Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Publications

• L.A. County Board of Supervisors Vote to Approve Fair Work Week Ordinance

  • April 10, 2024
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality Worker Hours and Fair Scheduling

• Long Beach Voters Approve Measure RW

  • March 13, 2024
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  Minimum Wage Wages Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Liquid Assets: How Stormwater Infrastructure Builds Resilience, Health, Jobs, & Equity

  • March 22, 2018
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Jon Zerolnick

  Report from Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) on how we can better invest in stormwater capture and create good jobs for nearly 10,000 Angelenos.

  Infrastructure Jobs

• Reclaim Our Schools LA: A Vision to Support Every Student

  • December 17, 2016
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Parents, educators, and communities all depend on a robust public education system to make sure every student can thrive. However, too often the conversation around the future of public education […]

  Education

• Airbnb, Rising Rent, and the Housing Crisis in Los Angeles

  • March 10, 2015
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  This report seeks to explore the history of AirBnB, understand how its public pronouncements deviate from observed facts, and identify the tangible and intangible effects that the company is having […]

• Keeping the Score: The Impact of Recapturing North American Film and Television Sound Recording Work

  • December 14, 2014
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Governments across the U.S. and around the world are investing billions of dollars in the film and television industry in an effort to create and retain the high-quality jobs attached […]

  Jobs Unions and Worker Power

• Successes of Construction Careers

  • August 17, 2014
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  In 2008, a coalition of community members, faith leaders, workers, and labor leaders passed the nation’s first Construction Careers Policy. This policy approach aimed to increase workplace standards in publicly-funded […]

  Infrastructure Job Training & Apprenticeships Jobs Unions and Worker Power

• The Big Rig Overhaul: Restoring Middle-Class Jobs at America’s Ports Though Labor Law Enforcement

  • February 26, 2014
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • National Employment Law Project, Change to Win, and Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Our research found the dire working conditions of port truck drivers to have flowed from the practice of treating employees as if they were ‘independent contractors,’ an illegal practice called […]

  Enforcement Income Inequality Jobs Minimum Wage Overtime Unions and Worker Power Wage Theft

• Raise LA: How Good Hotel Jobs Will Boost Local Businesses, Strengthen Neighborhoods and Renew Our Economy

  • July 9, 2013
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Poverty jobs in LA’s hotels are exacerbating the problem of poverty throughout the city. Workplace standards for tens of thousands of LA’s hotel workers remain among the lowest of the […]

  Income Inequality Jobs Minimum Wage Unions and Worker Power

• Clean Power, Good Jobs: Realizing the Promise of Energy Efficiency in Los Angeles

  • February 11, 2012
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Utilities around the country are facing serious challenges, including an aging infrastructure and a need to transition to cleaner energy sources. These challenges are particularly evident at the Los Angeles […]

  Infrastructure Jobs Wages

• Don’t Waste LA: A Path to Green Jobs, Clean Air and Recycling for All

  • January 26, 2011
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Resolving our society’s trash problem is one of the major environmental challenges of our time. In Los Angeles County, this crisis has reached urgent proportions. As one of the largest […]

  Infrastructure Jobs Unions and Worker Power Wages

• The Road to Shared Prosperity: The Regional Economic Benefits of the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Clean Trucks Program

  • August 26, 2007
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  The trucking system at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is broken. As currently structured, this industry fails workers, businesses, neighbors, and anyone who breathes the air and […]

  Income Inequality Jobs Unions and Worker Power Wage Theft Wages

• Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

  • May 26, 2005
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  Local governments are increasingly turning to living wage policies as a means to improve job quality for low-income workers. To date, more than 100 local governments around the country have […]

  Income Inequality Jobs Minimum Wage Wages