EARN is a nationwide network of research, policy, and public engagement organizations fighting, state by state, for an economy that works for everyone.
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.
Check out our full agenda hereLatest work
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NM
The Cost of Losing Child Care Assistance in New Mexico
- November 17, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Armelle Casau, PhD, and Sarah Hyde
Everyone should have the opportunity to work hard and achieve family economic security. And hard work should also be rewarded, but some policies are insufficient and inadvertently keep hard-working parents from climbing the economic ladder. Hard-working families with fewer resources may need work supports to help them cover basic necessities like food, child care, or […]
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OH
Refundable tax credits for working families put kids first
- November 9, 2018
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Hannah Halbert
Poverty rates in Ohio remain high despite improvements in the job market. There were still 115,000 more Ohioans living in poverty in 2017 than in the year prior to the last recession.Child poverty is exceedingly high. Cleveland has the highest child poverty in the nation — nearly half of all kids. Cincinnati had the third […]
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OH
Breaking barriers: Issue 1 could put Ohioans back to work
- November 9, 2018
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Michael Shields
The consequences of a criminal conviction extend far beyond the sentence imposed in court. Ohio’s legislature and its administrative bodies have constructed an array of legal restrictions, called collateral sanctions, that can limit access to housing, licensing and jobs. Policy Matters Ohio has found that collateral sanctions limit or bar access to one in four […]