenix Fellows

Phoenix Fellows from three institutions collaborated on a new writing course package with exposure to AI, cybersecurity, and drone technology.

BY Victoria Prince

Blog Post

10.31.2022
Employment and Jobs

Worker Owned and Worker Driven

While the rideshare apps have increased convenience, they’ve eroded job quality. See how the Drivers’ Cooperative is helping to end exploitative conditions.

BY Economic Opportunities Program Erik Forman

10.21.2022
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