Job Quality

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.

November 4, 2022
Black Americans at election voting booth

Phoenix Fellows Collaborate on AI Writing Course

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

October 31, 2022
Photo of Katie Belous, Kim Hanes, and Miguel Fernandez

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.

October 21, 2022

Creating Employee-Owned Businesses That Provide Good Jobs and Succeed

Through employee ownership, The Industrial Commons is building a new Southern working class that erases the inequities of generational poverty.

October 21, 2022

Retooling for Employee Ownership: A Profile of A Few Cool Hardware Stores

Employee ownership can improve job quality, business performance, and race/gender wealth gaps — and it’s capturing the interest of leaders across the US.

October 17, 2022

Statement on Good Jobs

This statement puts forth a shared definition of good jobs, supported by leaders in business, labor, workforce, policy, philanthropy, and research.

October 4, 2022
Photo of two smiling women working behind the counter of a delicatessen

Aspen Institute Announces CDFI Partners to Launch “Shared Success” Project Scaling Small Business Job Quality

Community development financial institutions will support business owners to improve jobs while strengthening their businesses.

September 28, 2022
Social media image for the press release, “Aspen Institute Announces CDFI Partners to Launch ‘Shared Success Project Scaling Small Business Job Quality,’ September 28, 2022.” The image includes a photo of a small business owner holding an “Open” sign behind a glass door.

Strengthening the Hidden Resilience Workforce

We see the effects of climate change, but we rarely see the people who help to rebuild — and they often lack safe conditions, decent pay, or benefits.

September 21, 2022

Advancing a Pro-Worker, Pro-Climate Agenda in Texas

The Texas Climate Jobs Project advances a pro-worker, pro-climate agenda — helping to solve the climate crisis while creating millions of good jobs.

September 21, 2022

Opinion: Why California Is Right To Regulate Fast Food

Fast food is big business and should pay its own bills. Is it right to perpetuate a system that exploits people so others can save a buck on a hamburger?

September 18, 2022
Fast-food workers and their supporters march past the Capitol in Sacramento on August 16