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Inclusive Economy

We are focused on building an inclusive economy by expanding worker power, investing in families, and advancing a social compact that encourages sustainable and equitable growth.

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A subway train pulls into the Flushing Avenue station in Brooklyn on February 2, 2019, in New York City. (Getty/Gary Hershorn)

What We're Doing

Investing in people

We seek to eliminate poverty and ensure every American, regardless of their ZIP code, can live a life of dignity by developing, protecting, and expanding vital economic security policies and safety net programs.

Achieving sustainable growth

We work to address structural issues in the economy by promoting bold public investments, progressive tax reforms that require the wealthy to pay their fair share, and sound fiscal policies to support broad-based economic growth.

Expanding worker power

We work to ensure executive actions and legislation, promote high-quality jobs, increase worker power, and raise standards for government contract workers. As part of this effort, we are pushing for a federal $15 minimum wage and strengthening workers’ voices in their workplace.

Championing a new social compact

We need a new social compact with business that reimagines their obligations to society on issues such as environmental and climate matters, economic opportunity for workers, paying their fair share in taxes, and racial equality in the pursuit of more sustainable, innovative growth.

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The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers Article
A Starbucks sign is reflected in the window as Starbucks employees, union members and supporters strike outside of a Starbucks store.

The Fight to Unionize Starbucks by the Numbers

Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers across the country are ramping up pressure on the corporation to finalize a first contract that could boost take home pay, hours, benefits, and working conditions.

Karla Walter, David Madland

How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military In the News

How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military

Bobby Kogan writes in Lawfare about how President Trump broke federal budget law in order to pay the military during the government shutdown.

Lawfare

Bobby Kogan

Trump Takes Aim at Minimum Wage In the News

Trump Takes Aim at Minimum Wage

In an op-ed for The Progressive, Aurelia Glass explains how Trump’s economic policy agenda will make life harder for working families.

The Progressive

Aurelia Glass

Australian Sectoral Bargaining Reforms Show Early Promise Article
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Australian Sectoral Bargaining Reforms Show Early Promise

Recently adopted labor reforms in Australia have helped increase collective bargaining coverage, union membership, and wage growth and may serve as a model for pro-labor advocates in the United States.

David Madland

A multilateral approach to climate and trade policy could revolutionize efforts to decarbonize heavy industries and counter non market overcapacity In the News

A multilateral approach to climate and trade policy could revolutionize efforts to decarbonize heavy industries and counter non market overcapacity

In an op-ed published by Renewal, Ryan Mulholland and Mike Williams argue in favor of cooperative action on challenges like climate change.

Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy

Ryan Mulholland, Mike Williams

Good Jobs for Government Workers Improve Public Services Report
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Good Jobs for Government Workers Improve Public Services

By maintaining fair working conditions for government workers, state and local policymakers can increase productivity, improve public outcomes, support stable revenues, and attract the next generation of public servants.

Karla Walter, Sachin Shiva

New Trump Administration Policies Will Decrease Average Incomes for All Americans Except the Top 1 Percent Article
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New Trump Administration Policies Will Decrease Average Incomes for All Americans Except the Top 1 Percent

New policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, paired with the Trump administration’s tariffs, will leave the bottom 99 percent of Americans with less after-tax-and-transfer income by 2027, while the top 1 percent benefit—per combined scores from nonpartisan analysts.

Corey Husak

Why a judge shut down Trump’s latest budget stunt In the News

Why a judge shut down Trump’s latest budget stunt

In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Bobby Kogan explains how the president is trying to use a “pocket rescission” to ignore parts of spending laws that he already signed off on.

MSNBC

Bobby Kogan

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers Article
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The Trump Administration Is Quietly Gutting Minimum Wage Protections for Millions of Workers

The administration has already cut minimum wage protections for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers and halted plans to require companies to pay disabled workers at least $7.25 per hour; this Labor Day, it will advance plans to eliminate federal minimum wage protections for millions of child care and home care providers.

Aurelia Glass

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