How the Federal Government Can Protect Essential Workers in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Seven core policy reforms are required to protect public health and treat essential workers with respect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Worker Rights and Opportunities
Making Worker Protections Real During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Four key enforcement strategies will help ensure workers benefit from coronavirus relief measures.
Quality Workforce Partnerships
Key features of two quality workforce partnerships offer lessons on how workforce intermediaries and employers can design mutually beneficial relationships that connect working Americans—across racial and gender lines—to good jobs in the 21st century.
Structural Changes Are Needed To Address Coronavirus
Big reforms are necessary to protect public health, mitigate the risks of future outbreaks, and ensure the eventual recovery benefits most Americans.
From Giveaways to Investments
Place-based economic development policies must prioritize communities over corporations.
Workers’ Boards: A Brief Overview
By developing policies for workers’ boards—governmental bodies that bring together representatives of workers, employers, and the public—state and local policymakers can raise minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards across entire occupations, sectors, and industries.
Workers’ Boards: Frequently Asked Questions
Workers’ boards—also known as wage boards or industry committees—set minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards for an entire occupation, sector, or industry. Boards can raise wages for both low- and middle-income workers, and they are particularly helpful in industries where traditional collective bargaining is difficult.
A How-To Guide for State and Local Workers’ Boards
This report serves as a guide for state and local government officials and advocates interested in developing workers’ board policies.
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Not All Paid Leave Proposals Are Equal
Paid leave proposals which only provide benefits to parents of new children or are funded through cuts to other programs will not meet the needs of working families.
Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Delights in Destroying Rights for Disabled Workers
The nomination of Eugene Scalia could roll back decades of progress for workers with disabilities.
American Ghent
Expanding on existing Ghent-like programs in the United States would strengthen unions and improve government services.
Civil Justice Needs Federal Leadership
The United States needs federal leadership to ensure that it has a civil justice system that works for all Americans.
The Modern Company Town
Workers in highly concentrated labor markets need stronger antitrust enforcement and labor protections.
Farewell for Now, but Not for Long
The final Thinking CAP podcast revisits Daniella and Ed's discussion with AFSCME President Lee Saunders about the labor movement
The Nondiscrimination Protections of Millions of Workers Are Under Threat
The U.S. Department of Labor is trying to undermine nondiscrimination protections for employees of federal contractors—a move that would harm millions of workers, including countless LGBTQ people.