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| Training | A New Look at the Way We Work: Nonstandard Work Arrangements and Their Impacts on Worker Safety and Health | This webinar, a part of the NIOSH Total Worker Health Webinar Series, focused on explaining what is considered a 'nonstandard work arrangement,' health impacts of such work, and potential interventions and solutions consistent with a Total Worker Health approach. Featured speakers: Rene Pana-Cryan, PhD, Sherry Baron, MD, MPH, and Lisa Brosseau, ScD, CIH. 1.5 CEU are available for viewing this webinar. View this archived webinar as well as others from the series |
| Training | Certificate in Total Worker Health® | In this online program for Center Health, Work and Environment you'll learn how to develop and manage Total Worker Health (TWH) initiatives—workplace safety, wellness, and health promotion programs. You'll learn how to assess organizational culture, plan and evaluate health and safety programs, and become a better leader. View the certificate program |
| Training | Health Impacts Safety Toolbox and Safety Meeting Guides | Health Impacts Safety toolbox and safety meeting guides have been developed to support organizations integrating workplace safety, health, wellness and well-being. View the toolbox and safety guides |
| Training | Healthy Workplace Participatory Program Toolkit | The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace's Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) Toolkit is designed specifically to help employer organizations adopt and implement a Total Worker Health® program approach. The HWPP Toolkit was developed to engage employees in designing integrated solutions that address a wide range of work environment, work organization, safety, and employee health issues. View the toolkit |
| Training | Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities | These toolkits are designed to help health and hospital systems improve community health and social conditions through inclusive hiring, investment, and purchasing. Access the toolkits |
| Training | Making Gig Jobs Good Jobs | As technological advances leave many workers without decent incomes, safety nets, or basic rights, the National Employment Law Project and SiX Action teamed up to offer new models for turning these "gig" jobs into good jobs. View the webinar |
| Training | Precarious Employment -the New Norm? & Changing Unhealthy Work to Healthy Work | Presented by Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA, Coordinator for Partnership and New Opportunity Development, Office of Total Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) & Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago View the Presentation View the Q&A |
| Training | Research Symposium: Underserved Workers -Who Are They & What Are Their Workplace H&S Needs? | Presented by Lisa Brosseau, ScD, Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago & Joseph Zanoni, PhD, Director of Continuing Education and Outreach, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health View the seminars |
| Training | Seminars on Demand | University of Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Engineering Seminars on Demand View the seminars |
| Training | The Challenges of Precarious Labor | Presentations from the Albert Shanker Institute's Challenges of Precarious Labor conference. View the presentations |
| Training | Total Worker Health® Leadership Programs: Learn how to build a safe, healthy, and productive work culture | The leadership programs offered by the Center for Health, Work and Environment are designed for individuals who want to create a sustainable work culture that is safe, healthy, and productive. The programs are applicable to business owners, executives, senior managers, benefits and HR professionals, occupational health and safety professionals, and public health professionals in public and private organizations in every industry. View the leadership programs |
| Training | YourWorkpath Tools and Toolkits | YourWorkpath houses and delivers robust tools and comprehensive toolkits from the Oregan Healthy Workforce Center to lead and help employers find a path towards a healthier and safer workplace. View the tools and toolkits |
| Stories/Articles | A New Brooklyn Clinic for Hotel Workers Who Enjoy No-Cost Care | This article discusses the innovative approach that the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council has championed as a way of addressing the national challenge of paying for health care. The union established a contract that incorporates annual raises and diverted funds to be used in the establishment of an 11-story health clinic. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | The Barriers Stopping Poor People From Moving to Better Jobs | High housing costs are one important factor that deter people from moving to areas that have better paying jobs. High-income cities are still appealing to many workers, but only highly skilled workers who can command salaries high enough to make it worthwhile to move. Low-income workers will end up spending much of their incomes on housing if they move, and so stay put in lower paying positions. When most economic growth is concentrated in urban centers, it makes it impossible for low-wage workers to participate. