EARN is a nationwide network of research, policy, and advocacy organizations fighting, state by state, for an economy that works for everyone.
Our Network2021 State Policy Agenda
Building a Just and Inclusive Recovery for All Workers
How states and cities can respond to workers’ demands for economic security, health and safety protections, and workplace democracy. A project from EARN and NELP (National Employment Law Project).
Read the agenda hereRECENT PUBLICATIONS
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CANYWA
PublicationResources
Using Local and Economically-Targeted Hire to Promote Good Jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- October 7, 2022
- Michael Lawliss, Lew Finfer, and Jennifer Sherer
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This federal legislation will bring $1.2 trillion […]
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CT
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The State of Working Connecticut
- September 15, 2022
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Patrick R. O'Brien, and Lin Kabachia
Similar to the recoveries from the past three recessions, Connecticut’s job recovery from the pandemic-induced recession of 2020 continues to lag the job recovery for the U.S. as a whole. […]
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KY
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The State of Working Kentucky 2022
- September 1, 2022
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Dustin Pugel
The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still revealing themselves thirty months after the virus arrived in the commonwealth. Part of the story […]