Ben Olinsky is the senior vice president of Policy and Strategy at American Progress. He rejoined American Progress after serving as the special assistant to the president for labor and workforce policy under former President Barack Obama. At the White House, Olinsky helped craft the president’s agenda for labor and employment issues, including raising wages, expanding worker voice, protecting worker safety and health, advancing equal pay, combating discrimination, promoting paid leave, and creating pathways to jobs and opportunity. He coordinated federal efforts to update overtime protections and led the development and implementation of executive actions to raise wages, expand paid leave, and improve labor standards for federal contractors and employees. Olinsky was previously a senior fellow at American Progress, where he led the Middle-Out Economics project, researching and publishing policies to strengthen the middle class and reduce income inequality. Before his time at the White House and American Progress, Olinsky served as the legislative director for former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and as the senior economic adviser for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA).
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Ensuring the Special Counsel’s Independence if Rosenstein Is Fired | Center for American Progress | September 26, 2018 |
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Trump’s Real Agenda | U.S. News & World Report | February 8, 2017 |
6 Policies to Combat Inequality | Center for American Progress | January 28, 2014 |
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Training for Success: A Policy to Expand Apprenticeships in the United States | Center for American Progress | December 2, 2013 |
Middle-Out Mobility | Center for American Progress | September 4, 2013 |