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Ben & Jerry's Strikes Deal to Improve Migrant Dairy Workers' Conditions | An interesting perspective on a high-road employer which has self-imposed fees and regulations to protect the living and working conditions of the dairy farmers that provide the milk for Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. In addition to ensuring that their workers are paid fairly, the "Milk with Dignity" contract ensures that workers receive safe and dignified housing and working conditions. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Chasing the Dream | Chasing The Dream is a series of stories and films from NEXT Avenue, PBS, and a number of public TV and radio stations. From finding and starting a new job to financial planning and handling racial and gender inequities in the workplace, Americans face a unique set of challenges when it comes to financial security, jobs, and opportunity. Click the link to view the many stories produced on jobs, poverty, and economic opportunity. View the Stories |
| Stories/Articles | Clocking In | Clocking In is an innovative, interactive, multimedia tool that shows racial and gender inequities in the restaurant, retail, and domestic industries. It brings data, stories, and resources to support the collective action for fair treatment at work. View the Tool |
| Stories/Articles | Diseases of Distress | This blog post examines the increase of mortality among white, non-Hispanic, middle-aged Americans in recent years. Economists Anne Case and Angus decided to probe whether it was possible to estimate the contribution of work and working conditions to this increase in mortality. View the Post |
| Stories/Articles | Education Isn't the Key to a Good Income | Contrary to the popular belief that getting a good education is the biggest determinant of future economic success, research has shown that factors like higher minimum wages, the presence and strength of labor unions, and clear career pathways within local industries are likely to play more important roles in facilitating a poor child’s ability to rise up the economic ladder when they reach adulthood. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Future of Work Series | Popular ideas about the work are woefully out of date. The New York Times Future of Work series examines work in the context of America’s working class and organizing efforts, technology’s impact, universal guaranteed incomes, the necessity of new skills and the effectiveness of retraining programs. View the Article: The New Working Class View the Article: Automation Nation View the Article: Realizing a Universal Income View the Article: Meet the Workers View the Article: Does Retraining Work?s |
| Stories/Articles | Giving Voices to Temporary Workers: The Fight for Equality | This short video shares some of the challenges that temporary workers face in Chicago. Temporary workers answer questionssuch as "Were you properly trained for the position you were hired for?" "Did you feel comfortable speaking out if there was an issue?" and "What would you like legislators to know?" View the Video |
| Stories/Articles | If jobs stop bullets, why aren't more companies stepping up? | Recognizing the correlation between joblessness and violence is an important step in addressing the epidemic of violence in Chicago. This article focuses on several employers who are intentionally hiring workers from zip codes with high levels of violence and joblessness, and providing them with quality jobs that promote health, stability, and growth for these communities. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Inside the Real Gig Economy | This mini-documentary highlights the immense problems that temporary workers experience as they look for work, including hiring discrimination, job instability, lack of safety training, and lack of benefits, as well as the greater social and economic consequences it causes in communities. View the Documentary |
| Stories/Articles | Mexican mother feeds the homeless of Little Village and Pilsen | Check out this feature article on one of our inspiring research assistants, Dolores Castañeda, who feeds and protects the homeless of Little Village and Pilsen. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | NIOSH Research Rounds | NIOSH Research Rounds is a monthly bulletin of selected research conducted by researchers at NIOSH and NIOSH-funded researchers at other institutions. Read the Bulletins |
| Stories/Articles | Precarious work is now the new norm, United Way report says. | Discusses consequences of precarious work for workers mental, physical, and emotional health, and the impact that it has on the ability to develop a competitive workforce. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death | The article discusses some of the social and cultural norms that have normalized the dangerous demands and effects of precarious labor. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | The Precariat: the New Dangerous Class | Unstable labor is becoming the norm, and it has major consequences for social cohesion and political instability. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Two billion dollars in stolen wages were recovered for workers in 2015 and 2016—and that’s just a drop in the bucket | In 2015 and 2016, a total of $2 billion in stolen wages were recovered for workers. This represents wages stolen by employers who, for example, refuse to pay promised wages, pay employees for only some of the hours worked, or fail to pay overtime premiums when employees work more than 40 hours in a week. This report defines and details wage theft in the United States as well as solutions. View the Report |
