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Our NetworkA State Agenda for America’s Workers
18 Ways to Promote Good Jobs in the States
An economy that’s growing on paper is not translating into better jobs for America’s workers. Despite a tight job market and strong corporate profits, paychecks have barely budged. Much of the explanation lies with eroding worker bargaining power – which is resulting in a shrinking sliver of the benefits of prosperity being shared with working families. And the deep structural racism that still pervades our economy means that workers of color and immigrants are struggling the most.
This agenda for America’s workers outlines model policies and best practices for enabling governors and state legislatures to protect workers in their states so that all communities can thrive and grow.
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WV
The State of Working West Virginia 2019: The State of WV’s Immigrants
- December 21, 2019
- West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- Sean O'Leary
West Virginia’s immigrants come from all over the world and while a small share of the populations, they are broadly represented throughout the state’s workforce and economy. Read PDF of report. But a fuller conversation about immigrants tends to be overshadowed by the controversy in the U.S. around immigration reform. This conversation all too often tends […]
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VT
The State of Working Vermont 2019
- December 20, 2019
- Public Assets Institute
- Public Assets Institute staff
An economist looking at Vermont statistics can see that the state is benefiting from the U.S. economic expansion, which became the longest on record last summer: There are more jobs, higher wages, fewer children in poverty.1 At the same time, many Vermonters can look at their paychecks and wonder when the recession is going to […]
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VA
Raising the Wage in Virginia Will Benefit Working Families
- December 12, 2019
- Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis
- Laura Goren and Ashley C. Kenneth
Everyone in Virginia working a full-time job should be paid enough to provide for their family. However, for many this is not the case. Nearly two-thirds of Virginia families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold have at least one adult who is working, yet they are paid too little to make ends meet. Virginia […]