How Workers Get Paid Is Changing: Consumer Protections Need to Catch Up
Workers are increasingly receiving their compensation through payroll cards, and policymakers should take steps to ensure the safety of these financial products.
Jobs, Wages, and Trade
The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-November 2018 Jobs Release
The Federal Reserve should calibrate policy toward maximizing the health of an economy that is still recovering for many people.
Rising Deficits, Falling Revenues
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increases federal deficits while failing to address the nation’s most pressing challenges and making inequality worse.
The State of Youth in the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-September 2018 Jobs Day Release
Although the economy is doing well in the aggregate, a closer look at the employment situation for American youth tells a different story.
Under President Trump, Workers Continue to Struggle
The Trump economy has failed to deliver for those who need it most: American workers.
Workers’ Wages Remain Stagnant Despite Gains to Top Earners
A closer look at wage levels shows the economic reality facing many workers.
GDP Is Growing, but Workers’ Wages Aren’t
Workers are just treading water in the Trump economy—notwithstanding quarterly GDP numbers.
Working-Class Families Are Getting Hit From All Sides
Millions of American families are living on the edge, increasingly suffering from volatile incomes, unstable jobs and low wealth.
The Apprenticeship Wage and Participation Gap
Policymakers must address significant race and gender gaps in Registered Apprenticeship programs.
The State of the LGBTQ Community in the Labor Market: Pre-June 2018 Jobs Day Release
Lack of data prevents analysis of the true health of a tighter labor market, especially with the LGBTQ community.
Making a Commitment to America’s Workers
CAP’s Blueprint addresses the wage and employment challenges of working Americans and communities left behind by meeting pressing economic and social needs and creating a job guarantee in the hardest-hit areas.
Blueprint for the 21st Century
CAP’s Jobs Blueprint addresses the wage stagnation and employment challenges facing working class Americans and communities left behind by investing in millions of new jobs nationwide to meet some of our nation’s most pressing economic and social needs and creating a job guarantee in the hardest-hit areas.
Bold Ideas for State Action
Americans are ready for states—the laboratories of democracy—to offer a new progressive vision for shared prosperity. This report presents a menu of state policy priorities to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably.
The State of the U.S. Labor Market: Pre-April 2018 Jobs Release
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation Summary for the month of April. Here are some labor market indicators to watch.
The Balanced-Budget Amendment Threatens Americans’ Health Care, Social Security, and Jobs
In addition to worsening economic downturns, this amendment would increase the chances that congressional dysfunction could cause the United States to default on its obligations and plunge world financial markets into crisis.