| Stories/Articles | What Amazon Does to Poor Cities | In the past 10 years, Amazon has dramatically expanded its footprint across the country.However, the debate over Amazon’s HQ2 obscures the company’s rapid expansion in low-income areas. Some communities desperate to attract economic activity have been left worse off since Amazon has opened warehouses in their areas, forcing community membersto take precarious jobs. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Why Aren't Wages Rising Faster… | These articles provide an analysis as to why wages have remained stagnant despite relatively low unemployment. This phenomenon is a major contributor to the widening wage gap and income inequality. Read the NY Times Article: Why Aren't Wages Rising Faster Now That Unemployment Is Lower? Read the Washington Post Article: Why Aren't Wages Growing More Quickly? A Graphical Analysis. |
| Stories/Articles | Why succeeding against the odds can make you sick | Exploration of why those who were “more diligent and tended to strive for success” were more likely than the others to get sick. Looks at factors such as race and adversity. Read the Article |
| Stories/Articles | Why Work Became So Bad for So Many | Splitting off functions that were once managed internally has been a successful business strategy, as large companies maintain the quality of their brand without the cost of an expensive workforce. But this approach has led to stagnation in wages and benefits and a lower standard of living for workers. View the Video |
| Publications | Are immigrants, ethnic and linguistic minorities over-represented in jobs with a high level of compensated risk? | This article outlines the ways in which immigrants, visible, and linguistic minorities, in Montréal are more likely to work where there is an increased level of compensated risk. Data was collected using census and worker’s compensation data. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20845 Read the Article |
| Publications | Contingent Workforce: Size, Characteristics, Earnings, and Benefits | This report examines what is known about (1) the size of the contingent workforce, (2) the characteristics and employment experiences of contingent versus standard workers, and (3) any differences in earnings, benefits, and measures of poverty between contingent and standard workers. View the Report |
| Publications | Could Raising the Minimum Wage Improve the Public’s Health? | Despite the colossal number of minimum wage studies by economists, a meager number consider health. This publication outlines the ways in which raising the minimum wage may contribute to improved health outcomes. PMID: PMC4940672 Read the Report |
| Publications | Differences in access to wage replacement benefits for absences due to work-related injury or illness in Canada | This article examines the factors associated with differences in access to income replacement benefits, like worker’s compensation, for workers experiencing a work-related injury or illness of 1-week or longer in the Canadian labor force. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20683 Read the Article |
| Publications | The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight | This study investigates the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. PMID: PMC4940666 Read the Report |
| Publications | Estimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 | Researchers assessed the potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City. PMID: PMC4880275 Read the Report |
| Publications | Factors Underlying Observed Injury Rate Differences Between Temporary Workers and Permanent Peers | This study explores why temporary workers face increased risk of injury as compared to permanent workers in similar occupations. In addition to assessing risk factors that contribute to this reality, the authors also offer several policy recommendations for addressing this disparity. Read the Article |
| Publications | The Gig Economy and Contingent Work: An Occupational Health Assessment | This publication addresses the need to develop, evaluate, and implement interventions that address the needs of workers in non-traditional employment relationships. PMID: 28244887 Read the Report |
| Publications | Health and Income: The Impact of Changes to Boston's Living Wage Ordinance on the Health of Living Wage Workers | This report outlines the findings from the Health Impact Assessment that examined the effect of Boston's Living Wage Ordinance on the health of those currently covered, and asks what changes could be made to maximize improvements in health. Read the Report |
| Publications | Health Care Use And Spending Patterns Vary By Wage Level In Employer-Sponsored Plans | Employees face an increasing financial burden for health services as health care costs. This resource examines health care use in relation to employee wages. For policy makers, these findings can inform employer benefit design strategies and research priorities, to encourage effective use of health care services. PMID: 28167713 View the Article |
| Publications | IMF Fiscal Monitor: Tackling Inequality | This report from the International Monetary Fund discusses how excessive inequality can erode social cohesion, lead to political polarization, and ultimately lower economic growth, and proposes three salient policy debates: tax rates at the top of the inc Read the Report |
| Publications | “It’s Totally Destroyed Our Life” Exploring the Pathways and Mechanisms Between Precarious Employment and Health and Well-being Among Immigrant Men and Women in Toronto | This article describes the cumulative and intersecting micro-level pathways and mechanisms between precarious employment and health among immigrant men and women in Toronto. The article describes how precarious employment negatively impacts workers’ physical and mental health as well as that of their spouses or partners and children. DOI: 10.1177/0020731417730011 Read the Article |
| Publications | Jobs for Climate and Justice: A Worker Alternative to the Trump Agenda | Both the working class and the climate are facing immense threats to their health and sustainability. The Jobs for Climate and Justice plan outlines what we can accomplish in our communities, cities, and states to provide jobs and economic security while also protecting the environment and preventing dangerous climate change. Read the Paper |
| Publications | The Many Futures of Work: Working Papers & Resources | The Many Futures of Work: Possibilities and Perils conference is an exploration of the loss of middle income jobs and the changing nature of how we work. Papers were presented at this conference to guide discussion on taking action and taking control. The aim is to brighten many pathways to the future by providing a venue for enlightened thinking by businesses, unions, governments, foundations, workforce and education institutions, and grassroots and community organizations. View the Papers and Resources |
| Publications | Non-standard employment around the world: Understanding challenges, shaping prospects | From the International Labour Organization, this report documents the incidence and trends of non-standard forms of employment across different countries of the world and explores the reasons behind this phenomenon, including increased firm competition, shifting organizational practices of firms, and changes and gaps in the regulation of work. View the Report |
| Publications | Occupational Safety and Health in the Temporary Services Industry: A Model for a Community–University Partnership | This article outlines a project that brought together local workers’ centers and university investigators to build acorps of Occupational Health Promoters (OHPs) and to test a survey tool and recruitment methods to identify hazards and raise awareness among workers employed by temporary staffing companies. OHPs reported two companies to OSHA, resulting in several citations. Read the Article |
| Publications | Precarious employment experiences and their health consequences: Towards a theoretical framework | Develop a detailed framework that outlines the key aspects of work experiences that makes them precarious, and to consider links between these aspects and downstream health effects. PMID: 17429147 Read the Article |
| Publications | Precarious Work Experiences of Racialized Immigrant Woman in Toronto: A Community-Based Study | Despite their high levels of education, racialized immigrant women in Canada are over-represented in low-paid, low-skill jobs characterized by highrisk and precarity. This project documents the experiences of racialized immigrant women in Toronto with precarious employment. Read the Report |
| Publications | RaceForward | RaceForward writes and collects reports that highlight the ways institutional and structural racism leads to inequitable social and economic outcomes in our society and discusses ways to nurture and strengthen social change. View the Page |
| Publications | Scheduling on the Cutting Edge: Implementation of San Francisco's First-in-the-Nation Fair Scheduling Law | This report examines data from San Francisco retail workers regarding their experiences with scheduling after the passage of the Retail Workers Bill of Rights (RWBOR), which established first-in-the-nation protections for retail workers, guaranteeing advance notice of their schedules, compensation for last-minute changes, and greater access to additional hours. View the Report |
| Publications | Seattle's Minimum Wage Experience, 2015-2016 | This report analyzes county and city-level data on employment from 2009-2016 for Seattle workers following the minimum wage increase to $13/hour. It found that wages overall increased across thefood service sector, and that employment rates were not affected, even in limited-service restaurants. Read the Report |
| Data | Congressional Budget Office Report on Effect of Raising the Minimum Wage | In this report, CBO examines how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would affect employment and family income. Read the Report |
| Data | Latino Union Annual Report | Read Latino Union’s annual report for 2018 Read the Report |
| Data | New Reports from Project from Middle Class Renewal | The Project for Middle Class Renewal of the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations has published 2 new reports and a new brief on their website. Wage Gaps and Representation Nurse Staffing Standards Work Read the Brief |
| Data | Fact Sheet: Temporary Healthcare Staffing Sector | The use of temporary staffing agencies is no longer limited to just clerical, manufacturing, and warehouse work. While staffing firms have always had some presence in the healthcare field—for example, traveling nurses—the growth in the use of temporary healthcare workers has accelerated in recent years. Read the Report |
| Data | New Report From Food Chain Workers Alliance and Restaurant Opportunities Center United | The Food Chain Workers Alliance has published a report titled Mapping the Restaurant High-Value Supply Chain. The report examines restaurant industry trends and was written in collaboration with the Restaurant Opportunities Center United. Read the Report |
| Data | Bureau of Labor Statistics Projections Overview and Highlights, 2016-26 | This report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics outlines how America's changing demographics will have far-reaching effectson the labor force, the economy, and employment over the 2016–26 decade. The overall labor force participation rate is projected to decline as older workers leave the labor force, constraining economic growth. The aging baby-boomer segment of the population will drive demand for healthcare services and related occupations View the Report |
| Data | Clocking In | Clocking In is an innovative, interactive, multimedia tool that shows racial and gender inequities in the restaurant, retail, and domestic industries. It brings data, stories, and resources to support the collective action for fair treatment at work. View the Tool |
| Data | Contingent Workforce: Size, Characteristics, Earnings, and Benefits | This report examines what is known about (1) the size of the contingent workforce, (2) the characteristics and employment experiences of contingent versus standard workers, and (3) any differences in earnings, benefits, and measures of poverty between contingent and standard workers. View the Report |
| Data | Minimum Wage Increase Study | Presentation on the results of a study evaluating a minimum wage increase in Minneapolis and Hennepin/Ramsey County. Read the Report |
| Data | Organizing for #HealthyHours Stable Work Hours Protect Our Health and Well-Being | This fact sheet provides a brief summary of the harms unpredictable scheduling practices in the service sector have on working people’s health. View the Fact Sheet |
| Data | Paid Sick Leave May Help Employers Reduce Costs | Paid sick leave might help reduce absenteeism related to the spread of flu and other infectious diseases, which mighttranslate into money saved for employers. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and other published literature, NIOSH Researchers estimated potential savings for employers. Read the Article |
| Data | Racial Disparities in access to Job Quality | Discusses disparities between races in access to wages, sick days, paid parental leave, inadequate hours/unpredictable work schedules. View the Infographic |
| Data | Scheduling on the Cutting Edge: Implementation of San Francisco's First-in-the-Nation Fair Scheduling Law | This report examines data from San Francisco retail workers regarding their experiences with scheduling after the passage of the Retail Workers Bill of Rights (RWBOR), which established first-in-the-nation protections for retail workers, guaranteeing advance notice of their schedules, compensation for last-minute changes, and greater access to additional hours. View the Report |
| Data | Stable Jobs = Healthier Lives | An infographic from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation detailing the consequences of unemployment and unhealthy work conditions. View the Infographic |
| Policy Initiatives | Fair Work Week Now Law in Chicago | On July 24, 2019, the Chicago City Council voted to pass the Fair Workweek Ordinance that will require covered employers to, among other things, provide employees with at least 10 days’ advance notice of their work schedules and provide additional compensation to employees for any unscheduled changes to their scheduled work hours. Read the Article |
| Policy Initiatives | H.R.582 - Raise the Wage Act | On July 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, in a bipartisan vote, the Raise the Wage Act, which would deliver raises to almost 40 million working people across the country, and would eliminate the exclusions of workers with disabilities and tipped and youth workers from federal minimum wage protections. View the Act |
| Policy Initiatives | Adding Inequality to injury: The costs of failing to protect workers on the job | Every year, more than three million workers are seriously injured, and thousands more are killed on the job. It is vitally important that state-based workers’ compensation programs take steps to eliminate roadblocks that prevent workers with compensable injuries or illnesses from receiving the full compensation to which they are entitled. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | The Agenda to Raise America's Pay | The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) acknowledges that wage stagnation is the country’s key economic challenge. Despite a rise in economic productivity, for the vast majority of workers, including college-educated workers, wages have stagnated or declined since 1979. In their “Agenda to Raise America’s Pay’” EPI outlines the policies necessary to generate wage growth. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | Ban the Box: What This New Law Means for Potential Employees With a Criminal Record | A law in California took effect preventing companies from requiring job applicants to disclose criminal histories. It's known as ban-the-box legislation. The box refers to the section in job applications that potential employees check if they have a criminal record. NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks with National Employment Law Project attorney Beth Avery, who helped draft the California legislation. Listen to the Interview |
| Policy Initiatives | California Governor BrownSigns Fair Chance Act, Extending 'Ban the Box' to Private Employers | California becomes the 10th state to require both public-and private-sector employers to delay background checks and inquiries about job applicants’ conviction records until they have made a conditional job offer to the applicant. The law takes effect in 2018. Read the Article |
| Policy Initiatives | Cuomo’s task force to combat worker exploitation | This article has concrete plans that NY state plans to take to address problems faced by exploited workers. Has excellent action steps at the end. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | Cutting Corporate Taxes Will Not Boost American Wages | This report from the Economic Policy Institute outlines how the claim that corporate tax cuts will trickle down to help American workers by boosting economy-wide productivity and hence wages is clearly wrong. Economic logic and evidence show that American workers should not expect any wage boost from reducing the statutory corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | Health and Income: The Impact of Changes to Boston's Living Wage Ordinance on the Health of Living Wage Workers | This report outlines the findings from the Health Impact Assessment that examined the effect of Boston's Living Wage Ordinance on the health of those currentlycovered, and asks what changes could be made to maximize improvements in health. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | HB 690: Protections for Day and Temporary Workers | Governor Rauner recently signed HB 690 into law, which offers important protections for day/temporary workers including: not charging workers for transportation, providing documentation that clearly states the location and wages of the worksite, not using day/temporary workers to break up strikes, providing official itemized statements of wages, increasing oversight of temp agencies, and more. View the Act |
| Policy Initiatives | Improving Health by Increasing the Minimum Wage | A policy statement created by APHA linking increasing the minimum wage to improved health outcomes. In addition to delving deeply into this relationship, they propose a number of action steps that can be taken a tall three levels of governance.  Read the Article |
| Policy Initiatives | The Minimum Wage and Health: A Bay Area Analysis | This analysis demonstrates the effect that a minimum wage increase would have on the health and well-being of nearly 1 million low-wage workers. It shows that policies that reduce poverty by raising the wages of low income people can significantly improve overall health and reduce health inequities. Read the Analysis |
| Policy Initiatives | New Economy, New Social Contract | Within the decade, nearly half of American workers are expected to find themselves working as freelancers, temps, and contractors. This report outlines a fair, sensible and affordable way to create a new safety net for these types of workers. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | Putting Workers First? | The National Employment Law Project NELP has a weekly tracker summarizing the current actions on labor laws and policies at the federal level. View the Resource |
| Policy Initiatives | Racial Disparities in access to Job Quality | Discusses disparities between races in access to wages, sick days, paid parental leave, inadequate hours/unpredictable work schedules. View the Infographic |
| Policy Initiatives | Seattle's Minimum Wage Experience, 2015-2016 | This report analyzes county and city-level data on employment from 2009-2016 for Seattle workers following the minimum wage increase to $13/hour. It found that wages overall increased across the food service sector, and that employment rates were not affected, even in limited-service restaurants. Read the Report |
| Policy Initiatives | Still falling short on hours and pay: Part-time work becoming new normal | This report identifies and explains the monthly and annual trends in involuntary part-time work, the role of key industries driving much of those trends, the kinds of workers and industries most affected by part-time work, and the challenges that workers in part-time jobs face. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Latino Union Annual Report | Read Latino Union’s annual report for 2018 Read the Report |
| Advocacy | New Reports from Project from Middle Class Renewal | The Project for Middle Class Renewal of the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations has published 2 new reports and a new brief on their website. Wage Gaps and Representation Nurse Staffing Standards Work Read the Brief |
| Advocacy | Fact Sheet: Temporary Healthcare Staffing Sector | The use of temporary staffing agencies is no longer limited to just clerical, manufacturing, and warehouse work. While staffing firms have always had some presence in the healthcare field—for example, traveling nurses—the growth in the use of temporary healthcare workers has accelerated in recent years. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Cuomo’s task force to combat worker exploitation | This article has concrete plans that NY state plans to take to address problems faced by exploited workers. Has excellent action steps at the end. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Managing Crises from the Kitchen Table: The Experiences of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocates in the Early Days of the Pandemic | This study examined how well advocates believed they were able to meet the needs of their clients in the weeks and months following the Illinois-wide Stay-At-Home order, and how advocates experienced transitioning to and working from home -- in some cases, for several months -- and how different organizations responded to the changing needs of both clients and staff. Read the report here. |
| Advocacy | Minimum Wage Increase Study | Presentation on the results of a study evaluating a minimum wage increase in Minneapolis and Hennepin/Ramsey County. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Organizing for #HealthyHours Stable Work Hours Protect Our Health and Well-Being | This fact sheet provides a brief summary of the harms unpredictable scheduling practices in the service sector have on working people’s health. View the Fact Sheet |
| Advocacy | Raise Wages, Kill Jobs? | This report examines historical data relating to the 22 increases in the federal minimum wage between 1938 and 2009 to determine whether or not raising wages leads to lower employment rates. Findings show no correlation between federal minimum-wage increases and lower employment levels, and actually show that most of the time employment rates increased following a minimum wage hike. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Still falling short on hours and pay: Part-time work becoming new normal | This report identifies and explains the monthly and annual trends in involuntary part-time work, the role of key industries driving much of those trends, the kinds of workers and industries most affected by part-time work, and the challenges that workers in part-time jobs face. Read the Report |
| Advocacy | Wage Theft is Costing Workers $50 Billion a Year in Stolen Pay | Wage theft is epidemic in the United States: approximately $50 billion in wages are stolen every year from workers nationwide, and there are few ways to recover those lost wages. This article outlines the consequences of wage theft and waysthat workers can fight back. Read the Article |
| Innovative Initiatives | A New Brooklyn Clinic for Hotel Workers Who Enjoy No-Cost Care | This article discusses the innovative approach that the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council has championed as a way of addressing the national challenge of paying for health care. The union established a contract that incorporates annual raises and diverted funds to be used in the establishment of an 11-story health clinic. Read the Article |
| Innovative Initiatives | Fair Chance Licensing Reform: Opening Pathways for People with Records to Join Licensed Professions | This toolkit is intended to provide lawmakers and advocates in states across the country with the resources necessary to set about the work of fair chance licensing reform to open pathways for people with records to join licensed professions. View the Toolkit |
| Innovative Initiatives | Going on Offense during Challenging Times: Bargaining for the Common Good(BCG) campaigns | Bargaining for the Common Good (BCG) campaigns are expanding and spreading across the country. These campaigns offer important lessons on how unions, racial justice organizations, and other community groups can go on offenseand win in these challenging times. In essence, BCG campaigns are when union and community groups together leverage contract negotiations for broader, shared gains. View the Article |
| Innovative Initiatives | If jobs stop bullets, why aren't more companies stepping up? | Recognizing the correlation between joblessness and violence is an important step in addressing the epidemic of violence in Chicago. This article focuses on several employers who are intentionally hiring workers from zip codes with high levels of violence and joblessness, and providing them with quality jobs that promote health, stability, and growth for these communities. Read the Article |
| Innovative Initiatives | High Road Economy | High Road companies see their employees, the communities in which they operate and the products and services they provide as equally important to their financial success. These companies hold a long-term perspective and view the workplace as a means to create significant business and social impact. They reject low-road business models that exploit employees and disregard the environment as the basis for success. High Road Employers know that, logically, their businesses are likelier to thrive and grow when they strengthen their marketplace by operating responsibly and compensating employees fairly. View the Initiative |
| Innovative Initiatives | The Role of Labor Unions in Creating Conditions that Promote Public Health | Labor union contracts create higher wage and benefit standards, working hours limits, workplace hazards protections, and other factors. Public health practitioners and labor unions would benefit by partnering to create sophisticated contracts to address social determinants of health. View the Report |
| Innovative Initiatives | CommunityHealth Chicago | CommunityHealth is a free clinic, and proud to be a medical home for Illinois' uninsured, including those who have undocumented status. They offer free medical care, health education, lab tests, and medications for those who have no health insurance, whose income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, and who aren’t receiving healthcare elsewhere. Visit the Website. |